Every time I see Eric Trump's smiling face, I think of all the graft he's benefitted from and it irks me. Lots of other pleasant things to focus on but the X timeline has decided to show me this, these days.
I've been working hard on my new music the past couple days. The rhythm lately has been client work and then music on the days off. The new album should be 14 songs long. There's one I want to re-record. It's originally from a batch of songs from 2 years ago and my mind has changed on the composition's implementation since then. So I'll be getting to that.
I let a lot of my music contacts go and some of them turned their backs on me when I left America First. So I'm starting that a bit from scratch. Have heard back from one of my favorites from years ago, so that's good and encouraging.
Having a look at one of Miles Mathis' "favorite films" and the social commentary relevant at the time.
A longer look at the evils of Section 8, the undue advantage it has granted, and the destruction it has wrought on Middle America. Enjoy!
Per AI - “What is Philosophy and wisdom meant to protect us from?”
Philosophy and wisdom are meant to protect us from different kinds of self-destruction. At a practical level, they protect us from:
Deception — being fooled by others, trends, propaganda, or our own biases.
Impulsiveness — sacrificing long-term goals for short-term pleasure.
Meaninglessness — drifting through life without purpose or direction.
Fear — especially fear of death, failure, rejection, and uncertainty.
Pride and ego — overestimating ourselves and making avoidable mistakes.
Emotional chaos — being controlled by anger, envy, lust, greed, or resentment.
Poor judgment — repeatedly making decisions that harm our future.
Many philosophers believed wisdom is less about becoming smarter and more about seeing reality clearly.
For example:
Socrates believed wisdom protects us from ignorance.
Epictetus believed it protects us from suffering caused by trying to control what we cannot.
Aristotle believed it protects us from ...
