On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...

I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.

On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 08:57:06 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> Yeah, I kind of figured that it was bullshit. Unfortunately, people on
> Gab appear to believe that it is true and posted the video as fact
> unless I missed something. I've gotten to the point where I don't
> believe a source unless its native language isn't English.

I enjoy Gab and have been a member since 2016 but it does lean toward
evangelicals. However most of the people I follow are not evangelical so
about all I see in that vein are Torba's posts.

Le 2024-10-15 à 16 h 11, rbowman a écrit :
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 08:57:06 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>
>> Yeah, I kind of figured that it was bullshit. Unfortunately, people on
>> Gab appear to believe that it is true and posted the video as fact
>> unless I missed something. I've gotten to the point where I don't
>> believe a source unless its native language isn't English.
>
> I enjoy Gab and have been a member since 2016 but it does lean toward
> evangelicals. However most of the people I follow are not evangelical so
> about all I see in that vein are Torba's posts.

I'm only Gab mostly because Torba has proven repeatedly that he believes
in true free speech. No other social media platform can say that with a
straight face.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> wrote at 19:37 this Friday (GMT):
> Le 10-10-2024, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> a écrit :
>>
>> Remember that Linux far prefers data and code to reside in memory, rather
>> than in swap. Fill up the memory! Don't swap if you can avoid it.
>
> It's not Linux which prefer data to reside in memory rather than in
> swap: it's you. It's just way faster if you can avoid using swap to
> access your data.
>
> And Linux knows well better than you when using swap and when not. So if
> you have enough memory, you create some swap to let Linux chose when to
> use swap or not.

I think I gave it enough ram to mirror my RAM for hibernation, but i
never went out of my way to set it up.
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Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote at 22:11 this Friday (GMT):
> On 11 Oct 2024 19:37:51 GMT, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
>
>>
>> And Linux knows well better than you when using swap and when not. So if
>> you have enough memory, you create some swap to let Linux chose when to
>> use swap or not.
>>
>
> Stop spreading false information, you ignoramus idiot.
>
> With Linux, the user is in total control of swap handling.
>
> The relevant parameter is found here:
>
> cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
>
> This value can set directly or at boot time via sysctl.conf.
>
> So shut the fuck up.

I'm sure the default was picked for a reason.
Mine's set to 60, but I'm not sure if I set that a long time ago or if
that was the default.
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On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:40:00 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> I'm only Gab mostly because Torba has proven repeatedly that he believes
> in true free speech. No other social media platform can say that with a
> straight face.

I'm mostly a read only user on Gab and X. I joined Gab in the pre-Musk
twitter days when people I followed were kicked off twitter.

It's been interesting times. Andrew Anglin is the king of the shitposters
and has a site called 'The Daily Stormer'.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer

The straw that seemed to really piss of the camel was when he suggested
Heather Heyer, the woman who died at the Unite the Right rally might have
been healthier with a few less pounds. Several domain registrars sripped
the site, cloud providers canceled him, and he bounced from domain to
domain with the bloodhounds on his trail.

Torba took down a post by Anglin under pressure from his registrar. Anglin
predicted that Torba was going to find out what being kicked off hosting
sites, deregistered, and being refused by payment processors was all about
and he was right.

So far Gab has survived. Anglin has too someplace in the world with
an .onion address. If Harris wins the war on thoughtcrime will be ramped
up.

rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>
> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.

I remember seeing a number of comic-book religious tracts as a teenager. They
were good for some chuckles, as I recall.

--
Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!
O Queen beyond the Western Sea!
O Light to us that wander here
Amid the world of woven trees!
-- J. R. R. Tolkien

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>
>>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>>
>> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
>> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
>> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
>> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.
>
>I remember seeing a number of comic-book religious tracts as a teenager. They
>were good for some chuckles, as I recall.

Chick tracts are white supremacy-ism, redneck faux-Christian spew.

--
Joel W. Crump

Amendment XIV
Section 1.

[...] No state shall make or enforce any law which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of
life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.

Dobbs rewrites this, it is invalid precedent. States are
liable for denying needed abortions, e.g. TX.

On 2024-10-15, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>
> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.

According to some Protestant publications, the only reason the Catholics
started hospitals was so their nuns would have a place to give birth to
their babies, and orphanages were created to house all these priest's
babies. So, when you have that kind of mindset, you'll basically believe
anything. There can't possibly be anything noble in what the Catholic Church
did to care for the sick or wounded, or to help children without parents.

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

On 2024-10-15, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-10-14 à 21 h 55, rbowman a écrit :
>> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:09:18 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>
>>> Admittedly, I didn't put much weight in what they said either. They seem
>>> to have an agenda. I notice that when it comes to coverage of
>>> international news, one of the best sources is RT.
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People's_Voice_(website)
>>
>> Oh, THAT People's Voice...
>>
>> https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/
>>
>> Quite a few of the articles did not seem to be fakes. I'm not sure about
>> the greatest hits links on the righthand side of the page.
>>
>> "Rumors Grow That Syrian President Assad Has Suffered Fatal Stroke"
>>
>> January 30, 2017
>>
>> They took the bait but apparently the root of the Satan thing is the
>> Exsulet.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEs4d3cCX9s
>>
>> It's long but the final verse starts at 10:22
>>
>> Flammas eius lucifer matutinus inventiat:
>> Ille, inquam, lucifer, qui nescit occasum:
>> Christus Filius tuuse, qui regressus ab inferis,
>> humano generi serenus illuxit,
>> et vivit et renat in saecula saeculorum.
>>
>> OMG! He's praying to Lucifer!
>
> Yeah, I kind of figured that it was bullshit. Unfortunately, people on
> Gab appear to believe that it is true and posted the video as fact
> unless I missed something. I've gotten to the point where I don't
> believe a source unless its native language isn't English.

Probably not a bad way of looking at it. A lot of Americans (and Brits)
react emotionally instead of logically. And that goes for both the Left and
the Right.

My brother occasionally sends me links to something called Gateway Pundit.
Always a screaming, click-bait headline, that is almost always shown to be
total BS, even in the words of the actual article they post. (Or, if not
total BS, something a lot less dramatic than the headline would indicate.)

I usually just ignore these links now. There's enough real crap to get me
riled up, I don't need additional made-up crap.

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien

Le 2024-10-15 à 22 h 20, rbowman a écrit :
> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:40:00 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>
>> I'm only Gab mostly because Torba has proven repeatedly that he believes
>> in true free speech. No other social media platform can say that with a
>> straight face.
>
> I'm mostly a read only user on Gab and X. I joined Gab in the pre-Musk
> twitter days when people I followed were kicked off twitter.
>
> It's been interesting times. Andrew Anglin is the king of the shitposters
> and has a site called 'The Daily Stormer'.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer

I read/viewed some of his content. It's absolutely amazing how he is
willing to throw just about anyone under the bus. However, it is hilarious.

> The straw that seemed to really piss of the camel was when he suggested
> Heather Heyer, the woman who died at the Unite the Right rally might have
> been healthier with a few less pounds. Several domain registrars sripped
> the site, cloud providers canceled him, and he bounced from domain to
> domain with the bloodhounds on his trail.
>
> Torba took down a post by Anglin under pressure from his registrar. Anglin
> predicted that Torba was going to find out what being kicked off hosting
> sites, deregistered, and being refused by payment processors was all about
> and he was right.
>
> So far Gab has survived. Anglin has too someplace in the world with
> an .onion address. If Harris wins the war on thoughtcrime will be ramped
> up.

There is no doubt. I know that there is a way for people to stay online
using "unstoppable domains" and there was a forum erected at some point
which was a proof of concept. I used to have the url but I deleted it.
With that, Anglin can stay online since the domain is not registered by
any entity that is subservient to the government. However, for it to
work, the browser you use needs to support web3. I imagine they all do,
but who knows?

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

Le 2024-10-16 à 07 h 11, Chris Ahlstrom a écrit :
> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>
>>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>>
>> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
>> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
>> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
>> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.
>
> I remember seeing a number of comic-book religious tracts as a teenager. They
> were good for some chuckles, as I recall.

Those comic books warned me about faggots like you. However, Chick
assures me that you'll spend eternity being raped by demons in Hell, so
it's all good.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

Le 2024-10-16 à 07 h 43, RonB a écrit :
> On 2024-10-15, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>
>>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>>
>> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
>> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
>> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
>> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.
>
> According to some Protestant publications, the only reason the Catholics
> started hospitals was so their nuns would have a place to give birth to
> their babies, and orphanages were created to house all these priest's
> babies. So, when you have that kind of mindset, you'll basically believe
> anything. There can't possibly be anything noble in what the Catholic Church
> did to care for the sick or wounded, or to help children without parents.

Well, we do know that some priests did have relationships with some
nuns. However, there is no reason to believe that it was widespread.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

Le 2024-10-16 à 07 h 52, RonB a écrit :
> On 2024-10-15, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
>> Le 2024-10-14 à 21 h 55, rbowman a écrit :
>>> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 20:09:18 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>>>
>>>> Admittedly, I didn't put much weight in what they said either. They seem
>>>> to have an agenda. I notice that when it comes to coverage of
>>>> international news, one of the best sources is RT.
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_People's_Voice_(website)
>>>
>>> Oh, THAT People's Voice...
>>>
>>> https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/
>>>
>>> Quite a few of the articles did not seem to be fakes. I'm not sure about
>>> the greatest hits links on the righthand side of the page.
>>>
>>> "Rumors Grow That Syrian President Assad Has Suffered Fatal Stroke"
>>>
>>> January 30, 2017
>>>
>>> They took the bait but apparently the root of the Satan thing is the
>>> Exsulet.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEs4d3cCX9s
>>>
>>> It's long but the final verse starts at 10:22
>>>
>>> Flammas eius lucifer matutinus inventiat:
>>> Ille, inquam, lucifer, qui nescit occasum:
>>> Christus Filius tuuse, qui regressus ab inferis,
>>> humano generi serenus illuxit,
>>> et vivit et renat in saecula saeculorum.
>>>
>>> OMG! He's praying to Lucifer!
>>
>> Yeah, I kind of figured that it was bullshit. Unfortunately, people on
>> Gab appear to believe that it is true and posted the video as fact
>> unless I missed something. I've gotten to the point where I don't
>> believe a source unless its native language isn't English.
>
> Probably not a bad way of looking at it. A lot of Americans (and Brits)
> react emotionally instead of logically. And that goes for both the Left and
> the Right.
>
> My brother occasionally sends me links to something called Gateway Pundit.
> Always a screaming, click-bait headline, that is almost always shown to be
> total BS, even in the words of the actual article they post. (Or, if not
> total BS, something a lot less dramatic than the headline would indicate.)
>
> I usually just ignore these links now. There's enough real crap to get me
> riled up, I don't need additional made-up crap.

I found that simply abandoning sources run by either Jews or homosexuals
was enough to get rid of the clickbait stuff. I know Jim Hoft of the
Gateway Pundit is a homosexual, but I don't know if he's a Jew.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

Joel wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>>rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>>
>>>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>>>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>>>
>>> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
>>> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
>>> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
>>> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.
>>
>>I remember seeing a number of comic-book religious tracts as a teenager. They
>>were good for some chuckles, as I recall.
>
> Chick tracts are white supremacy-ism, redneck faux-Christian spew.

Then I don't think the tracts I saw were Chick's.

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Le 2024-10-16 à 11 h 47, Chris Ahlstrom a écrit :
> Joel wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>
>> Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
>>> rbowman wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
>>>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>>>>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>>>>
>>>> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
>>>> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
>>>> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
>>>> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.
>>>
>>> I remember seeing a number of comic-book religious tracts as a teenager. They
>>> were good for some chuckles, as I recall.
>>
>> Chick tracts are white supremacy-ism, redneck faux-Christian spew.
>
> Then I don't think the tracts I saw were Chick's.

The Chick tracts are not "white supremacy" because they consistently
show people of other ethnicities being saved in the same way as Whites
are. Joel only dislikes them because Chick reminds the reader that
people like him are going to burn for eternity in Hell, even if they
believe that they are the risen Christ.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:43:54 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> There can't possibly be anything noble in what the Catholic Church
> did to care for the sick or wounded, or to help children without
> parents.

I used to think Catholic Charities was one of the few organizations worth
donations however it now puts a good deal of effort into supporting
illegals. I realize this is consistent with Church teachings but I do not
have to support the agenda.

When I was a kid about once a year there would be a missionary from
Timbuktu trying to raise money but the St. Vincent de Paul and other
charitable donations went to the local community, starting with Catholic
families in need.

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:11:50 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> I remember seeing a number of comic-book religious tracts as a teenager.
> They were good for some chuckles, as I recall.

It was a public service to find the Watchtower and others in public
restrooms. It gave you something to read and could come in handy if you
found the toilet paper dispenser empty.

It hasn't happened in ages but I was awoken a couple of weeks ago by
knocking on the door. It was a Jehovah Witness witnessing. "Thanks for
fucking waking me up, Goodbye.' In this neighborhood he'd be lucky if he
didn't witness the muzzle of a 9mm.

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:52:41 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> The Chick tracts are not "white supremacy" because they consistently
> show people of other ethnicities being saved in the same way as Whites

In theory that would go for almost all Christians. We are all God's
chillun. The only exception was the LDS pavillion at the '64 World's Fair.
The video showed all sorts of people cavorting around in heaven with one
notable exception. A few years later the head honcho received a revelation
from god that blacks were also people.

iirc blacks could join the LDS church but could not be priests. In their
usage all males are priests.

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:52:23 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> My brother occasionally sends me links to something called Gateway
> Pundit.
> Always a screaming, click-bait headline, that is almost always shown to
> be total BS, even in the words of the actual article they post. (Or, if
> not total BS, something a lot less dramatic than the headline would
> indicate.)

I check townhall.com daily. The article headlines are flaming clickbait
but they do carry the daily political cartoons. I think their parent is
redstate.com which is just as bad without the cartoons.

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:01:18 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> I found that simply abandoning sources run by either Jews or homosexuals
> was enough to get rid of the clickbait stuff.

You don't like unz.com?

On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 08:46:14 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:

> I used to have the url but I deleted it.
> With that, Anglin can stay online since the domain is not registered by
> any entity that is subservient to the government. However, for it to
> work, the browser you use needs to support web3. I imagine they all do,
> but who knows?

Tor works. Brave has an option for a new private window with Tor that will
also work.

Le 2024-10-16 à 12 h 08, rbowman a écrit :
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:43:54 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>
>> There can't possibly be anything noble in what the Catholic Church
>> did to care for the sick or wounded, or to help children without
>> parents.
>
> I used to think Catholic Charities was one of the few organizations worth
> donations however it now puts a good deal of effort into supporting
> illegals. I realize this is consistent with Church teachings but I do not
> have to support the agenda.
>
> When I was a kid about once a year there would be a missionary from
> Timbuktu trying to raise money but the St. Vincent de Paul and other
> charitable donations went to the local community, starting with Catholic
> families in need.

Catholics shouldn't support the Church helping migrants, especially
since these people usually end up doing little more than sucking the
welfare state dry in a variety of ways and contributing to crime. For
one, they get free treatment in hospitals despite never putting a single
dollar into the system. That is not fair to taxpayers in any way.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

Le 2024-10-16 à 12 h 24, rbowman a écrit :
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:01:18 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
>
>> I found that simply abandoning sources run by either Jews or homosexuals
>> was enough to get rid of the clickbait stuff.
>
> You don't like unz.com?

I doubt that unz.com has any credibility, but I am open to being shown
that it does.

--
CrudeSausage
Paleoconservative, Catholic, Christ is king.

On 2024-10-16, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
> Le 2024-10-16 à 07 h 43, RonB a écrit :
>> On 2024-10-15, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 07:25:49 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
>>>
>>>> These guys sound like they're at the level of Chic Publications. For
>>>> those of us who don't speak Latin (me)...
>>>
>>> I'm currently reading Shane Schaetzel's 'Are Catholics Christian?: A Guide
>>> to Evangelical Questions about the Catholic Church'. It's an interesting
>>> attempt but I doubt an evangelical would find it convincing. Even the ones
>>> slightly beyond Chick's comic books aren't well versed in history.
>>
>> According to some Protestant publications, the only reason the Catholics
>> started hospitals was so their nuns would have a place to give birth to
>> their babies, and orphanages were created to house all these priest's
>> babies. So, when you have that kind of mindset, you'll basically believe
>> anything. There can't possibly be anything noble in what the Catholic Church
>> did to care for the sick or wounded, or to help children without parents.
>
> Well, we do know that some priests did have relationships with some
> nuns. However, there is no reason to believe that it was widespread.

Yes, I know. Martin Luther was one of those priests who married a nun.

--
“Evil is not able to create anything new, it can only distort and destroy
what has been invented or made by the forces of good.” —J.R.R. Tolkien