Is Our Universe a Fake?

Ever since men started on the quest to explore the world, a war has been waging for the objective or the subjective approach. The latest subjective version is "it's all a computer simulation".

Jul 31, 2015 David Brin - Could Our Universe Be a Fake?

David Brin, sci-fi writer and space scientist is rejecting the notion that the universe is a subjective mental construct. Our senses may not be perfect, but they don't have to be, in order to discover reality. Our perceptions are filtered by experience and reason. Are aspirin, the combustion engine and the refrigerator just mental constructs? The attack on reason, the war on reality continues...

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OIL CRASH: THE $1,3 TRILLION WIPE OUT

From 2005 to 2015 global oil output has increased from 83 million to 93 million bpd (1.29%). The oil and gas companies with the most impressive increases often all state-owned. Other economically less rational resources are taking over, but only at the expense of the tax payer.

UPDATE:

It’s the oil crash few saw coming, and few have been spared as it erased $1.3 trillion http://t.co/1JirDVjIsJ pic.twitter.com/RJgt6A8mWL

— Bloomberg Business (@business) August 5, 2015

Hamas's Totalitarian Rule Over Gaza Nearing The End

Hamas's totalitarian rule over the Gaza Strip seems to be nearing its end, as the Islamist movement faces increased challenges from various militias in the area. Many Palestinians are worried that Gaza will fall into the hands of Islamic State or Al-Qaeda.

Jul 30, 2015 Philippe Assouline, international relations expert, on ISIS in Gaza.

"By Allah's will, we will uproot the state of the Jews and you [Hamas] and others will vanish as the Gaza Strip will be ruled by sharia, whether you like it or not." — Spokesman for the Islamic State. In public, Hamas leaders do not admit that their movement is being challenged by Islamic State and Al-Qaeda supporters in Gaza. It is more convenient for them to blame "Israeli occupation" for the violence, on the pretext that only Israel is interested in removing Hamas from power. This claim, however, has proven to be untrue. It is time for the international community to realize that the Palestinian dream of establishing an independent state is being destroyed by none other than the Palestinians themselves. (Source)

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CO-FOUNDER OF GREENPEACE: CLIMATE CHANGE IS A SHAM!

Since time immemorial, our climate has been and will always be changing. Patrick Moore, a co-founder of Greenpeace explains why 'climate change', far from being a recent man-made disaster, is, for a myriad of complex reasons, a fact of life on Planet Earth.

Jul 27, 2015 Patrick Moore explains why “climate change”  is  a fact of life on Planet Earth. YouTube Channel Prager University. (Source)

Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday said facts don’t support climate change, in a speech that described the notion as a front for power-hungry politicians who want to control Americans’ lives. During an appearance before some of the most influential conservative donors in the country, the Texas Republican said there is no factual basis for scientists’ research that shows the planet is changing.

Infograph To The Main Kurdish Factions

The onslaught of ISIS has almost become synonymous with the heroic stance of the Kurds at Kobane and their brothers of the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq. Since 2006 a Libertarian miracle has been sprouting. The PKK clans are experimenting in an obscure form of direct democracy. 

Nov. 10, 2014 Author Stephen Mansfield of the book The Miracle of the Kurds, has a message for the US. Scroll down for more. 

UPDATE: Link to the original including annotations (source)

Info-graph Of Major #Kurdish Factions : @AJEnglish pic.twitter.com/sMsaT1oOGI

— Terrormonitor.org (@Terror_Monitor) July 30, 2015

Egypt Issued Warrants For Obama and Hillary's Arrest

Egypt is struggling to restore the country after narrowly having escaped rule by the Muslim Brotherhood. The former military leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, currently the country's President, is showing true leadership in uniting the country and spearheading efforts to reform Islam.



Jul 24, 2015 Egypt has issued warrants for both Obama and Hillary for their Muslim Brotherhood shenanigans.

UPDATE:

Egypt's al-Sisi has all Hillary's emails to Morsi. http://t.co/xGb5EHozCf Rico lawsuit coming we promised! pic.twitter.com/OlANQ802I8

— Todd Griffith (@c5hardtop1999) July 20, 2015

The Egalitarian Movement Contributing To Today's Misery

How wrong the egalitarian movement is in its assertion that "the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer" is proved by this chart. Reason, science applied to production has lifted more people out of agrarian subsistence than any economic model before it. That's why this reality must be suppressed at all cost.

The world is getting both richer and more equal - though an entire industry depends on denying the statistics. pic.twitter.com/DJaazunFJ9

— Daniel Hannan (@DanHannanMEP) July 25, 2015

Not just an entire industry depends on the denial. Upholding the equality gap is crucial to the Leftist moral narrative. The moment the truth is exposed they have no base for existence. Inequality is also their perpetual call to action, the fuel of social strife. This is the reason why the clarion call, "the rich are getting richer'' must be injected into the meme stream with forceful regularity. And sad enough, nearly everyone is taking the lie at face value.

The premise is not just metaphysically untrue, but is also morally wrong. There will always be differences between people. As moral beings, but also in income and in the accumulation of wealth. Money is not what drives a producer, or any mentally healthy person: it's self realization and setting goals and achieving them. Breaking the legs of anyone with an ambition will finally land us all in a mass grave. Only in death we're all equal.

Can't We All Just Get Along?

Per Judge Jeanine Pirro, it's time to stop being politically correct and start being morally right. (Source) A moral standard defines the point of absolute good and evil. To many relativists this realm of thinking is closed. But the following memes should make clear to even the most flexible mind where the problem lies.

So what exactly were #NoRoomForRacism marching for?? #auspol #ReclaimAustralia pic.twitter.com/0P7xTaMNiu

— captain zero (@ccar1259) July 19, 2015

Just what exactly should we be talking about with Ms Taylor and her Muslim friends? How many gays would be OK to hang, let's say as a compromize. She presented us exactly with the argument why we have nothing to talk about. A deal with an enemy of man's rights is out of the question. The good has nothing to gain from evil! Which is the reason you don't negotiate with terrorists. Doing so, would make you an accomplice. 

@ccar1259 Maybe we, the people, could all discuss it on Q&A?

— Sarah Taylor (@SarahJMTaylor) July 19, 2015

Here we have a great example how a noble cause like Utopian "world peace" could justify sheer evil in itself, a holocaust. These are the dangers of the 'end justifies the means' morality.

What kind of "World Peace" is this poor boy thinking about? Raping women, Beheading Infidels? World dominion? #Israel pic.twitter.com/C36ZMI4hqx

— Zvi Lando (@zlando) July 19, 2015

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THE 1964 PLAYBOY INTERVIEW WITH AYN RAND

In March 1964 Playboy Magazine published an interview of Alvin Toffler with Ayn Rand. The interview serves as one of the best comprehensive statements of Rand's views and the philosophy of Objectivism. Playboy has now republished the article. 

Ayn Rand in 1964, "an intense, angry young woman of 58". 

Forty years ago, in its March 1964 issue, Playboy magazine interviewed Ayn Rand . This interview would prove to be a significant event for Rand and for Objectivism. Playboy was one of the earliest mass-circulation public forums to offer Rand an opportunity to explain her philosophy and address at length a broad range of topics. She discussed everything from metaphysics, epistemology and ethics, to sex, religion, politics, and art. The interviewer was Alvin Toffler, later to become famous as author of Future Shock. 

VERHOFSTADT'S HIDDEN INTERESTS IN GREECE

Guy Verhofstadt, the leader of the Liberal voting bloc in the European Parliament is one of the worst offenders against Liberty and democratic principles in the organization. Today he scolded the elected Prime Minister of Greece as if he is a school boy.

Jul 8, 2015 Guy Verhofstadt assaulting Alexis Tsipras in the European Parliament.

UPDATE: The Left is accusing the eurocrats of nepotism. The Right is hurling charges of 'clientelism'. At the root is the corruption that is the result of mixing government with the private interests. The EU is the essence of this idea. When the Government is in the business of regulation, lobbyists are sprouting up to win favors, failed banks are being bailed out and politicians, like Verhofstadt get on the board of super conglomerates like parasites on a rotting carcass.

Guy Verhofstadt, the EU President, and the bid for Greek water. Who is the Guy representing you? http://t.co/yJX9SIkdkk

— The Raven (@TheRavenxx) July 11, 2015