We were gonna talk about Big Tech and their coming reckoning today, but as usual, philosophical investigation is an animal which cannot be tamed, and so we ended up talking about the First Amendment, the courts, and where "rights" actually come from. Also, Plato is kind of a communist...? ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUiafDX7kbk
This is an audiobook written and recorded by S. Patrick Cunningham.
Magadalene--Maggie--thought she'd left her problems behind when handsome, wealthy Dan took her away from the Christian commune where she was born. But she soon learned she'd traded in one set of problems for another, far worse.
So she ran again. This time, though, she's absolutely dedicated to standing on her own two feet.
That's going to be difficult, however, because her new best friend's brother Peter is charming, handsome, and builds and plays beautiful guitars like nothing she's seen or heard anywhere.
But he has baggage of his own, and both Maggie and Peter will have to confront the ghosts of their path if they ever want to find their way into each other's arms.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSmDa3aKXN4
Socrates said that "education is not about filling a vessel, but about lighting a fire." School should reflect that, as a place where kids learn HOW to think, not WHAT to think.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaJiHCWFlJk
our thinking about why we vote. No more "I vote Republican" or "I vote Democrat." I vote for people who EARN it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EGVY6HNvjQ
Donald Trump became yesterday the first president in American history to be impeached TWICE. This is hardly the first thing about Trump's presidency to be unprecedented, however. We examine the impeachment, what can and can't happen, what should and shouldn't happen, and also have a discussion about whether marginalizing far-right voices will cause them to radicalize further.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb-KdKeQNUY
Trump's allies have all deserted him; the election is certified; all accounts point to a permanent removal from social media once he leaves office. But that does nothing to assuage the anger that Trump supporters felt on Wednesday, nothing to deal with the crisis of confidence in democracy that has left 40% of the electorate questioning whether this election was legitimate. So....where do we go from here? Like a couple after a huge fight, we have to find a way to live together now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Waq9S_Ep_go
as #ElonMusk leaves the Golden state; he's upset about the #CaliforniaLockdown, upset about #California business law...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4JzwF6z-Xg
and #JoeBiden dies shortly after taking office, then I'll have no choice but to become a neopaganist and believe in #astrology.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brA-CVpgHvw
| One of those strange monoliths has met an untimely end at the hands of California "Christians" who proclaimed the monolith "gay." Chalk one...victory...?...for...America...?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah2ePzv-wWI