Ockham’s Phaser

@RichardAngwin @harryjsisson Hey, look! You and every person in your lefty shill organization is saying the exact same copy/paste thing in order to try to distract from the fact that Mueller was used by partisan hacks engaged in pure political lawfare as an oblivious front man puppet. Please, gaslight more.

@harryjsisson Trump couldn't recall key details over 30 times in Mueller's probe, total memory fail. Yet MAGA ignores it while slamming Biden for forgetting dates. Hypocrisy much? Trump's "I don't recall" excuse is weak and screams evasion.

REMINDER: Trump said he could not recall, remember, or recollect more than 30 TIMES in his answers to Robert Mueller. MAGA will attack Biden for forgetting some dates over a 6 hour interview but turn a blind eye when Trump seemingly can’t remember anything???

@harryjsisson When Mueller's team was launched to "investigate" fabricated smears and the concocted fantasy that was paid for by Hillary Clinton and propelled by corrupt partisans on Obama's team, you were expecting what ... someone to say they had perfect memory of someone else's fiction? OK.

@unequalworth @johnkonrad If we could time travel and bring all of the technology, experience, precision, intelligence, and crazy speed of execution back to earlier conflicts, do you really think they’d look the same? And, did you miss the parts where Germany and Japan surrendered?

@johnkonrad It didn’t work in world war 2 but it will work now.

Read it all..

@a_newsman A closer look at his current circle of associations and motivations indicates that this theatrical resignation from his short-lived job is not some noble, principled act. At all.

People with foreign flags in their bio criticizing an 11 times deployed combat veteran who lost his wife in Middle East wars as disloyal to this country is a hell of a look

@tanjirocrypto @ComicDaveSmith Islam’s entire history is expansion and domination through threats of and actual mass murder. Pretending you don’t know this - performative ignorance - isn’t the effective gaslighting you think it is.

@ComicDaveSmith a reminder that “islamic terrorism” literally did not exist prior to american intervention in the middle east

Islam is such a violent religion. Every time we murder a bunch of their children, they try to kill some of us. Disgusting.

My take: it means exactly what it appears to mean. That an important figure returns to his home and deals with the leeches who have taken it over to have his property, consume is wealth, and badger his wife into submission. He takes care of them, and the deserved it. End of story.

@ockhams_phaser @VictoriaZeev @athenaeumbc I’m interested in what your take on the ending is then. I’m not trying to set against what you have said. Just purely open-minded.

A powerful scene in the Odyssey happens when Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca after twenty years of war and wandering. You would expect the story to end with celebration, with the hero coming home, the family reunited, and order restored. Homer does something far stranger. Odysseus arrives disguised as a beggar, because Athena warns him that the palace has been taken over by more than a hundred suitors who have been living there for years, eating his food, drinking his wine, and pressuring his wife Penelope to marry one of them. They believe Odysseus is dead and in their minds the kingdom is already theirs. So the king of Ithaca walks through his own halls dressed in rags while the men stealing his house sit comfortably at his tables. They mock him, throw scraps at him, and one of them even strikes him, and Odysseus takes it. That is the remarkable part, because the same man who blinded the Cyclops and survived twenty years of disasters now stands quietly while strangers insult him in his own home. Homer tells us his heart burns inside his chest and that he wants to attack them immediately, yet he restrains himself and waits. Instead of striking, Odysseus studies the room carefully. He counts the men, watches their habits, and quietly observes which servants remain loyal and which have betrayed him. The hero of the Odyssey does something most people cannot do, which is delay revenge until the moment is right. Eventually Penelope announces a contest and brings out Odysseus’ great bow, declaring that she will marry the man who can string it and shoot an arrow through twelve axe heads lined up in a row. One by one the suitors try and fail, because none of them can even bend the bow. Then the beggar asks for a turn. The suitors laugh at first, but the bow is eventually handed to him. Odysseus takes it in his hands and strings it effortlessly. Homer says the sound of the bowstring tightening rings through the hall like the note of a swallow. Then he places an arrow on the string and sends it cleanly through all twelve axe heads. In that moment the beggar disappears. Odysseus turns the bow toward the suitors and reveals who he is. What follows is one of the most brutal scenes in Greek literature. The doors are sealed and the suitors realize too late that they are trapped inside the hall. Odysseus, his son Telemachus, and two loyal servants begin killing them one by one. There is no escape, no mercy, and no negotiation. The men who spent years consuming another man’s house die inside it. It is a violent ending, but Homer wants you to understand something important. The real danger to Odysseus was never just the monsters and storms on the long journey home. It was the possibility that someone else might take his place while he was gone. When Odysseus finally returns, he reminds everyone in Ithaca of a simple truth: a man’s home is not truly his unless he is willing to fight for it.

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@Diego45Farm @VictoriaZeev @athenaeumbc Acute (it’s really bad!) and chronic (can’t fix it!).

@ockhams_phaser @VictoriaZeev @athenaeumbc Well said (except I think acute and chronic are opposites). In the spirit of the story, I will steal your response

@VictoriaZeev @athenaeumbc That is so hilariously NOT the point. Only someone who bitterly resents other people who create and act to defend the work of their own lives would frame it that way. It’s the worst sort of juvenile, entitled, grasping, whiny take imaginable. Acute chronic arrested development.

@athenaeumbc Cool story, but it’s basically ‘obsessively hoard your stuff and kill anyone in your way’ dressed up as literature.

@WesternLensman Of course notice she didn't trouble herself to say what the attacks WERE about, or who did them in the service of which medieval theocracy.

Due to massive backlash, Abby Phillip issues on-air correction for falsely saying Mamdani was the target of the NYC bomb attack: "I incorrectly said that the bombs that were thrown by ISIS inspired suspects in New York over the weekend were directed at Mayor Mamdani. They were not." "I failed to catch and correct that mistake in real time, and I take full responsibility for that." Phillip’s initial ‘correction’ on 𝕏 was slapped with a Community Note for being misleading. CNN has been forced to issue multiple corrections on this story in the last two days, after repeatedly pushing the false narrative that Mamdani was the target of the attack.

@dnieporent @GarySco50072792 @AdamLaxalt Nonsense. We are asserting our OWN legal interpretation (that the wife of a Russian Oligarch who goes into labor one foot past the customs desk at a US airport didn’t just hatch out a US citizen). If that Russian citizen is in a fight with Russia over status, it’s between them.

@GarySco50072792 @AdamLaxalt No. Your proposal would make the interpretation of the US constitution turn on the laws of _foreign_ countries. A country such as Mexico could create millions of new American birthright citizens merely by declaring that kids born abroad aren't Mexican citizens.

My founding partner, Chuck Cooper, arguing why the Citizenship Clause does not grant citizenship to children born to illegal aliens. The intended meaning was clearly for children “born in the United States and not subject to a foreign power”. Chuck is a generational Constitutional appellate lawyer and knows his stuff. Let’s hope the Supreme Court does the right thing on this incredibly important case for our Republic.

@bojangles1954 @WilliamShatner @elonmusk Why? Because banking that won't get cancelled on you for being out of favor with one political party is bad? Because real-world-economy services from a company that's done more to preserve free speech, assembly, and liberty than any other in generations is a bad thing? Do tell.

@WilliamShatner I can't believe that you are in bed with @elonmusk 🤢. Extremely disappointing 👋

If you participate you will get $1 from me and $25 as a Welcome Gift from X. You can connect a bank account to move money into the account at 6% yearly interest, set up a virtual debit card to spend that $25 while you order your physical metal debit card from the bank…

Why would I want to admit demonstrably false nonsense? That would be the same sort of performative theatrics we're talking about, here. What did he get wrong? We destroyed the active nuke work in the functioning facilities. It would have taken years to get back to what they were almost done doing. They decided to rededicate themselves to starting that up all over again, and continued to work on long range missiles for delivery. So since they refused to take the first round's lessons to heart, we're taking the required next step. Wishing that all away for the dopamine hit of pretending The Jews Make Us Do Everything is some really childish BS.

Not on the left... not performative... and also not an actually addressing the issue. If you dont want to admit that trump got it wrong, that their intelligence was wrong, or that he got talked into attacking Iran based on a drummed up imminent threat from Isreali intelligence... thats fine, but dont feign outrage just to dodge the issue

Lmao. Perfect explanation for a 5 yr old.

@empty_emm @Freedom250GP @IndyCar @MSE @IndyCarOnFOX @FOXSports Oh, look! An angry tween girl! Tell us about all the other people who aren't obeying your arrested development tantrums. Did they fail to get you a pony, or did they allow the Wrong Sort Of Other Girls to sit near you at lunch? That must be so awful for you.

@Freedom250GP @IndyCar @MSE @IndyCarOnFOX @FOXSports We can parade the whole trump cabinet on this path before sending them to prison.

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@cronos12 @Sassafrass_84 OK, fine, pretend this is too complicated for you to understand so you can feign some theatrical outrage. Performative ignorance is definitely the latest Bat Signal instruction from the left, and here you are obeying the directive.

Trump said it was annihilated last year. Isreal intelligence thats still ip on the white house website on operation midnight hammer said it set back their ability to make a nuclear weapon by years... These are their words, not mine. So why are we bombing them over imminent nuclear threats. Trump said that it was "fake news" that their program was totally annihilated and verbally attacked the press if they questioned it. Now youre fine with making up your own narear8ve that they still had some material and this needed to be done right now. Was trump lying last year? Was Isreal intelligence lying last year? Or is the current intelligence a lie to excuse the bombing? Some of us lived through G. W. Bush using fake intelligence to spark a conflict in the middle east... and we don't want to relive it. But its deja vu with this situation... conflicting intelligence, a leader that we needed to get rid of at all costs, the right pushing a narrative that people questioning it are siding with that ruthless regime that was toppled by American might...

@charlie1zulu @Moottzilla @yashar @GodwinMeter The people who say, "There's evidence!" are always the ones careful to never provide any of it, because they know they look like juvenile fools when they try to string a bunch of nonsense together into the elaborate fantasy world in which they've trapped themselves.

@Moottzilla @yashar @GodwinMeter Oh yeah there's no evidence at all. Move along. 💪👍🔥

I’m so fucking sick of snark from people on here because I talk about Jew hatred a lot. First, those who have followed me for a while know this has been a focus of mine for more than 10 years — it’s not something I suddenly picked up post–October 7. My focus is largely on extremism, particularly in America, not on Israel, although I fully understand there’s crossover. Second, people who say my focus on this is cringe, annoying, or stupid either don’t understand how serious this problem is — or they’re Jew haters themselves. This is an urgent matter. I wouldn’t spend this much time on it if it weren’t. And despite what some people online seem to believe, it certainly isn’t lucrative or helpful to my career. We know from decades of research that once someone adopts a fully developed antisemitic worldview, it becomes very, very difficult to deradicalize them — though not impossible. I don’t want to lose more people to the abyss of Jew hatred. As far as I’m concerned, this is existential. When hatred of Jews becomes part of someone’s identity and worldview, it shapes how they understand everything: politics, morality, and even their sense of belonging. Antisemitism operates differently from many other forms of hatred because it is conspiratorial in nature rather than simply prejudicial. Conspiracy beliefs are self-sealing: evidence against them is interpreted as proof of the conspiracy itself. People who adopt strong antisemitic views often move into social ecosystems that reinforce those beliefs: online communities, ideological networks, and political movements. Antisemites also see their hatred as morally justified. In their minds, they are defending civilization, fighting corruption, exposing hidden evil, and, as many of you learned recently, exposing child-killing pedophiles. Once hatred becomes framed as a moral duty, deradicalization becomes far more difficult. Antisemitism also “explains” everything to the Jew hater. Because Jews are falsely framed as the hidden cause behind many unrelated problems, Jews become the grand explanatory theory for the world’s failures and for the failures and challenges people have personally. People who criticize me or mock me ultimately don’t bother me. But it is deeply annoying and concerning — particularly because they cannot even claim that I spend my time advocating for Israel or defending the decisions of the Israeli government. So their issue is with Jews. Ultimately, if you have a problem with me talking about this, you can kiss my Iranian ass.

@elonmusk Yes, getting better. And THANK you for no longer punting me over to “For You” every time I enter the iOS app. Much better. Grok, though, is a life changer. Seriously.

Have your 𝕏 recommendations improved?

@Startup_CFO_ @EddCats9 @DataRepublican @CynicalPublius No, everyone lives without the mullahs spending billions of dollars of Chinese and Russian money fueling multiple terror proxies around the region. And people get to live that flow of money and weapons drying up. This seems to make you angry for some reason.

@ockhams_phaser @EddCats9 @DataRepublican @CynicalPublius Everybody lives happily ever after? What are you smoking?

Do average Americans understand just how much GWOT veterans hate Iran? Do average Americans understand that basically every GWOT veteran knows comrades in arms who were killed or maimed by Iran? Do average Americans understand that while GWOT veterans hate the idea of useless, endless wars, that most also support a rapid takedown of the Iranian regime that murdered their friends so long as the fight is led by decisive leaders who will allow us to win? Do average Americans understand any of this?

@ClandestinoPe @KimDotcom Are you really falling for this idiotic clickbait? The people who spread it around need very low intelligence people to fall for it, because that’s how they make money. How embarrassing for you that you’re helping them.

@KimDotcom The irony is that Israel was afraid of Iran's use of nuclear weapons, and now they're going to use the bomb.

To Iran, Prepare for a mass casualty event, I believe Trump and Netanyahu plan to use nuclear weapons shortly, probably not only Teheran. If you feel like surrendering do it now. If you don’t want to kneel to the US and Israel move your leadership to non-population centers now. If they use nukes their people are going to remove them. They will have no future after killing millions of people.

@Ssalberto36 @KimDotcom This whole topic is pure delusion. It’s being brought up by people starved for clicks. Stop feeding these trolls.

@KimDotcom Very stupid of Trump if he nukes Iran. He's putting Americans in danger and the rest of the world. Someone must talk with him tell him to not use nuclear.