MUST WATCH — The Bomb in the Brain: Brain Development and Violence with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
Jun 12, 2014
Stefan Molyneux, philosopher and host of Freedomain Radio talks about the wide ranging effects of Domestic Violence especially as it relates to brain development in childhood. The Toronto DV 2014 Symposium was organized and hosted by Attila Vinczer. http://torontodv.com/
The Bomb In The Brain Series
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Special thanks to Studio Brule for the A/V: https://www.youtube.com/user/StudioBrule
Baltimore Teenaged Protestors Try To Burn Pizza Store Owner Alive
Issam el Ghannam [still image from IJ Review]
PotentNews.com
May 3, 2015
During the recent Baltimore protests which reeked of George Soros‘ usual nefarious escapades, and which occasionally resulted in a number of businesses being looted and burned – and also cop cars being suspiciously burned – and which also sparked solidarity protests as far as Ferguson, Oakland, Denver, Minneapolis, Washington DC, New York City, and Seattle, twitter feeds were soaked with comments like “stores can be re-built but Freddie Gray’s spine can never be rebuilt”. Variations of this argument appeared to dominate the twitter-sphere.
In light of this, what can those who use this fallacious argument say when faced with this IJ Review video featuring an interview with a Baltimore pizza shop owner, Essam el Ghannam, who mentioned that a 14 year old girl tried to light him and his vehicle on fire in Baltimore amid the riots? That’s right, teenagers tried to murder an innocent man in one of the most torturous and brutal ways imaginable, by dousing him with lighter fluid and attempting to ignite the flame. The video shows his burnt and looted store, Papa Palace, which the man has owned and operated for 8 years. He said that at the time that this occured he was watching his 12-year old niece and had to rush her to safety.
What was this teenager thinking? Judging from Ghannam’s reaction, it’s likely she simply wasn’t thinking.
Leonard Peikoff defines “thinking” as identifying. He points out that when you ask yourself “where” an event is happening you are actually asking about the identity of the location – “what is the location”.
When you ask “when” an event is happening you aim to identify the time at which the event occured – “what is the time interval during which this event occured”, and so on.
Hence, thinking is the act of identifying. It’s all about the “what”, at the end of the day.
Peikoff writes,
Objectivism holds that value is objective (not intrinsic or subjective); value is based on and derives from the facts of reality (it does not derive from mystic authority or from whim, personal or social). Reality, we hold — along with the decision to remain in it, i.e., to stay alive — dictates and demands an entire code of values. Unlike the lower species, man does not pursue the proper values automatically; he must discover and choose them; but this does not imply subjectivism. Every proper value-judgment is the identification of a fact: a given object or action advances man’s life (it is good): or it threatens man’s life (it is bad or an evil). The good, therefore, is a species of the true; it is a form of recognizing reality. The evil is a species of the false; it is a form of contradicting reality. Or: values are a type of facts; they are facts considered in relation to the choice to live.
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Just as there can be no dichotomy between mind and body, so there can be none between the true and the good. Even in regard to metaphysically given facts, cognition and evaluation cannot be sundered. Cognition apart from evaluation is purposeless; it becomes the arbitrary desire for “pure knowledge” as an end in itself. Evaluation apart from cognition is non-objective; it becomes the whim of pursuing an “I wish” not based on any “It is.”
Many seem to mistakenly agree that 2 wrongs make a right. Unfortunately, reality is not merely a product of what we want. It’s not that convenient. Not for you, not for me, and not for those teenagers either. The fact is that one either understands and respects property rights or one does not. We can’t move the goalposts. We can’t have something be wrong one day and then suddenly be right the next.
VIDEO — The Truth About Freddie Gray
via Stefan Molyneux
May 1, 2015
On April 19, 2015, Freddie Gray, died as a result of injuries sustained while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department. He was 25 years old. But the tragedies within this story began much much earlier – and continue, even after his early death.
As Baltimore burned in the background and protestors rioted – criminal charges were filed against the six police officers who were believed to be involved in his death.
Will the justice be served in a court of law – or are there more complicated elements involved in this tragic story which need to be addressed? What is the Truth About Freddie Gray?
MSNBC, Cops & Millions of Americans Advocate for Child Abuse Amid #BaltimoreRiots — video included
via The Anti Media
by Alissa Kokkins
April 28, 2015
(ANTIMEDIA) While Freddie Gray was laid to rest yesterday, corporate media outlets amplified the Baltimore Police Department and the mayor’s calls for “peaceful protest.” However, tensions heightened when the City of Baltimore decided to use militarized violence against high schoolers that were calling for justice for Freddie Gray. MSNBC mimicked those calls for peaceful protest yesterday, but this morning on MSNBC’s show “Morning Joe” two MSNBC hosts advocated for a certain kind of violence: child abuse.
In a video shared by “Morning Joe,” a mother strangles her son with his mask and then slaps and hits him repeatedly in the face. As she abuses her child on national television, MSNBC host and former Congressman, Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.) commentates: “Baltimore police officers asking parents to actually step in and try to do something to help out yesterday to bring the city under control during the riots… and one mother listened. She was captured on video discipling her son. Now, how many parents can relate to that?… Doing what any good, strong mother would do. God bless her for doing that.”
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VIDEO — How Subliminal Messages and Symbols Affect Us
Activist Post
Apr 14, 2015
In this video Luke Rudkowski talks to Lenon Honor author, film producer, counselor and radio show host about the importance of how symbols and logos manipulate us.
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VIDEO — How to Woship the State
via The Corbett Report
Apr 1, 2015
It is the most destructive, dangerous, bloody and virulent mind disease in history. In the 20th century alone, 200 million people were sacrificed at its altar. And almost everyone on the planet is a member. Join James as he tears up the rules on the cult of statism in this edition of Thought For The Day.
SHOW NOTES: https://www.corbettreport.com/?p=14132
PODCAST — John Adams Afternoon Commute w/guest Jan Irvin
via HOAX BUSTERS CALL
Mar 16, 2015
Jan Irvin from gnosticmedia.com joins John and myself to discuss a range of topics-MK Ultra, The CIA, Stuart Copeland,Laurel Canyon, The Hippy Movement, Margaret Sanger, Aldous, Huxley,Gordon Wasson, Thomas Huxley, Scientism, Skepticism, Darwinism, Quantum Theory, Media Mind Control, Lifetime Actors, Psychoactive Drugs, Pharmaceuticals, New Age, Alan Watts, Theodore John “Ted” Kaczynski, The Culture Creation Industry, Birth Control, Eugenics, The Court System, Trivium Method, Logical Fallacies, Intellectual Defense, Vaccines, Measles Outbreaks, Ritual Abuse, The Multiverse, Neal DeGras Tyson, The Drug Culture, Nuclear Bomb Hoax.
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