1140
French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
1539
Hernando de Soto claims Florida for Spain.
1932
Lou Gehrig and teammate Tony Lazzeri hit four home runs in one game, and hit for the natural cycle, respectively. These two feats are both less common than a perfect game, which has occurred twenty one times in one hundred and twenty years.
1937
The Duke of Windsor marries Wallis Simpson.
1940
World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ends with a German victory and with Allied forces in full retreat.
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Bigotry relies on Critical Theory's concept of man's unavoidable genetic/historical nature, which cannot be escaped and, presumably, taints the child with the guilt of the parent. Or, maybe, it's the other way. Maybe bigotry created Critical Theory. No matter; those Romanov girls have got to die.
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Doctors and residents across China continue to report more infections and deaths as the latest wave of COVID-19 continues, portraying a far more severe situation than the Chinese regime is letting on.
Schools in various provinces are reportedly suspending classes and placing students in quarantine, leading to growing concerns among the public of a return of lockdowns, according to information provided to the Chinese language version of The Epoch Times and on social media.
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Doctors and residents across China continue to report more infections and deaths as the latest wave of COVID-19 continues, portraying a far more severe situation than the Chinese regime is letting on.
Schools in various provinces are reportedly suspending classes and placing students in quarantine, leading to growing concerns among the public of a return of lockdowns, according to information provided to the Chinese language version of The Epoch Times and on social media.
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A Theory of Anti-Semitism
What can explain anti-semitism?
Tribalism is an obvious answer, those ancient urges that collect loyalty and segregate animosity--and submerge individual successes and failures.
Tribalism is the blood enemy of the American experiment that unifies its political group on a philosophical ideal, not a biological accident. The Americans have no interest in origin, only destination.
George Gilder has reissued his book called "The Israel Test," which offers an interesting expansion on the notion of the hostility toward Israel and jews.
“The source of antisemitism,” Gilder believes, “is Jewish superiority and excellence.”
Tribalism is an obvious answer, those ancient urges that collect loyalty and segregate animosity--and submerge individual successes and failures.
Tribalism is the blood enemy of the American experiment that unifies its political group on a philosophical ideal, not a biological accident. The Americans have no interest in origin, only destination.
George Gilder has reissued his book called "The Israel Test," which offers an interesting expansion on the notion of the hostility toward Israel and jews.
“The source of antisemitism,” Gilder believes, “is Jewish superiority and excellence.”
Uh oh. The dreaded hierarchy.
Quoting Israeli journalist Caroline Glick, Gilder writes that while some people admire success, some envy it, and the envious hate Israel. His “Israel test” is a moral challenge; it identifies the “parochial intellects” clouded with envy and suspicion, who hate Israel for its very virtues. “The source of antisemitism,” Gilder believes, “is Jewish superiority and excellence.”The proportion of people with an IQ of 140 or more is about six times higher among Jews than in any other population. He cites the extraordinary fact that Jews, forming much less than a single percent of the world’s population, have won 32% of the Nobel Prizes awarded in the 21st century.
In 2007, Israel surpassed Canada as the home of the most foreign companies on the NASDAQ index.
Quoting Israeli journalist Caroline Glick, Gilder writes that while some people admire success, some envy it, and the envious hate Israel. His “Israel test” is a moral challenge; it identifies the “parochial intellects” clouded with envy and suspicion, who hate Israel for its very virtues. “The source of antisemitism,” Gilder believes, “is Jewish superiority and excellence.”The proportion of people with an IQ of 140 or more is about six times higher among Jews than in any other population. He cites the extraordinary fact that Jews, forming much less than a single percent of the world’s population, have won 32% of the Nobel Prizes awarded in the 21st century.
In 2007, Israel surpassed Canada as the home of the most foreign companies on the NASDAQ index.
Thomas Aquinas defined Envy as "sadness on account of the goods possessed by others." Envy is sadness! It turns inward.
Sadness over the attainments of another. Jealousy, on the other hand, is the outrage over something misappropriated. The jealous man feels the object of dispute is something rightfully his. A promotion. An award. His wife's affections.
The envious man knows his desires are unrealized theft; the jealous man still cloaks himself in righteousness. How to make jealousy righteous? Enter the snake: the Apple of the Tree of Knowledge is yours, has always been.
The Redistributionists transform envy into jealousy, the declaration of the production of another as actually rightfully belonging to someone else. So, taking it is less theft, more like justice. The rule of law is rewritten: the pie is fixed, the other's slice is actually yours. You're not taking his slice, you're taking your slice back. It's simple fairness. And damaging the offender is more like justice. Serious damage, like Desdemona, will happen in any righteous cause.
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