Beware the leaven of the Pharisees--- Brave AI dialogue

My take is that it says that sincerity and truth is what counts with God, not the quality of the "leaven".

I made a series of pdf files, but not all of them that I could've made. That's because the link above will expire in 7 days for the former, and laziness for the latter.

I'd like to review it at my leisure at some point in the near future. Know what I mean, Vern?  Leisure, ease, comfort, and convenience.  All of that just might go away soon.  All for the affordability thing....

Yeah, right.

Casting about looking for answers

The fallout from this disaster keeps on. If thinking your way out of a problem is the answer, then here's a thought. You're as good as your weakest link. Chew on that thought for awhile. After all, what is the weakest link? Let's look at art for a moment. Here's a movie clip to consider---Basic Instinct. The comments say it was a funny scene. But I don't find it funny. The dude that's drunk has more wisdom than the guy who's sober. What do you think about that? It's not funny. It seems that Nick is fooling around with a woman that is going to get his best friend killed--the drunk guy. Nothing funny here, ya'll. If the drunk guy makes more sense than you, then I say you've got a problem. (meaning the sober guy)

Bronowski's Warning

11/8/26:

Here's a GAB AI chat about the end times. If Western Civilization has degenerated to the point of collapse, what's next? Can anything be done?

There were plenty of warnings, such as this one by Bronowski. The warnings fell on deaf ears, and now we could be at an end. People may talk about this for centuries. What do you suppose that they will say?

NOTE:  BBC took down the video which was linked.  So I substituted a new one.  How long will it be before BBC takes down this one?  That's censorship.  There are folks who don't want you to know things.  That's the whole point.

12/27/25:

Here's another gem. It will go into the database. Author:  Reginald Beardacus

From Description: "Bronowski laments; humanity will continue to progress, but not necessarily with the West at its forefront."

Quick Update: This gem will lead to other gems, such as this. Well, there are 17k posts on this blog, over a period of 15 years. There's some good stuff here.

5/29/12:

A Clip from the Ascent of Man, Episode 13.

The warning is about the retreat from knowledge.  He says Western Civilization is giving up.  But this series was first aired over 40 years ago- just before his death.  How has that played out in the intervening time since his death?

Knowledge seems to continue in certain areas and decline in others.  One example of advancement is the internet and computers.

But the decline is seen elsewhere in space exploration and nuclear energy.  There are those who may argue if this is really a decline.  It may not be, if aneutronic fusion is perfected.  But that is a gamble.  If that gamble doesn't pay off, the West will have put all of its eggs in a barren basket.  If fusion cannot be perfected, what about fission energy?  It looks like this has definitely fallen out of favor, but what if that judgment has been premature?  If so, this is a retreat, which is not based upon scientific evidence.  It will have been a self inflicted injury.

The other sign of decline is in the slow advancement, if not outright abandonment of the exploration of space.  This too could be a premature judgment.  For the value of space exploration could be in finding those things that are claimed to be in short supply on Earth- unlimited resources.  It will have been a self imposed limitation, which is supposedly based upon the notion of limits to growth.  But what if that is incorrect?  What if the limits are only those that we impose upon ourselves?  What if you could settle space, which according to some claims, could hold orders of magnitude more people, with a civilization comparable to what exists now in only advanced nations of the world?

So the decline of the West may occur because of premature judgments.  The judgments in turn, are not necessarily based upon knowledge, but a belief in something that is not knowledge.  It could be a belief that science is the cause of trouble, not a solution for the troubles of humanity.  Is science the problem or the solution?  The answer to that depends upon a vision for humanity.  If humanity is to be remain locked upon this Earth, then limitations will be imposed that will avoid the solutions that science can provide.  The decline will continue.  As Bronowski says, the advance of man will continue, but by others instead.  As for myself, I'm not so sure.  If the West doesn't do it, it may never be done at all.

A different perspective on what happened last Tuesday from Glenn Beck

I'm in a rush for things to start happening. But as usual, there is no time. This video is over an hour long, and I filed it away and forgot about it. It may be worthwhile to look at this carefully for clues on how to proceed.

The election is OVER. The aftermath is what is right in front of us, and it is that that we have to deal with. Endless post-mortems will indeed waste time when no time is available.

What can be salvaged is the question? Anything???? So, I'll adjust it to this: if you have the time, watch this. At the moment, I don't. There are things to do, and places to go. Life goes on. Until it doesn't. Make of that what you will. I'll post this, and let YOU decide if you want to watch it or not. I watched enough to give it some thought. But keep in mind what is coming and that there's not much time before the Communists take over.

Update:

The guy's major premise is that the people are right. I don't agree. I cannot agree because to do so will completely overturn everything I believe in.

The communists ran on affordability. I don't think the people were really suffering. The poverty rate is the lowest in history. Instead, I think this is the most spoiled rotten generation of people in the history of civilizations. America has had it so good for so long and now is about to find out the hard way what it is like to live on the downside.

The left wing is about to punish the living shit out of all of us, and they are going to blame us for it. Maybe for once, they are right about that.

What? The issue is not affordability. The issue was really about self-indulgence. That self-indulgence will have its consequences.

I stopped this again at about 5 minutes. Beck's guest is sounding like Little Jebbie Bush. We all have to learn how to be good comrades. So now you will learn how to stand in lines at empty shelves because that what happens in communism.

I won't waste anymore of my time or yours discussing this.

Who's the dummy?

The Straw Man in the Wizard of Oz knew he didn't have a brain. Ah, Caramba! If only the brainless knew that they didn't have a brain. Then their heads wouldn't have to explode.

Yep, I mixing up the movies a bit. The trouble is this: are you the dummy or are they the dummies?

We're the ones in a fix right now, so the dummies must be US! Not a comforting thought.

But we still have 2 out of the 3 branches of the government, and that ain't bad! A bit of gallows humor there, or maybe not. Depends on who's the REAL dummy here.

Susan Kokinda Notes Democrat Plan to Tear Down What Trump Builds

CTH

Comment:

Once again, I suggest that we lack time for things like this. The Communists are going to do everything possible to consolidate their power IMMEDIATELY.

Time is of the essence. We cannot afford to waste time.

Don't want to knock CTH or any other ally and / or friend.  But the Communists are gathering their strength for a complete knockout.  This is what our side should be preparing for right now.  

Another Stolen Election?

11/8/26:

I won't speculate upon something that I have no knowledge of. A bit of thinking may indicate a possible way that votes could have been manufactured, but I have no proof of that.

If Paxton had run a perfect campaign, say, like the Spencer Pratt campaign of mayor of LA, then I'd be VERY suspicious. But Paxton didn't do jack squat. He was the worst candidate imaginable. He was worse than Dubya in the last two years of his presidency. If you may recall Dubya said nothing while the communists attacked him relentlessly. People were practically begging Dubya to say something or do something but he sat there like a dumbass and did nothing.

The rest was history. Or is history. If Trump acts the same, failure is guaranteed. Victory isn't guaranteed, but defeat is if nothing is done.

11/7/26:

Is this believable? It may explain what happened, but I'm not sure how it could've happened in Texas.