CeleryKills
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Rampaging through life, just cause!
Archaeology keeps showing that early Israelite religion wasn’t a solo act. Inscriptions and cult objects repeatedly pair Yahweh and his Asherah, revealing a divine partnership that existed long before later editors tried to write her out of the story.
January 14, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Archaeology keeps showing that early Israelite religion wasn’t a solo act. Inscriptions and cult objects repeatedly pair Yahweh and his Asherah, revealing a divine partnership that existed long before later editors tried to write her out of the story.
Adam Smith on corporations:
“The directors of such companies… cannot well be expected to watch over it with the same anxious vigilance.”
He knew that corporate managers handling other people’s money would cut corners and chase risk.
“The directors of such companies… cannot well be expected to watch over it with the same anxious vigilance.”
He knew that corporate managers handling other people’s money would cut corners and chase risk.
January 14, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Adam Smith on corporations:
“The directors of such companies… cannot well be expected to watch over it with the same anxious vigilance.”
He knew that corporate managers handling other people’s money would cut corners and chase risk.
“The directors of such companies… cannot well be expected to watch over it with the same anxious vigilance.”
He knew that corporate managers handling other people’s money would cut corners and chase risk.
"No night is so dark, no situation so dire, that the intercession of the gods cannot make it worse" - a Dwarven proverb.
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
"No night is so dark, no situation so dire, that the intercession of the gods cannot make it worse" - a Dwarven proverb.
Adam Smith on labor vs. employers:
“Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters.”
He understood political capture long before the term existed.
“Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters.”
He understood political capture long before the term existed.
January 13, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Adam Smith on labor vs. employers:
“Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters.”
He understood political capture long before the term existed.
“Whenever the legislature attempts to regulate the differences between masters and their workmen, its counsellors are always the masters.”
He understood political capture long before the term existed.
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“Thanks to our latest findings, we now know that early citizens of the United States had a more nuanced system of government than previously thought,” said Professor Lee Somers, director of the site excavation
Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating
WASHINGTON—Calling the discovery the “clearest proof yet” of how the U.S. government was originally designed to function, archaeologists published new evidence Thursday that suggests the Capitol build...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“Thanks to our latest findings, we now know that early citizens of the United States had a more nuanced system of government than previously thought,” said Professor Lee Somers, director of the site excavation
Adam Smith on business elites:
“People of the same trade seldom meet together… but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.”
He wasn’t romanticizing markets. He was warning that unchecked business power tends to organize itself against everyone else.
“People of the same trade seldom meet together… but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.”
He wasn’t romanticizing markets. He was warning that unchecked business power tends to organize itself against everyone else.
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Adam Smith on business elites:
“People of the same trade seldom meet together… but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.”
He wasn’t romanticizing markets. He was warning that unchecked business power tends to organize itself against everyone else.
“People of the same trade seldom meet together… but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public.”
He wasn’t romanticizing markets. He was warning that unchecked business power tends to organize itself against everyone else.
Today we get practical. Real creationist claims, real responses. No lectures, no essays, just clean pressure on their logic, their definitions, and their evidence. The goal isn’t to overwhelm. It’s to reveal the weakness.
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Today we get practical. Real creationist claims, real responses. No lectures, no essays, just clean pressure on their logic, their definitions, and their evidence. The goal isn’t to overwhelm. It’s to reveal the weakness.
A belief turns risky when it becomes a self-sealing belief, the kind that treats every doubt as proof it is right. If your worldview can’t imagine being wrong, it stops being a path to understanding and becomes a loop that quietly traps you inside it.
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
A belief turns risky when it becomes a self-sealing belief, the kind that treats every doubt as proof it is right. If your worldview can’t imagine being wrong, it stops being a path to understanding and becomes a loop that quietly traps you inside it.
Day 5 is about the myth of niceness. Being polite is fine, but not when it stops you from pointing out that someone hasn’t provided evidence. Courtesy is a chess move, not a surrender. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BTt...
January 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Day 5 is about the myth of niceness. Being polite is fine, but not when it stops you from pointing out that someone hasn’t provided evidence. Courtesy is a chess move, not a surrender. www.facebook.com/share/p/1BTt...
New slogan attempt... I can take it if it's bad...
Freeze out ICE!
Freeze out ICE!
January 11, 2026 at 1:54 AM
New slogan attempt... I can take it if it's bad...
Freeze out ICE!
Freeze out ICE!
People love saying all media is propaganda, but that flattens a much more human process. Even outlets aiming for fairness still make choices about what to include or cut. Bias isn’t always intentional. Sometimes it’s just the shape of storytelling.
January 10, 2026 at 3:19 PM
People love saying all media is propaganda, but that flattens a much more human process. Even outlets aiming for fairness still make choices about what to include or cut. Bias isn’t always intentional. Sometimes it’s just the shape of storytelling.
Today's post digs into definitions. Creationist arguments often rely on made‑up meanings: ‘evolution means a dog turning into a cat.’ Never accept their definitions. Ask where they got them. Watch the scaffolding wobble. www.facebook.com/share/p/1K9H...
January 10, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Today's post digs into definitions. Creationist arguments often rely on made‑up meanings: ‘evolution means a dog turning into a cat.’ Never accept their definitions. Ask where they got them. Watch the scaffolding wobble. www.facebook.com/share/p/1K9H...
María Corina Machado offering her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump isn’t admiration. It’s a last attempt to shield Venezuelans from a leader who turned her award into a personal grievance. She is trying to calm a situation shaped more by ego than by any concern for Venezuela’s future.
#venezuela
#venezuela
January 10, 2026 at 2:22 AM
María Corina Machado offering her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump isn’t admiration. It’s a last attempt to shield Venezuelans from a leader who turned her award into a personal grievance. She is trying to calm a situation shaped more by ego than by any concern for Venezuela’s future.
#venezuela
#venezuela
Minnesota’s move is being misread. After an ICE officer killed a woman in Minneapolis, the governor issued a warning order to the Guard so the state could manage its own response. At the same time he rejected a federal enforcement surge, signaling a clear boundary around state authority.
January 9, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Minnesota’s move is being misread. After an ICE officer killed a woman in Minneapolis, the governor issued a warning order to the Guard so the state could manage its own response. At the same time he rejected a federal enforcement surge, signaling a clear boundary around state authority.
Next up: the explanation trap. Critical thinkers love explaining things, but in these debates, every explanation becomes a new target. The move isn’t to teach thermodynamics. It’s to ask them to define the terms they’re using.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CuJ...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CuJ...
January 9, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Next up: the explanation trap. Critical thinkers love explaining things, but in these debates, every explanation becomes a new target. The move isn’t to teach thermodynamics. It’s to ask them to define the terms they’re using.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CuJ...
www.facebook.com/share/p/1CuJ...
What stands out is how obedience language in modern Christianity sounds more like empire than Jesus. The Sermon on the Mount calls people to inner change and ethical independence. Scholars like Crossan and Mack show the earliest Jesus tradition was a wisdom movement, not a loyalty system.
January 8, 2026 at 11:57 PM
What stands out is how obedience language in modern Christianity sounds more like empire than Jesus. The Sermon on the Mount calls people to inner change and ethical independence. Scholars like Crossan and Mack show the earliest Jesus tradition was a wisdom movement, not a loyalty system.
Day 2 drops now. We’re talking about the classic trap: taking on the burden of proof for someone else’s claim. If they say ‘no transitional fossils,’ don’t start listing fossils. Ask why their claim has no support. Hold the weight where it belongs. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Juo...
January 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Day 2 drops now. We’re talking about the classic trap: taking on the burden of proof for someone else’s claim. If they say ‘no transitional fossils,’ don’t start listing fossils. Ask why their claim has no support. Hold the weight where it belongs. www.facebook.com/share/p/1Juo...
Today I’m kicking off a short series on why debates with creationists go sideways. Spoiler: facts don’t fail because they’re weak. They fail because they’re hitting identity, not reasoning. If you’ve ever watched evidence evaporate on contact, this one’s for you.
www.facebook.com/share/p/17eB...
www.facebook.com/share/p/17eB...
January 8, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Today I’m kicking off a short series on why debates with creationists go sideways. Spoiler: facts don’t fail because they’re weak. They fail because they’re hitting identity, not reasoning. If you’ve ever watched evidence evaporate on contact, this one’s for you.
www.facebook.com/share/p/17eB...
www.facebook.com/share/p/17eB...
The Heritage Foundation was created to elevate conservative ideas, but it looks like it helped hollow them out. Instead of strengthening conservatism, it fed the rise of grievance politics that now defines much of the Republican and MAGA world.
January 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The Heritage Foundation was created to elevate conservative ideas, but it looks like it helped hollow them out. Instead of strengthening conservatism, it fed the rise of grievance politics that now defines much of the Republican and MAGA world.
Most people are surprised to learn early Israelites did not picture Yahweh alone. For centuries he had a partner named Asherah, a major Levantine goddess linked to protection, fertility, and sacred trees. She was central enough that traces of her survive in texts and artifacts.
January 6, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Most people are surprised to learn early Israelites did not picture Yahweh alone. For centuries he had a partner named Asherah, a major Levantine goddess linked to protection, fertility, and sacred trees. She was central enough that traces of her survive in texts and artifacts.
Some politicians talk about the future like they’re hoping it falls apart. That’s because a chunk of American evangelical culture sees global chaos as a sign of the “end times.” When that worldview enters public office, policy stops solving problems and starts aligning with prophecy.
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Some politicians talk about the future like they’re hoping it falls apart. That’s because a chunk of American evangelical culture sees global chaos as a sign of the “end times.” When that worldview enters public office, policy stops solving problems and starts aligning with prophecy.
People love to treat Adam Smith like the mascot of deregulation. But Smith spent a lot of time warning about concentrated wealth, corporate collusion, and laws tilted toward the rich. This week, one quote a day that libertarians never mention.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 PM
People love to treat Adam Smith like the mascot of deregulation. But Smith spent a lot of time warning about concentrated wealth, corporate collusion, and laws tilted toward the rich. This week, one quote a day that libertarians never mention.
"Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all." - Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book V, Chapter I.
January 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"Civil government, so far as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defense of the rich against the poor, or of those who have some property against those who have none at all." - Adam Smith, The Wealth of Nations, Book V, Chapter I.
Most people don’t realize how much modern presidential power traces back to Jan 4, 1965. When LBJ delivered the first prime‑time State of the Union, he turned a quiet constitutional duty into a national moment of public accountability. It changed how presidents speak to the country.
January 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Most people don’t realize how much modern presidential power traces back to Jan 4, 1965. When LBJ delivered the first prime‑time State of the Union, he turned a quiet constitutional duty into a national moment of public accountability. It changed how presidents speak to the country.