Notices by 1031 (1031@freeatlantis.com)

It needs to be gutted.

Research by Verdant Labs using political-contribution data found that among public school English teachers, there are 97 Democrats for every 3 Republicans, & it's even more one-sided among health teachers with 99 Democrats for every one Republican.

Did you know that the largest union in the country is the National Education Association?

Most of the money it collects in dues goes to UniServ grants that pay salaries of collective bargaining specialists.

I'll just leave this here for a bit.

I never understood how polls between Harris and Trump could be so tight when the differences between them were so stark. How, I wondered, could anyone willingly vote for someone bent on leading the country into the "promised land" of marxism. Did no one know how awful Marxism is?

When I expressed this bafflement to a friend, he pointed out that two generations have been educated in public schools.

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By now it's probably apparent that I'm a Sasha Stone groupie-from-afar. Lines like this one from the former leftie are the stuff of memes. In fact, I'm inspired to make me one. See if you don't agree:

"To be on the Left in America is to live in one long emergency."

I have my own thought on what its like to be MAGA in America over the last several years, but one thing at a time.

Off to work on a meme. For now here's a link to Sasha's piece:

https://sashastone.substack.com/p/bruce-springsteen-and-the-death-of?publication_id=66221&post_id=150711553&isFreemail=true&r=15fnb3&triedRedirect=true

@DrFell

In a fair election, I would agree with DC_Draino.

In a fair election.

@DrFell

These are schizophrenic times.

I waver between despair borne of the realization that the left cannot afford a Trump victory, and the hope that maybe, God will give us a Red Sea miracle.

I vacillate between wondering if we're in End Times, or enduring a miserable 4th Turning.

I wonder how to endure should they successfully install Harris even as I dehydrate & can vegetables for the inevitable chaos if Trump prevails.

Did I mention that I got holster qualified the other day?

Will Stancil later deleted this.

Still, it has aged pretty well. Let's make Will famous.

@icare4america @DianaSez

Bingo. At least you expect the knife to come from a radical democrat.

If the least three years have taught me anything, it's that we wouldn't be where we are right now had it not been for complicit republicans.

@AngryDuey @icare4america @DianaSez

I've refined my political affiliation even beyond Republican or Conservative.

I am MAGA.I take my cue from two sources: The world of the dog fancy, & airplanes.

From dogs I learned the importance of balance: A dog structurally out of proportion is inefficient, lacks endurance, & is miserable. So is a country.

From air travel, what I learned I now pose to anyone reading. If oxygen masks drop, what is the first thing they tell you to do? I'll wait.....

@AngryDuey @icare4america @DianaSez

The first thing flight attendants tell you to do if oxygen masks drop is to PUT YOURS ON FIRST. You can't help anyone else if you are struggling, yourself.

America can't help others, she can't be a beacon of freedom, if she, herself is struggling. When we are strong, the rest of the world is the better for it.

American first. MAGA. That's how I will vote from here on out.

@Kirk

That's odd. What do you make of it? I find his dissing Chip Roy unexpected

Spotted on FB

Is legislated morality moral?

A thread, I suspect, as I try to express something.

I haven't seen much here in the way of opinions of what was seen on The Pit this morning. I have a few thoughts, but what weighs on me isn't the fraud that was exposed (didn't we all expect it?) but the Avatar/AI that is essentially a lie detector. It wasn't even the technology, itself that I found disquieting. It was the opinions expressed about it. The sentiments expressed by some took me back to two memories

I beg for your patience as I share those two memories, very different from each other, but that share a tiny thread. '

Many years ago, I read an opinion piece by a Muslim who said the morality in his country was higher than in ours. Their women were more virtuous than ours.

I thought about that article for a long time and came to decide that morality under the threat of stoning isn't that moral. It is legislated morality enforced by fear. Yes, we may be more decadent in the west, but....

People who are virtuous in the west truly ARE virtuous because if they're not, they don't face death. They have a CHOICE.

The other memory is from a few years ago when I was working a televised dog show. Some of my new coworkers were, on average, 25 years old. Because our task was social media, the question of privacy came up. One of the young associates couldn't understand what the fuss was over being tracked by activities on social media. He had nothing to hide, he said. I pointed out....

"what if" scenarios. What if something he had done al his life that was legal, suddenly became illegal through the whim of a governor. Mind you, this was NYC & Bloomberg had just outlawed jumbo sized sodas at Madison Sq. Garden. My coworker looked at me with deer in headlights eyes. He hadn't considered that.

Today, one of the comments made in regards to the Avatar/Ai/Truth detector was that it would put an end to deceit. It would end crime. Since he had nothing to fear, it didn't impact him

So I circle back to my two recollections.

If you are forced to tell the truth, is it the same as having truth in your heart and wanting to do the right thing because it's the right thing to do?

if you have nothing to hide one day, does that mean in the wrong hands, that technology could be used against you when something previously legal now isn't?

I disagree with my friend about this technology. It is a slippery slope & I'm surprised he didn't see it.

Maybe it's just me.

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