daily quote

Uh... I didn't vote for Scott, or Crist, for that matter. I accept the responsibility for not voting for them.

I voted for human last time.

"It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere." - Voltaire

“I am asking this next question because I know the liberal media will, so we might as well get it out of the way for them. Your mother was an American citizen, you talked about your dad coming from Cuba, you were born in Canada, you had dual citizenship. There are a bunch of liberal birthers out there that would try to make the case that you’re not eligible.”

Sean Hannity at the right wing clown convention.

“Democrats only support [criminal justice reform] because all their relatives are in prison,”

Grover Norquist blowing his dog whistle at the right wing clown convention.

“And to say that this is going to pierce through the armor of cops is ridiculous because it’s a tiny bullet like this big,” she added, demonstrating the size with her fingers.

Regis Giles, founder of Girls Just Want To Have Guns, on Fox News claiming armor piercing .223 ammunition used in the AR-15 assault rifle was too small to pierce the kind of body armor worn by police.

“Hopefully we’re gonna end the attaching of bull**** to essential items of the government,”

Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) on Friday pleading with John Boehner and the House to pass a clean DHS bill and stop listening to the wingnuts.

Face the facts of being what you are, for that is what changes what you are." - Soren Kierkegaard

The U.S. government borrows approximately $5 billion every business day. - Provided by RandomHistory.com who the phuck cares?

“How can we be “free” as conscious agents if everything that we consciously intend is caused by events in our brain that we do not intend and of which we are entirely unaware?”
― Sam Harris, Free Will

I never got the impression we were "free". I've always felt I was a prisoner of my impulses and the events in my mind were almost entirely caused by outside stimuli. The best we can hope for is to channel these stimuli in a way that the "cell" that is being built in our brains for us to reside in, is comfortable and somewhat amusing. Was that too heavy? My impulse is heading towards beer.

I never got the impression we were "free". I've always felt I was a prisoner of my impulses and the events in my mind were almost entirely caused by outside stimuli. The best we can hope for is to channel these stimuli in a way that the "cell" that is being built in our brains for us to reside in, is comfortable and somewhat amusing. Was that too heavy? My impulse is heading towards beer.

The decision to go for the beer was determined by the electrochemical processes in the brain and was not "your" choice. Truth be told, there really is no "you", just a physical body and a bunch of thoughts, memories and sensations in consciousness resulting from the electrochemical processes. The brain decides to go for the beer, and consciousness becomes aware of the decision. Thoughts, memories and sensations become pleasant, even more so after "you" start drinking. It's all good.

You two have had enough, put the beers down and go home.

Since Mr. Banned asserted there is no "me", how the heck am "I" going to put the beer down?

Since Mr. Banned asserted there is no "me", how the heck am "I" going to put the beer down?

It may require an intervention.

I never got the impression we were "free". I've always felt I was a prisoner of my impulses and the events in my mind were almost entirely caused by outside stimuli. The best we can hope for is to channel these stimuli in a way that the "cell" that is being built in our brains for us to reside in, is comfortable and somewhat amusing. Was that too heavy? My impulse is heading towards beer.

most people are food pumps, they are visceral, joyless in a broad sense, always engaging in a zero sum game...taking the path of least resistance. they operate in a tight loop,oblivious to the repetition. this is not what i gather from your postings. self induced struggle and introspection is the "free" state we can aspire to...to understand that we can craft our own legacies around the escape from the visceral. to not care what other's may think about your thoughts or actions, and to not fear loss in whatever form it may take...loss of affirmation,loss of a relationship,job,internet connection{gulp},whatever the delusion appears to be. and to have a beer or three.

Most people are just "laughing anuses". Here's what I was talking about. This is a cut scene, from a video game of all things. Pretty heavy. Easy to follow I think, if you read the captions during the dialog. I think she nails it.

Since Mr. Banned asserted there is no "me", how the heck am "I" going to put the beer down?

As long as the beer is real all is well.

Rather than put the beer down onto a table that I realize is not really a table but a consortium of spinning subatomic particles held together by opposing electrical charges, I'd rather pour it down my laughing anus, so that I can experience those electrochemical processes that I've grown so fond of. Just a creature of habit, I guess.

To yesterday's now dead consciousness, rest in peace. It's in a better place. Welcome to the world, today's imposter, and drink up. Be aware of what day it is.

BTW, speaking in zeroth person isn't easy.

Since I'm still a proud member of the working force, every day is Monday. That's easy enough. I just have to figure out where my weekends disappear to. It that quantum mechanics or string theory?

You are better at being zero than anybody I know.

Since I'm still a proud member of the working force, every day is Monday. That's easy enough. I just have to figure out where my weekends disappear to. It that quantum mechanics or string theory?

It's St. Patty's Day remember! That's what all that meant! Drink up! From now on, let every day be St. Patty's day. No advanced degree needed or wanted.

Oh, that reminds me, I got to get back to the Bay.