tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post483273730093552426..comments2024-03-29T05:29:57.536-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: The End of the World and Other Trivial IssuesDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-52735249590506467922016-06-12T21:29:09.178-04:002016-06-12T21:29:09.178-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06515123400716770094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-52488934338072879122012-12-23T10:15:11.418-05:002012-12-23T10:15:11.418-05:00Whether it was the Mayans or the Olmecs or whoever...Whether it was the Mayans or the Olmecs or whoever who first domesticated the cacao plant, I don't know, but it is a Central American plant, and our word for it comes from Nahuatl (the language of the Aztecs).Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-80061490117235107022012-12-23T06:11:10.072-05:002012-12-23T06:11:10.072-05:00BTW, the post above was me, Mamapajamas. :DBTW, the post above was me, Mamapajamas. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-75382761883163915282012-12-23T06:09:53.282-05:002012-12-23T06:09:53.282-05:00Great post, DiploMad. Speaking as an anthropologi...Great post, DiploMad. Speaking as an anthropologist, I figured that those Maya schmucks just ran out of space on that big tablet. ;)<br /><br />But you and those here have brought to mind my initial thoughts on the Great Prediction... that for great predictors, they had really bad luck predicting what the Spaniards were going to do... The Maya calendar is a mathematical wonder, but a prognosticating zero. Like any other calendar. ;)<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-34427685558891052802012-12-23T03:43:16.217-05:002012-12-23T03:43:16.217-05:00WAKE UP SHEEPLE!<a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s10e09-mystery-of-the-urinal-deuce" rel="nofollow">WAKE UP SHEEPLE!</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-5064209108794284142012-12-22T11:16:48.060-05:002012-12-22T11:16:48.060-05:00Does anyone remember in the movie Zombieland where...Does anyone remember in the movie Zombieland where Twinkies became as rare as hen's teeth?<br /><br />I heard it was Mayans who produced that prophetic film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-33157469286648050402012-12-21T20:51:32.949-05:002012-12-21T20:51:32.949-05:00The Constitution can still be resuscitated, all it...The Constitution can still be resuscitated, all it takes is a few old men dying of cancer with the appropriate skill set. <br /><br />But why even try to bring it back to life? The sheep seem happy (right now) being the kept flock of the liberal tyranny. Fact is, the sheep are even demanding that the gate to the sheepfold be closed. Convenient, to have the slaves demand shackles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-13465156297490357622012-12-21T20:35:13.877-05:002012-12-21T20:35:13.877-05:00Uh-oh. Did I reveal a hidden theological seminary...Uh-oh. Did I reveal a hidden theological seminary out there?Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-62984670129631086432012-12-21T19:47:44.351-05:002012-12-21T19:47:44.351-05:00BTW, it sure was nice having a Constitution, wasn&...BTW, it sure was nice having a Constitution, wasn't it?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27572338958773404052012-12-21T19:44:55.356-05:002012-12-21T19:44:55.356-05:00You remind me of this: A man (or civilization) tha...You remind me of this: A man (or civilization) that that can forsee a near death ceases to have a rational self-interest. This has important implications.<br /><br />Not my own. It's from David Goldman, "How Civilizations Die (and Why Islam Is Dying Too)", Regnery, 2011.<br /><br />... which if you haven't read it, Mr. Diplomad 2.0, I think you might want to ... and if you have, I would like to read your comments on it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-40191596609938955162012-12-21T18:25:43.989-05:002012-12-21T18:25:43.989-05:00Well that was a scary headline to see upon opening...Well that was a scary headline to see upon opening the page.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-13857183090923910012012-12-21T18:24:43.393-05:002012-12-21T18:24:43.393-05:00Truth, and accepting something as 'Truth',...Truth, and accepting something as 'Truth', implies personal responsibility and response. Hence, 'Fast & Furious' gunrunning, Libyan gunrunning, Syrian gunrunning and the Benghazi murders will never be solved by the Obama Administration. Like in the mundane, so in the spiritual - 'Truth' demands a response.<br /><br />Most people don't even mention it any longer, but after 9/11 2001 America went to war - first in Afghanistan, then in Iraq. Were our enemies ever openly acknowledged? 'Terrorists' were as close as George Bush came. The truth of Islamic Jihadi troops are America's enemies have never been proclaimed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-27875508289619567822012-12-21T11:28:15.673-05:002012-12-21T11:28:15.673-05:00It's not too late to be come a Democrat!It's not too late to be come a Democrat!Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06981706601001285694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-10285083656303996902012-12-21T11:13:20.461-05:002012-12-21T11:13:20.461-05:00Hey, WAIT A MINUTE!
I spent all my retirement and...Hey, WAIT A MINUTE!<br /><br />I spent all my retirement and ran up my credit cards to their limits!<br /><br />Does this mean i'll have to pay them off now?<br /><br />SHEEEESH...<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-83773671845670819282012-12-21T10:42:28.005-05:002012-12-21T10:42:28.005-05:00Heheheh. The cultural relativism nonsense is one ...Heheheh. The cultural relativism nonsense is one of the reasons I fled wackademia after finishing my MA/PhD. Seems military/diplomatic history is trivial compared to gender hermeneutics (whatever that is).<br /><br />My advisor said it was a fad...I told her I thought they'd end up in charge of the asylum. Unfortunately, I turned out to be correct.Merkwürdigliebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633547688991082358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-48574335071196232552012-12-21T10:39:36.599-05:002012-12-21T10:39:36.599-05:00I dunno...taking those tags off. That's going...I dunno...taking those tags off. That's going a step too far, even in the context of an apocalypse. Somebody would find out, I just know it!Merkwürdigliebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08633547688991082358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-73904862740793606352012-12-21T10:16:28.174-05:002012-12-21T10:16:28.174-05:00Ripping tags of the rest of the weekend.
My wi... Ripping tags of the rest of the weekend. <br /><br /> My wife and I laugh regularly over the sheer terror we as kids experienced during the 50s/early 60s, whenever some 'tag' started to fray away from a mattress or stuffed toy.<br /><br /> "Warning, Federal Law Prohibits...Penalties...severe...drawing & quartering...evisceration...transportation for life...family disgrace...trial by fire...dunked as a witch...burned as a warlock...public shaming...death...screams shattering the peace of night...wild animals ripping your flesh...dogs & cattle prods...flogging..." Horrible.<br /><br /> I mean it, we as kids lived in fear that if we had some toy with the tag half-off, 'the policeman would come take us away' as adults sternly warned.<br /><br /> By the bye, didn't the Mayans also develop the color TV, the Mars lander, and CB Radios? Or was that the soviets?<br /><br /> <br /> <br /> paul vincent zecchinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-39415571515604876062012-12-21T10:01:30.672-05:002012-12-21T10:01:30.672-05:00Because in their minds they have become their own ...Because in their minds they have become their own gods and they don't want to be accountable to God for their actions. We live in a time in which there is no absolute truth and contradictory beliefs systems are held to be equal and the same. And those are just the people in the church unfortunately. Granted that is a broad sweeping generalization but by and large except for a remnant, generally held to be "bigots and out of touch", it is true. People can't handle the truth or don't want to handle the truth because it doesn't fit their narrative.jibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18318963535849041376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-79299539740659721022012-12-21T08:19:33.391-05:002012-12-21T08:19:33.391-05:00Thank you for the great scriptures. I was and sti...Thank you for the great scriptures. I was and still am interested in Egyptian mythology. In it there was a weighing of the deceased's heart after death. If it weighed more than a feather on the balance scale then the person did not merit a trip to their afterlife "good" place and that wicked heart summarily was eaten by a demon. What is it that makes so many today think they won't be accountable to anyone, EVER, let alone, to our Creator?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-52852121122421926052012-12-21T07:41:48.874-05:002012-12-21T07:41:48.874-05:00Ahhhhh, the Mayan legacy.......How many liberals w...Ahhhhh, the Mayan legacy.......How many liberals will be wearing their sacred condom hats today? Thanks for a great laugh, Diplomad. I really enjoyed your post. Especially those untied shoe laces, scissors and texting while driving. You are the best!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-82545543048063807962012-12-21T05:12:25.573-05:002012-12-21T05:12:25.573-05:00Mayans, schmayans what a bunch of malarkey(sorry J...Mayans, schmayans what a bunch of malarkey(sorry Joe), how could rational people believe this. Everyone knows that the Ibos' of the sacred acacia tree predict 2013 as the drop dead date. Hrrrump sirs!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-35115039711804652002012-12-21T03:34:14.383-05:002012-12-21T03:34:14.383-05:00Hey, the Mayans invented chocolate! At least that...Hey, the Mayans invented chocolate! At least that's what an NPR program said today... Gonna sleep with my hoodie on tonight though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-43056737281768914912012-12-21T03:17:00.460-05:002012-12-21T03:17:00.460-05:00Who knew little cookies could save mankind?Who knew little cookies could save mankind?49erDweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386245801517422226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-24220150609813113912012-12-21T01:19:08.710-05:002012-12-21T01:19:08.710-05:00Yes, I whole heartedly agree, only the Lord knows ...Yes, I whole heartedly agree, only the Lord knows the day and the hour. We (mankind) consistantly give ourselves much more credit than we deserve - pride of life, etc. Concerning Obama; this saddens me but in the context of Biblical understanding a constant note is heard concerning man's earlhly leadership....the end result is that perhaps America is receiving the leadership the Lord desires.<br /><br />"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. "The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. (1 Samuel 2:6-7)<br /><br />For not from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert comes exaltation; But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another. (Psalms 75:6-7)<br /><br />The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes. Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. (Proverbs 21:1-2)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-54291759689667520992012-12-21T01:13:29.130-05:002012-12-21T01:13:29.130-05:00Must . . . Get . . . Oreos . . . before . . . it&#...Must . . . Get . . . Oreos . . . before . . . it's . . . too . . . late ..................DiploMadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.com