You know what's very nationalistic? The Olympics. And yet, those people that claim to hate nationalism seem to love it... Go figure.

Have reached the HFSP stage in my journey.

Looking to get into drones and wondering if there are any good off the self open source options? I mean hardware that uses open source software.

Brother in-law said a friend was pissed Trump won until he looked at his retirement accounts. Lol

I wish American Christians and pastors were as appalled by the death left in the wake of US foreign policy as they are by Donald Trump.

I was very surprised to hear Joel Salatin be mentioned for a position in the Trump admin. Curious what @Jack Spirko has to say about this. Wasn't on my bingo card.

For a community that claims to not care about politics it sure has been quiet tonight.

What They Didn’t Tell You About the Scopes Monkey Trial

Bob Murphy Show

Ep. 355 What They Didn’t Tell You About the Scopes Monkey Trial

The 1925 Scopes Trial ostensibly featured the triumph of science over fundamentalist religion. Bob gives some surprising facts that may change your...

For many years I have been fascinated by how often common knowledge on some historical event is terribly incomplete or even flat wrong. After listening to Bob Murphy read and summarize the transcript of the "Scopes Money Trial" this pattern holds true. I recommend this podcast if you are interested in the Scopes Trial. If you are hard core young earth Creationist you will be disappointed. If you are a devote atheist you will also be disappointed. But if you just like to learn, I think you will enjoy it. Here's a taste. You might be surprised how [Eugenics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics) plays into this. You might be surprised by which side comes off as reasonable. You might be surprised by the popular summary of this event and how the actual transcript sounds in contrast. ## Some Personal Experiences What I have come to find as a pattern is that the dominate story line is often incomplete or complete wrong. If one cares to understand society and history you have to seek out alternative primary sources. This will not give you a complete picture but it will bring the past into better focus. We have to accept that we will never know what really happened in the past. Not fully at least. But what we are taught in schools is almost always designed to keep the state in a positive light. What we learn in culture and entertainment is also full of agendas. We see this today in modern politics. I'm not a Trump fan but the sheer number of times his words have been manipulated and repeated to portray a false image is astounding. It is so absurd that many on the left have moved toward supporting him as it has become obvious how dishonest and sinister his opposition has become. What I find interesting about this is that its not really new. The older I get and more research I do on any topic the more I see this pattern of agendas and false info play out. One must remain skeptical. For those with TDS the right also does this to their opponents. The thing is, the right / conservative movement is not the stronger of the two in culture and the permanent state. So don't just think this is a right/left thing. Its not. Its about power and control over the hearts and minds of the malleable masses. Many times when I go down a rabbit trail I end up finding out something I just took for granted was completely false or at least very slanted. My goal in sharing this is to challenge stackers to question what you are told by "authority figures". Not with the mindset of proving it wrong or never trusting anything. But just thinking for yourself. Recognizing we don't have perfect knowledge and we can't just trust the establishment. This goes for bitcoin culture as well. Everyone has an agenda. originally posted at

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Watched Money Electric last night. My take is that I can see no coiners being turned off by the way Bitcoin and the figures are protrayed. Its not a terrible film. I pretty much agree with most bitcoiners take on it. The whole who is Satoshi is really tiresome but I get it.

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