Thoughts 2021

[hasanhh]

On 2/26/2021 at 6:18 AM, rkazmi33 said:

I care about peoples' opinion because it's effecting my career.

So does poor orthography or not using the correct word. ln this case, you constructed a verbal noun when the verb "affecting" is correct. Or, you mispelt "affecting."

"My teacher's point of the day."

[Reza]

10 hours ago, hasanhh said:

This woman, noticeably upset, was testifying at a State House committee about how she was denied entry at Kroger's grocery chain because her medical condition precludes her wearing a mask. She appeared to be about 30 years old.

Stores provide alternative services including online delivery or curbside pickup. If wearing a mask is a genuine issue, these are available.

[AbdusSibtayn]

I terribly regret not having picked up Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Misbah Yazdi (rh)'s works sooner than I did....! His writings are such a splendid storehouse of hikmah, and such great assets in combating the wood-chipper of modernity that is hollowing our religious worldview!

He was, in many ways,the heir to the mantle of Shaheed as-Sadr (rh), Shaheed Motahhari (rh) and Allamah Tabataba'i (rh)...His departure is an irreparable loss. May Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) bless his soul, and his grave be haloed....!

Edited March 10, 2021 by AbdusSibtayn

[rkazmi33]

8 hours ago, hasanhh said:

So does poor orthography or not using the correct word. ln this case, you constructed a verbal noun when the verb "affecting" is correct. Or, you mispelt "affecting."

"My teacher's point of the day."

Working at a place where there are both muslims and non-muslims is a very very bad idea. Muslims  act very  symathetic to you, yes these non-muslims, it's us versus them, and then they throw you under the bus. "I don't know why she acts like this. I can have a conversation with a woman about my nephew sitting in my lap about and putting my hand in his mouth and I love to repeat the word "rack" everytime I go near a woman. I can gain trust of a hijabi and then use that trust to act all creepy and tell the stories to my bros but I am still a perfect muslim and very good at my job. It's just excuses used by lazy and unprofessional muslims, who says you cannot be successful at your job while following your religion". 

Edited March 10, 2021 by rkazmi33

[peace4alltheworld]

I wish I could find someone to discuss what to read next.Hard to do in Karachi most people stick to phones or airport fiction .

[hasanhh]

22 hours ago, peace4alltheworld said:

I wish I could find someone to discuss what to read next.Hard to do in Karachi most people stick to phones or airport fiction .

Try a history book of some place you know little to nothing about. That makes reading it interesting without requiring too much cerebral energy. 

[peace4alltheworld]

J

5 hours ago, hasanhh said:

Try a history book of some place you know little to nothing about. That makes reading it interesting without requiring too much cerebral energy. 

Well places are interesting but for me events seem worth much more.I wish I had the time to read on Native American and how the West was won.

The sheer excitement one gets talking to someone who has read what you read is think that I miss. 

[notme]

On 3/11/2021 at 2:48 AM, peace4alltheworld said:

I wish I could find someone to discuss what to read next.Hard to do in Karachi most people stick to phones or airport fiction .

If you are Shia Muslim and a member of shiachat, you can start a books blog here and see how many participate. 

[hasanhh]

10 hours ago, peace4alltheworld said:

.I wish I had the time to read on Native American and how the West was won.

My father liked reading about Native Americans. He had a collection of old books about them, yet l have not read one of them. He knew a lot of stuff. l took a college independent study course on this from a historical viewpoint. One of the books had this info on something and my dad said it was because there was salt there. My prof was astounded that anyone knew that.

My favorite is the oral tradition of the Cheyenne.

[peace4alltheworld]

15 hours ago, notme said:

If you are Shia Muslim and a member of shiachat, you can start a books blog here and see how many participate. 

Thanks I do that soon.I was on the last few attempts to start get talking about books did not get much attention.I will try my hand at the blog thanks.

6 hours ago, hasanhh said:

My father liked reading about Native Americans. He had a collection of old books about them, yet l have not read one of them. He knew a lot of stuff. l took a college independent study course on this from a historical viewpoint. One of the books had this info on something and my dad said it was because there was salt there. My prof was astounded that anyone knew that.

My favorite is the oral tradition of the Cheyenne.

I have this book Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee I wish I could get the time to read it soon.

Since we are talking of books one the challenging reads for me last year was Self Building by Ayatullah Ibrahim Amini.I had stopped reading it couple of times half way through but finally managed to get through. 

 

[hasanhh]

11 minutes ago, peace4alltheworld said:

Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee

This was a nationally talked about memoir, fifty years ago. ln the 70's, whether in Lebanon, the American Embassy in Tehran, and other places, the hostage takers would talk about this book ---but in all cases they were under the mistaken impression it was recent history.

l never read it. As one Native American historian said on TV about 20 years ago, every tribe had its broken treaties, its own Wounded Knee, and so on. So this is a common experience with all Tribes. @LeftCoastMom

[peace4alltheworld]

On 3/12/2021 at 10:38 PM, hasanhh said:

This was a nationally talked about memoir, fifty years ago. ln the 70's, whether in Lebanon, the American Embassy in Tehran, and other places, the hostage takers would talk about this book ---but in all cases they were under the mistaken impression it was recent history.

l never read it. As one Native American historian said on TV about 20 years ago, every tribe had its broken treaties, its own Wounded Knee, and so on. So this is a common experience with all Tribes. @LeftCoastMom

My embryonic knowledge about this comes from the People's History of United States by Howard Zinn- a classic in it`s own right.

[hasanhh]

On 2/26/2021 at 6:18 AM, rkazmi33 said:

I care about peoples' opinion because it's effecting my career.

When l ran across the following, l thought of this post and my reply above.

For Everyone for fun.

Fun Quiz:  https://www.dictionary.com/games/quizzes/quiz-yourself-in-affect-vs-effect 

[hasanhh]

53 minutes ago, peace4alltheworld said:

People's History of United States by Howard Zinn- a

A revisionist, whinny, neo-socialist scat piece.

The so-called "glorification" and "elite" histories he decries are the "what was accomplished/what kind of problems" 'we the people' had over 200 years -as we studied in school. Zinn considers alleged victims as heroes, something ludicrous when compared to reality.

We discussed Native Americans, so l'II use this example to add to what l posted above and above posts. The first lndian war in what areas became the United States was ~1504. The last one was in 1903. So for 400 years, the lndians kept losing. They never improved their tactics. They never advanced their weaponry. They never learned how to do anything but what their fathers did. They made no meaningful political advances. They only learned to ride a horse. And for the last 100 plus years they sit on their "independent" reservations whining about it. And will be doing so for the next 100 years.

See what l mean?

[peace4alltheworld]

You have the guy credit for pointing out the victims until him and chomsky came along most of the victims were hard to find at least for someone like me who has not lived there. 

[peace4alltheworld]

My take on American History was what Boorstin said.In Boorstin's works Columbus is treated as a hero.Books I read before I came across Chomsky and Zinn did not even mention massacres done to settle the west.

[hasanhh]

1 hour ago, peace4alltheworld said:

My take on American History was what Boorstin said.In Boorstin's works Columbus is treated as a hero.Books I read before I came across Chomsky and Zinn did not even mention massacres done to settle the west.

Heroics is a Greek expression for the events in life. For any actual person, they had the rule that no statue will be made of a living person. 

As for massacres, these were usually religiously driven. Example is Chivington's mass murder in Colorado under the cover that a couple of tribes in the southern plains did tactical support for the Confederacy. The churches preached that 'the lndian' had no soul. Similarly, in Pennsylvania, the Quakers hired mercenaries so they could pretend their hands were clean -rather than murder people themselves. lt all had to do with land -or gold in the Cherokee's case. The plains and the woods east of the Mississippi were mostly empty areas and the European ideas about property did not exist in aboriginal cultures. 

[notme]

My husband was shopping for a new computer for me since I always complain about how excruciatingly slow mine is. I told him what I want would be more money than he should spend since I've gotten along just fine with slow old junk for five years. Then I read on the internet that he would get my pandemic survival payment since he claimed me as a dependent on his taxes in 2019, so I told him I'd like a computer that costs $1400 or less, all necessary accessories included. Given that I'm not a gamer but I might do some CAD or light programming, I believe that's attainable. 

[Diaz]

2 hours ago, notme said:

My husband was shopping for a new computer for me since I always complain about how excruciatingly slow mine is. I told him what I want would be more money than he should spend since I've gotten along just fine with slow old junk for five years. Then I read on the internet that he would get my pandemic survival payment since he claimed me as a dependent on his taxes in 2019, so I told him I'd like a computer that costs $1400 or less, all necessary accessories included. Given that I'm not a gamer but I might do some CAD or light programming, I believe that's attainable. 

So did you purchase any laptop or r u still planning to buy one?

[notme]

1 hour ago, Diaz said:

So did you purchase any laptop or r u still planning to buy one?

I'm thinking of going with a desktop. I haven't had much success with laptops. Problem is I have no idea where I could put it. I need to have it away from where my very active child can reach it, but I need to be able to see that child at all times while he is awake. (He's rather like a small tornado.) I guess the reason I've been stuck with garbage laptops for the past five years is because they can be packed away when not in use. 

[hasanhh]

23 minutes ago, notme said:

I'm thinking of going with a desktop.   . . .   . Problem is I have no idea where I could put it.

Like there were roll-top desks maybe you could devise a doored desk; or a cabinet like structure in the kitchen or dinning room.

[Haji 2003]

 

[hasanhh]

My Thought Upon Watching This Blasphemy:

"Well, it ain't the Golden Calf, but the kufr-shirk crowd is again dancing in the streets. This time it is a Golden Baddha."

https://www.dw.com/en/destroyed-bamiyan-buddha-statues-come-back-to-life-in-afghanistan/av-56855226 

Catch the idolatrous image before the 3 minute video starts because it is only a couple of seconds in the report.

[Haji 2003]

 

This person puts a tv in an 8 year old's bedroom and everyone thinks it all looks fab.

 

[Haji 2003]

 

[rkazmi33]

I miss the old days when employers would just fire their employees if they didn't like their work. Now, employers keep their employees, but constantly insult them and humiliate them. I don't understand this logic, why hire someone and pay them money just so you can insult them daily. There's only one explanation, being evil and mean to others brings you success. This is similar to giving human sacrifice to please the devil. 

Edited March 18, 2021 by rkazmi33

[hasanhh]

On 3/16/2021 at 6:21 PM, Haji 2003 said:

This person puts a tv in an 8 year old's bedroom and everyone thinks it all looks fab.

There is one in my 5 year-old nephew's bedroom. So what happens?

He and his little sister watch it at 0300hrs, according to their mother.

[Haji 2003]

 

[notme]

I'm excited because I'm going to go look at a car to maybe buy on Thursday. It's a station wagon, which is my favorite type of car. I hope I like it so I can be free from the gas guzzling behemoth SUV. 

[notme]

@hasanhh how do you partially agree with me being excited about looking at a car? You think I might be actually pretty calm? Halfway calm? 

[hasanhh]

21 hours ago, notme said:

@hasanhh how do you partially agree with me being excited about looking at a car? You think I might be actually pretty calm? Halfway calm? 

The "gas guzzler" part when comparing a SUV to a 60's Era concept of station wagon. Yeah, l know these have made something of a comeback . . . but still. 

[notme]

2 hours ago, hasanhh said:

The "gas guzzler" part when comparing a SUV to a 60's Era concept of station wagon. Yeah, l know these have made something of a comeback . . . but still. 

I love the look of old station wagons like the one my parents had when I was a kid, but the one I'm going to look at tomorrow is a late 90s model, and while the gas mileage isn't anything to write home about, it's certainly better than 11/17 (urban/highway) miles per gallon that I'm currently getting. 

The trailer hitch on the behemoth has been useful though. If I change cars I'll miss that. It'll be nice to have some cargo space though. Since my car's seats don't fold down like they're supposed to, it has nearly no cargo capacity. With cargo space, I won't need to trailer hitch. 

[Haji 2003]

 

[hasanhh]

l was surveying the C-19 news. The theme this week is how Brazil's "mismanagement" of the C-l9 crisis is "threatening the whole world." For example, in The Economist.

While perusing Brazilian news, l saw where in the midst of this pandemic, the "redeemer" statue -in Rio?- "is getting a face lift" to celebrate its 90th anniversary this October.

Yep, money for an idol, but nor for people's vaccines.

Footnote: l also saw where there is a shortage of TB vaccine because of this C-l9, so TB rates are increasing.

lf this keeps up, most of us are going to choke-to-death.

[F.M]

I have no words, thats why the wester world is completally retarted