Rush Limbaugh's Treatment by CBS 60 Minutes in 1991 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=017VvbOOQLo This video from 1991 should be a reminder that the world and issues you see today are not new. They weren't new then and they aren't new now. I grew up listening to Limbaugh and I have PLENTY of issues with his positions and the positions of the "conservative" movement. But, the hypocrisy of the critics at the time is a story we are seeing repeated today. Rush mocked those in power (Democrats mostly). This was often translated to he was mocking democrat voters. Sound familiar? The irony of this report is pretty amazing to me but not unfamiliar. The criticism of Rush was that he's insulting and crass and yet I heard the following insults. He is called * Dangerous * Fat * College drop out * Twice divorced * Bigot * Nazi 30+ years later... Rush was only dangerous to the politics he opposed. He was far from extreme. Just as political figures on the left are far from extreme today. We just aren't supposed to think for ourselves and question the status quo. That's not safe. We are supposed to stay in line. Limbaugh like Trump says more about his time that himself. The response to them is more instructive than anything they say. https://stacker.news/items/1214966

That's not the craziest theory but it seems pretty unlikely to me that leadership would have the guts and intelligence to pull that off. Now, if there were evidence that the ad agency behind this rebrand had done things like this in the past... it might be a compelling theory.

Am I "woke right"? - Tom Woods https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/rekaine?e=9d40653d66 Just had to share one more worthwhile newsletter from Woods. ## Tom Wood's Newsletter I don't want to mention names, because I have no interest in another fight, but there's a certain person you probably know who goes around calling dissidents like you and me "woke right" -- a meaningless and foolish term, but one he returns to again and again. The right-wing dissidents he targets are "woke," he thinks, because among other things they believe in oppressors and oppressed, just like Marxists and the left. What he doesn't mention, and probably doesn't know, is that long before Karl Marx and his "woke" descendents came along, the classical liberals of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries had developed their own class theory. Marx himself noted that "no credit is due to me for discovering the existence of classes in modern society or the struggle between them. Long before me bourgeois historians had described the historical development of this class struggle and bourgeois economists the economic anatomy of the classes." So in fact there is nothing inherently "Marxist" about noting the existence of classes, or of oppressors and oppressed. Marx himself admits that others perceived these phenomena long before he came along. The classical liberal theory of classes was that the oppressors were the ruling class who populated the state apparatus, and the oppressed were the ordinary citizens who were expropriated by that apparatus. (The late historian Ralph Raico discusses the classical liberal theory of class in an article called "Classical Liberal Roots of the Marxist Doctrine of Classes.") Simply because someone uses language Marx used, or says something that sounds -- superficially -- like something Marx said, doesn't make that person "woke." As we've said, Marx actually adapted his theory of class from others, and furthermore Marx had a habit of saying things that might have been true had his subsequent analysis not been hopelessly confused. For example, Marx had a theory of exploitation. It was entirely wrong. It is therefore not "Marxist" to adopt a correct theory of exploitation -- as in, the state exploits peaceful participants in the private economy. I realize the word "exploitation" appears in both theories, but that is where the similarity ends. Thus I am unmoved by the accusation that I am "woke right." ### More from the email Yesterday I mentioned poor Senator Tim Kaine, who evidently despises the fundamental ideas of his own country, and who recently mocked those ideas in the U.S. Senate. In particular, Kaine is appalled that people believe that "rights don't come from laws and don't come from the government, but come from the Creator." Common sense will tell you that if you have no rights until government grants them to you, then you really have no rights at all, because what government gives you, government can also take away. Kaine is a perfect example of the kind of person we mean when we say we are ruled by people who hate us. https://stacker.news/items/1214788

The low-IQ senator award - Tom Woods on Tim Kaine https://mailchi.mp/tomwoods/kaine I posted another link related https://stacker.news/items/1214762 to this demonstration of one politicians lack of understanding of the very words of the Constitution earlier. Tom Woods also had some good thoughts on it. ## From Tom Wood's Newsletter: They sure don't make 'em like they used to. U.S. senators, that is. Read the debate between Senators Robert Hayne and Daniel Webster in 1830, or the lesser-known but equally valuable debate between John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster in 1833 (featuring the latter's speech "The Constitution Not a Compact Between Sovereign States") and you'll say to yourself: I realize our senators today could never carry on debates at this level, but I'd be content if they could at least understand them. We cannot set our expectations too high for a man who ran as the vice-presidential candidate with Hillary Clinton, but I think most people would not have expected his comments last week. Kaine said: > The notion that rights don't come from laws and don't come from the government, but come from the Creator — that's what the Iranian government believes. It's a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Sharia law and targets Sunnis, Bahá'ís, Jews, Christians and other religious minorities. And they do it because they believe that they understand what natural rights are from their Creator. So the statement that our rights do not come from our laws or our governments is extremely troubling. What can surprise us at this point? John Locke's argument, echoed by Thomas Jefferson, was that rights preceded government, and that the purpose of government was not to grant rights, but to protect pre-existing rights. (Whether governments do a good job of that in practice is of course not the point here.) Tim Kaine wants you to believe that our rights "come from laws" and "come from the government" -- because what government gives you, government can also take away. That's why Americans have been rather more fond of the idea that we possess these rights already, and do not merely enjoy them at the good pleasure of United States senators. https://stacker.news/items/1214771

Bishop Barron calls out Politician claiming natural rights come from government https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLb573WZVXU There have been several good responses to Sen. Tim Kaine really [bad take on rights](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da4GuFmM070) but I appreciated Bishop Barron's words here. When you listen to what people like Kaine think so many more things about their positions make sense. Not only do they not respect the Constitution. They don't even understand it at all. We have generations of people that do not understand this document that is supposed to protect our rights. The Bishop says one thing that I really wish more people would realize. He says, if you believe that rights come from the government that gives the government god like powers. He's absolutely right. One of the things I have come to see and believe is that the state is a false god. Its not just evil for what it does, it is a false idol that humans worship and trust in to do things only a god could do. The state is literally anti-Christ. Do not misunderstand me. Governance and hierarchic order are not evil but the modern state is 100%. Refreshing to hear someone in the clergy that gets this. We need more men like him. I do think that Kaine is confusing law and rights. Laws and rights both pre-date the government. The irony of Kaine's idea here is that if the state is where are rights come from what do you do in a state like Nazi Germany? Does this idea that rights come from the state help you there? https://stacker.news/items/1214762

BizToc - Business & News Home Page https://biztoc.com/ If you like to keep up with the business news you might like this. Heard about this on the [No Agenda Show](https://www.noagendashow.net/). It is funded by Mark Cuban. Do with that what you will. https://stacker.news/items/1214430

Israel targets Hamas leadership in Qatar's capital as blast heard in Doha https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-says-it-targets-hamas-leadership-in-qatars-capital-as-blast-heard-in-doha https://stacker.news/items/1214290

TheWeeklyDrop Issue 698 is out. Get up to date on what's happening in Drupal this week. https://theweeklydrop.com/archive/issue-698

I may be missing his point but this is like your trainer saying. You should get into shape. And your response is, well... the risk of me getting into shape is that I might stop and let myself go...

I think I'm missing the risk part. Is Matthew saying the risk is that if we reach a state of free banking we would risk it not staying free? Is it free now? Freedom is not passive. It has to be guarded and fought for, but before all that it has to be desired. I don't think most people actually want to be free. So where is the risk? Maybe he explains in after the cut in this clip but I missing the issue with free banking.

Don’t Play the Pride Game - Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAsqvLY15ds&list=WL&index=4 https://stacker.news/items/1204514

The Blue-Collar Boom: AI's Impact on the Workforce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOfia1RWFxE What do you think? Are you skeptical? Do you buy this? Too soon? Speaking of AI... here's what Notebook LM highlighted from the video if you don't wanna watch it. Based on the provided video transcript, the following sources were mentioned: * **Treasury Secretary Yellen**: Announced that wage growth for blue-collar jobs hit a 60-year high. * **Federal Reserve**: A new study from the Federal Reserve indicated that the unemployment rate for construction service majors is 0.7%, while for computer science grads it's 6.1%, and for computer engineering, it's 7.5%. * **San Francisco Gate**: * Profiled a group of Bay Area teenagers who are skipping college to learn welding and are securing jobs paying $80-$90 an hour. * Quoted a refrigeration instructor who noted that when ChatGPT started taking off, students realized they needed to pick a good career path sooner than they thought. * **Microsoft**: A recent study predicted that jobs least at risk from AI are overwhelmingly blue-collar, including plasters, roofers, and pile drivers. * **OpenAI ChatGPT**: Claims that the only jobs 100% safe from AI are blue-collar jobs. * **A May survey**: Found that over a quarter of blue-collar Gen Z specifically cited AI as a reason to choose blue-collar work. * **Another survey of 10,000 Gen Z**: Revealed that 43% have changed their career plans into work they believe will not be automated by AI. * **Resume Builder**: One survey found that 37% of blue-collar workers actually have a college degree that is apparently considered worthless. https://stacker.news/items/1204384

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This is a pretty big deal

Wow, so cringe

Yeah, for sure but also if someone you love that is from a previous generation maybe does something dumb you'd be angry. For me me this means just communicating what these tools are to my less informed loved ones. Not depending on the companies or gov to do that but it's an issue.

Man Follows ChatGPT's Advice and Poisons Himself https://futurism.com/man-poisons-himself-chatgpt Guys, its important to understand AI. What it is, how it works, and most importantly what it isn't. This guy was dumb but I read stuff from people that seem very intelligent everyday that shows me they don't get AI and are buying what Scam Altman is selling. He's a liar. Chatbots are tech prediction machines. They don't know anything. https://stacker.news/items/1080342

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