I think the Buddhism you like is the philosophy. As for the Jehovah's witnesses, ugh. From what I've gleaned off the interwebs (in only a few minutes, so I could be wrong), they seem to wait for you to grow old and senile, then suck you dry (If I were you I'd keep an eye on my mother). Moreover, people who work their whole lives for the "brotherhood" apparantly get no social security, often work voluntarily for no wages, and are left hanging when they get old.

About their publishing market: http://www.freeminds.org/organization/business/how-the-watchtower-was-financed-pre-1990.html

>> ^Lawdeedaw:

But I will upvote this on one condition hp. Religion is far different than organized religion and "other" religions. Buddhisim (My pref) is nowhere near a money pit. I doubt Hinduism is either. Amish? Jehovah's Witnesses? (My mother's prefs and damn close to a loving fellowship. They are pretty meek believe it or not.)
Change the title a bit to reflect that and I will hit that blue arrow faster than you can say "Rich on pastor."
Ps.
I don't believe anyone should have tax deductions...not since money can be "funneled" around.

>> ^marbles:

>> ^bcglorf:
>> ^marbles:
>> ^theali:
Yep, this is why these oppressive regimes don't allow reporters to cover the events. Its easy to dismiss citizen journalism and question its authenticity. Both Iran and Syria kicked out all international reporters right before the crackdown.
Well to be fair, I'm pretty sure they kicked out all foreigners. Can't really blame them when Foreign Intelligence members are the main instigators of the rebellions.

Your statements are utterly disgusting Marbles. I don't care if you honestly believe the propaganda garbage being spewed by Bashir Al-Assad's government or not. The last time a revolution was tried in Syria, his father went to war with the Muslim brotherhood(not a gang the west is liable to use as a loving proxy) and the Syrian army turned nearly an entire town into a parking lot to demonstrate their 'point'.
Go listen to the accounts of the thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey who fled the Military onslaught against civilians. Bashir Al-Assad's special forces executed nearly 120 army soldiers when the refused to fire on unarmed civilians.
It's is simply disgusting and inexcusable to defend the horrific onslaught against civilians that Syria is pursuing, even if you do loath America and deem it as the great Satan responsible for all the world's ills, in what world does that make it ok for Syria's army to go around killing unarmed civilians in massive numbers????????

I'm sorry you feel that way. I find it really disgusting you have to make me into something I'm not so you can attack me. I didn't say anything about killing unarmed civilians. The truth is we don't know who is killing the civilians. And for you to get so emotionally invested in it is foolish. BTW The Muslim brotherhood was started by British Intelligence. When you own both sides of the conflict, you always win.
I don't hate America, but I do hate the power elite that use the US government to be economic hit-men all around the world. Don't be fooled. That is exactly what is going on in North Africa/Middle East.


The truth is we don't know who is killing the civilians.

That IS disgusting. We do know who is killing them. The refugees that have succeeded in fleeing to Turkey are telling us it was Assad's troops killing them. The SAME Assad that kicked out all journalists that didn't work directly for him. Defectors who've fled to Turkey have similarly reported witnessing first hand that Assad's secret service executed Syrian soldiers that refused orders to fire upon unarmed civilians.

We KNOW who is killing who. Your refusal to acknowledge it is sick.

>> ^bcglorf:

>> ^marbles:
>> ^theali:
Yep, this is why these oppressive regimes don't allow reporters to cover the events. Its easy to dismiss citizen journalism and question its authenticity. Both Iran and Syria kicked out all international reporters right before the crackdown.
Well to be fair, I'm pretty sure they kicked out all foreigners. Can't really blame them when Foreign Intelligence members are the main instigators of the rebellions.

Your statements are utterly disgusting Marbles. I don't care if you honestly believe the propaganda garbage being spewed by Bashir Al-Assad's government or not. The last time a revolution was tried in Syria, his father went to war with the Muslim brotherhood(not a gang the west is liable to use as a loving proxy) and the Syrian army turned nearly an entire town into a parking lot to demonstrate their 'point'.
Go listen to the accounts of the thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey who fled the Military onslaught against civilians. Bashir Al-Assad's special forces executed nearly 120 army soldiers when the refused to fire on unarmed civilians.
It's is simply disgusting and inexcusable to defend the horrific onslaught against civilians that Syria is pursuing, even if you do loath America and deem it as the great Satan responsible for all the world's ills, in what world does that make it ok for Syria's army to go around killing unarmed civilians in massive numbers????????


I'm sorry you feel that way. I find it really disgusting you have to make me into something I'm not so you can attack me. I didn't say anything about killing unarmed civilians. The truth is we don't know who is killing the civilians. And for you to get so emotionally invested in it is foolish. BTW The Muslim brotherhood was started by British Intelligence. When you own both sides of the conflict, you always win.
I don't hate America, but I do hate the power elite that use the US government to be economic hit-men all around the world. Don't be fooled. That is exactly what is going on in North Africa/Middle East.

>> ^marbles:

>> ^theali:
Yep, this is why these oppressive regimes don't allow reporters to cover the events. Its easy to dismiss citizen journalism and question its authenticity. Both Iran and Syria kicked out all international reporters right before the crackdown.
Well to be fair, I'm pretty sure they kicked out all foreigners. Can't really blame them when Foreign Intelligence members are the main instigators of the rebellions.


Your statements are utterly disgusting Marbles. I don't care if you honestly believe the propaganda garbage being spewed by Bashir Al-Assad's government or not. The last time a revolution was tried in Syria, his father went to war with the Muslim brotherhood(not a gang the west is liable to use as a loving proxy) and the Syrian army turned nearly an entire town into a parking lot to demonstrate their 'point'.

Go listen to the accounts of the thousands of Syrian refugees in Turkey who fled the Military onslaught against civilians. Bashir Al-Assad's special forces executed nearly 120 army soldiers when the refused to fire on unarmed civilians.

It's is simply disgusting and inexcusable to defend the horrific onslaught against civilians that Syria is pursuing, even if you do loath America and deem it as the great Satan responsible for all the world's ills, in what world does that make it ok for Syria's army to go around killing unarmed civilians in massive numbers????????

I love how they stuck "It's a Wonderful Life" in between "The Professional" and "Brotherhood of the Wolf".

Argoist? What the fuck is an argoist? You kill me with all the categories you try to define yourself with: libertarian, capitalist, anarcho capitalist, minarchist, minarcho capitalist, volutaryist, individualist, argoist or whatever the flavor of the weak happens to be.

For a rugged individualist, you are quite the joiner. I propose you be a blankfist.. ist. It has a nice ring to it, and it's nice and ambiguous, giving you plenty of room to define yourself.. by yourself. Of all your faults, being easily definable is not one of them. Fuck those labels.

Anyway, RyjKyj couldn't be more right. The people should be the government and the government should do what's best for the people. But are they? Of course not. If they were, we wouldn't be having this conversation.

Compassion over greed. Empathy over fear. Brotherhood/Sisterhood over selfishness. Love over money. Community over commerce. Chomsky over Friedman. Radiohead over Coldplay. Democracy over statism. Democracy over corporatism.

Off topic, but issy and I are watching Glee on Netflix, and it started off great, but man did it go off the rails around episode 10. We are at episode 13 and I'm ready to shut it off for good. Does it ever regain its footing? Is there any reason for us to stick it out?

I always think these videos sound like a Briefing from the "Brotherhood of Nod"

>> ^rebuilder:

Indeed. What's the worst-case scenario for the more hawkish US policymakers here? Perhaps that the Egyptian people actually manage to create something resembling a stable democracy without US military intervention...
>> ^Fusionaut:
It's amazing that they got results without the United States invading their country. I guess the Americans are just too busy elsewhere.



The worst case scenario is that the Hamas end of the Muslim Brotherhood ends up seizing control of Egypt, eventually leading to another large scale war between Egypt and Israel. I suppose worst case would also mean the Egyptian scenario emboldening the Sudanese North into starting the civil war all over again too.

A more likely scenario though is a lot of instability leading to more woes for the Egyptian people than anyone else.

Point is that despite how good it is to be rid of a dictatorship, the end result is yet to be seen. More often than not dictators that are chased out are replaced by another one within a decade, and generally that dictator is even more brutal and harsh than the one before him. After all, even Al Jazeera openly observes that it was the relative tolerance of Mubarak's regime that allowed the protests to succeed where those in Syria and Iran have faltered under much more brutal suppression.

>> ^blankfist:

>> ^bcglorf:
>> ^blankfist:
And in the vacuum the people will ask for a "leader" and soon a dictator will rise again.

And here I figured you'd be cheering for the end of the Imperialist puppet scum.

There's a power vacuum now. I worry who'll fill it. Another puppet? Another extremist? Or can they truly have a representational government?
I'm glad the people were able to influence Mubarak enough to make him resign. That's great. I was rooting for them. I don't think this is the revolution that will bring about the kind of change they or anyone on here desires for them. There's so much about Egypt and their politics and culture that I simply do not have knowledge of so I don't even want to speculate how it turn out for them.
I hope we all can move toward a free and voluntary society, but it's probably an evolution not a quick jump.


Shudder. We are largely agreed. I'm kind of judging this as a case of things having to get worse before they get better. If this kind of precedent can be encouraged, even if it means some strong armed fringe of the brotherhood taking over for awhile, I think it will on the whole be a positive influence. Most likely Egypt will have to fight much longer to truly get the free and fair elected government they desire, but at least they can start making and learning from their own mistakes again. If it catches on in the region, so much the better. Iran's green movement almost got their last time, maybe they will succeed next time after this.

Interesting related wikileak about the use of the 'Muslim Brotherhood" as a Mubarack/NeoCon scapegoat.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-embassy-cables-documents/46311

Handy Link:
Swedish "Brotherhood Movement"

The Aryan Brotherhood's gang-initiation ain't what it used to be.

The Swedish Brotherhood is not a hardcore uber far left movement. It is to the left of Swedens political stage, with ties to one of Swedens biggest political parties (Socialdemokraterna).

The Brotherhood is a christian movement with no ties to anti-semitism of any kind. Quite the opposite in fact, it is clearly stated on their homepage that they strive for a more open minded society with LESS anti-semitism and islamophobia. Furthermore they work for peace in the middle east by dialogue and respect for human rights.

I am not a member of this movement in any way, but I dont feel like they should have to take this shit from this douchebag.

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