Just ran into this website - adding it to my frequent reads: Neal's Soapbox
The author is an excellent essayist - here is just one. Hard to excerpt so I will just post the first couple of paragraphs and you can read the rest for yourself here
A Return To The Dark Ages
I don’t know how many of you are familiar with World History, but if you aren’t the Dark Ages refer to the period of history beginning with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ending with the Renaissance. The Dark Ages refers to a period of history in Western Europe which saw a decline, or a deterioration if you will, of culture, economics and intellect amongst the people.
While it may be true that the Romans held all that territory by conquest, it is also true that they brought a lot to those they conquered; trade, literacy, architecture, and possibly even more important, written law. It is held by some that when Rome fell the light went out on the world; hence the term Dark Ages.
Historians will tell you that the Renaissance brought an end to the Dark Ages; plunging the world back into the light after five centuries of darkness. But in reality the Renaissance was nothing more than a return to humanism; something both the Greeks and the Romans had practiced in their lives as cultural and philosophical centers of the world.
Humanism is basically the philosophical and ethical stance that emphasizes the value and agency of humans, both individually and collectively, and generally prefers critical thinking to dogma and superstition. Hence, it was during the Renaissance that we saw some of the world’s most renowned thinkers emerge; polymaths like Da Vinci and Michelangelo.
A polymath, in case you weren’t aware, is a person with a wide range of knowledge and skills. For instance, Leonardo Da Vinci was, not only a painter and a sculptor, he also knew a great deal about mathematics, engineering, geology, astronomy, anatomy and botany. Thomas Jefferson was also a polymath; having a great deal of knowledge regarding architecture, politics, philosophy, science, botany, as well as being fluent in many languages.
It is said that when President Kennedy hosted the 49 winners of the Nobel Prize in 1969 he uttered the following comments; a fitting compliment to Jefferson as a polymath, “I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House – with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.” But, I get ahead of myself.
Wonderful stuff - very thoughtful. Also, in an earler post, Neal noticed something that had escaped my attention (and a lot of other people):
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Speaking of postage, CNN ran a photo of the supposed package that was mailed to them and to show you what it looked like I took a screen capture of what CNN is reporting was delivered to them…
Notice anything missing? Sure, there are postage stamps on this package, but where is the postmark the post office places upon all mail once it has been processed at one of their facilities? You know, these things…
How did that package get mailed to CNN when apparently it never went through a post office to begin with? But I’m sure the insignificant fact that these packages probably weren’t processed and delivered by the U.S. Postal System will not deter them from using this as ammunition against anyone whose political beliefs run contrary to theirs.
A lot of unanswered questions with this case. It has false flag written all over it.
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