#TodayILearned > "Pope Sixtus IV (ca. 1471), who allegedly caught syphilis from one of his many mistresses, became the first pope to issue licenses to prostitutes and to levy a tax on their earnings, augmenting vastly the papal revenues in the process. Indeed the Roman Curia partly financed the building of St. Peter's by this tax and the sale of licenses." — *The Sovereign Individual*, by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg (1997) #TIL

#TodayILearned > "After Thomas Aquinas died in the monastery of Fossanova the monks there decapitated and boiled his body in order to secure control of his bones." — *The Sovereign Individual*, by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg (1997) #TIL

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Some say that is when Western Civilization peaked, just prior to World War I, and that it's been downhill from there. Look at the design of buildings from that time compared to buildings since. Compare how people dressed out in public then compared to the yoga pants and pajamas people go out in today. The baseball caps of today instead of the fedoras of yesteryear... View quoted note →

> "America’s welfare-warfare state appears to be in its final days. The economic crisis that will lead to the end of the current system will likely involve the rejection of the dollar’s reserve currency status. This will cause a collapse in the dollar’s value. In this situation, Americans will have an opportunity to replace the authoritarianism of both the left and right wing of the ruling uniparty with volunteerism in our economic lives, our personal lives, and our dealings with other countries." https://tinyurl.com/bdh7p5ab Not to be be pessimistic, but if history is any guide, authoritarianism/statism will just give way to greater authoritarianism/statism. But I'd like to be hopeful. The US #GovtIsTheProblem

> "It took around *two hundred years* for US government debt to reach one trillion dollars. By contrast, in *less than half a year* a trillion was added to bring the debt total to the 40 trillion dollars it reached last week." https://tinyurl.com/366hvau3 The US #GovtIsTheProblem

Too bad you can't tell what's real anymore... View article →

They are supposed to show compassion to their enemies' donkey: > “If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it. Exodus 23:4-5 NIV View quoted note →

> "One video captures the moment when an Israeli settler brutally beat elderly Palestinian Saeed Al-Omour with a club in Hebron, occupied West Bank. Al-Omour had lost his leg after being shot by Israeli settlers more than a year ago. In another particularly gruesome incident recorded on video Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian farmer on the West Bank before stealing his donkey. They dragged the donkey behind their truck until it died, a horrible death for a gentle and peaceful animal." https://www.unz.com/pgiraldi/dumb-and-dumber/#:~:text=One%20video%20captures,and%20peaceful%20animal #Israel #Palestine

> Matthew 25:5 NIV [5] The bridegroom was *a long time* in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep. > Matthew 25:19 NIV [19] “*After a long time* the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

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“After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.

#Jesus hinted in His parables that it would be a long time before He returned. Is 2000 years *a long time*, relatively speaking?

I think a Nostr-based web browser could be the killer app that brings many more users to Nostr since it could serve as a gateway to the other apps in the Nostrverse. View quoted note →

## Some ideas for a Nostr browser: ## - Already has you logged in to any Nostr site/app - Can do highlights that post to your timeline, if you want them to, or to wherever you specify - Can make comments on any website that show up on that page, like Disqus or Facebook comments, and get posted to your timeline - Integrates wallet(s) - Allows you to switch accounts - Shortcuts to Nostr apps - Share to Nostr button - Translate a page - Privacy, no tracking @Vitor Pamplona @fiatjaf

> "A city in Michigan in which Muslims are a majority has legalized animal sacrifice.  Minneapolis has #Muslim call to prayer six times daily over public loudspeakers.  Muslim communities in America are demanding Sharia law.  Massachusetts has passed a law that requires the state to recruit more Muslims into the government." [— Paul Craig Roberts, "Where Did America Go?"](

Where Did America Go? – Paul Craig Roberts