I once believed that no relationship could be repaired if it had reached the point of no return. There was a place that you couldn’t come back from. My lived experience has proven that I am only partly right. I’ve since discovered that, if you break an expensive vase, you may be able to piece it back together with a good glue. But, you’ll never have the same vase; you will always be able to see the break lines. In some rare—very rare—cases, you may even be able to have a glue strong enough to make the break lines stronger than the rest of the vase. I don’t know. Time will tell…
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Smash It, Fix It
AI
Many of us think that robots will be doing all our labour in the near future. Robots don’t get hurt, don’t take breaks, vacation, sick days, etc.. But, what if artificial intelligence decides that it wants to be treated equal? I’m okay with that. What if they form unions? As long as they don’t implement Socialism, I’m okay. …that and they don’t kill us all.
Monday, December 13, 2021
Burn Baby Burn
Sure, it’s your house that’s on fire, and so you claim that I can’t understand. But, I take offence when you want my house to burn too.
Use Your Illusion II
So often, I see a sad or upset young woman in the passenger side seat of a pimped out sports car. They seem to chase after Jordan Peterson’s vampire, the same common dominator that gets the vampire the pimped out sports car.
Use Your Illusion I
When people see an old guy in a bright new sports car, they assume it’s mid-life crisis. Rather, it’s probably took him this long to afford a new pony car.
Strange South American New Brunswick Greenhouse Dream
Last night, I drempt that I gave up and walked away. I went to live in seclusion in South America (I think by the sea, by a bluff). I was in a 6x8 foot greenhouse, where I was living out my days. Cindy found me, and asked me to come home. How she found me, I do not know. She said that home was not in Bathurst New Brunswick. The only thing that I asked was if Trump was re-elected in 2024. She said that he lost the Republican nomination to Mitt Romney. I don't know why that was such a pressing issue. She told me that my credit card debt was not in default. She didn't seem at all angry, oddly. She just seemed grateful to have found me. My mother and step-father were still alive, she said. Impressive, as that would have made them almost 90; I had been gone for ten years. Although, she had to tell me that. I didn't know what month or even what year it was. Strange...
Friday, December 10, 2021
I'm Surprised
I'm surprised that people are surprised that Facebook is harmful to girls. I mean, it was started as a babe rating software system. The hypocrisy of leftist social media (and other areas) knows no bounds.
Thursday, December 9, 2021
FW: My math may be out a bit, but the numbers don't lie.
I know it’s a contentious issue. This made me think. An anti-vaxe lamented on social media that people are choosing blood clots over flu symptoms.
From: Ramier, William
Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 7:03 AM
To: jennyloujoan@gmail.com
Subject: FW: My math may be out a bit, but the numbers don't lie.
Here’s the COVID math:
| | Canada | USA | World |
| Mortality Rate | 2.18% | 1.80% | 2.61% |
| Survival Rate | 97.82% | 98.20% | 97.84% |
| Recovered to Date | 90.86% | N/A | 56.93% |
| Recovery Ratio | 41.75 to 1 | N/A | 26.38 to 1 |
FW: COVID-19 Mortality Rate
The US COVID mortality rate is currently 1.7344%! Yes, it’s true that Delta is raging out of control, so are herpes. It probably won’t kill you though. Food for thought.
Have a great weekend.
Wm
From: Ramier, William
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 12:56 PM
To: 'cindynospamramier@yahoo.com' <cindyrnospamamier@yahoo.com>
Subject: COVID-19 Mortality Rate
If you take the 160 million people who have been infected and divide it into the 3.3 million people who have died from it, COVID-19 has a 2.1% mortality rate.
https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6
| | Mortality Rate | Survival Rate |
| Canada | 1.88% | 98% |
| USA | 1.78% | 98% |
| World | 2.1% | 97% |
Saturday, December 4, 2021
If you confess with your mouth and believe in your heart...
Dad used to be fond of reciting Romans 10:9 to anybody who argued about salvation. This was the reading for St. Andrew's day that I found in the BCP this week:
Friday, December 3, 2021
Nail On The Head
You have hit the nail on the head Archbishop Gomez:
Reflections on the Church and America's New Religions - Archbishop Gomez
666
Can't work. Can't buy food. Can't obtain services.
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1313203121500983302
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Empire?
I watched the good egg's ordination last night online. It was live streamed from the cathedral. It made me happy to see him ordained. But...
You know how I say that the ACC has its left turn signal stuck on? Wow. I barely made it through the sermon. It hit all the major leftist talking points.
It started out by talking about the ordination of women, as it was the anniversary date of that monumental event. But, it smacked of Feminism. It continued with environmentalism--or Gaia worship, as I call it--before touching on White Privilage, Patriarchal Oppression, Colonialism, and even referenced Socialism disguised as ministry to the poor. And, the service opened with a Native land claim acknowledgement (which is destructive, perpetuating victimhood, dividing us along race lines, and scapegoating caucasians).I don't remember him mentioning God, although I'm sure he must have.
The high point for me came when, in sad irony, the speaker announced that more and more, we are realizing that the Church has been an institution of Empire. No, it has been a conservative institution and now it's leftist and no better. The irony, can you not see? It is doing the same damn thing it has always done. Christianity is supposed to be countercultural anyway. But, the ACC has always been political. Sadly, that is the direction of government, to the left. And, the ACC is right there with them again.
Where it was once "the Conservative Party at prayer," it is now the mouth piece for Neomarxism, Pluralism, Postmodernism, Gaia worship and Tribalism. It is what C.S. Lewis described in the Screwtape Letters as using faith as a means to an end.
Dad used to say about the leftists United Church of Canada, "it's okay to be liberal. But why does the United Church always have to lead the damn charge?"
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Pumping Iron
I believe that prayer is exercise for your spirit. Because, I've seen the effect of skipping workouts.
FW: Follow The White Rabbit
Have you ever seen the movie Conspiracy Theory, where Mel Gibson gets a lucky shot in the dark? I hope I’m wrong; but, it changes nothing. If it is, it is.
From: Ramier, William
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 7:12 AM
To: Neave, Will <wneave@aisinnospamcanada.com>
Subject: RE: Follow The White Rabbit
Too crazy to touch with a 10’ pole?
From: Ramier, William
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 4:22 PM
To: Neave, Will <wneave@aisinnospamcanada.com>
Subject: Follow The White Rabbit
We always think of a simulation as being inside a computer. What if it is an Extra Operatio Ratio? The best argument for the impossibility of simulating reality is that the hard drive space to store all the information would be massive, too big to be practical. They say that is why satellite imagery of planets’ surfaces are so pixilated. You can’t get high definition at the micro level by zooming in, only macro level; you’d need enormous computing power and storage space specifically to store the data for all the close ups, the high resolution surface shots. But, what if the truth is that it’s reality that is being simulated? …not in a PC tower.
Dr. Susskind’s work suggests that the world as we know it is a holographic projection of a 2D data source. The volume of data in a cube is always equal to that cube’s surface area. And, what if CERN is using it’s D-WAVE extradimensional quantum computing power—assuming it’s already self-aware—to fire the LHC particle collider to create events that alter the time line? Did you see that cat walk by? As already mentioned prior, Dr. Gates has pointed out the error correction code in the universe. What if Elon Musk was correct? What if the AI demon has already been released? What if, like Neo, we’re already in the Matrix? …a 3D projection of a 2D data source being edited by complex computations by an advanced AI? This Lovecraftian Old One may not even care we exist. We aren’t in the matrix. The matrix is outside of us. The universe is the Matrix?
Am I Supposed To Be Here Now
Terrible Dialogue
The true testament of a great actor is the ability to play a serious role with conviction.
It seems like Canada is becoming less and less free.
I think the Declaration of Independence is perhaps the greatest document ever written. The US Constitution isn't too shabby either. The ideas espoused in it....they are nothing short of amazing. Sure, the grievances seem petty...and racist to some progressives now. But, the spirit of 76 was really the product of a process that had been percolating for a very long time, the idea that the ultimate goal was freedom from tyranny. We've somehow lost that value. It has been supplanted with fear of offending, public safety, and Neo-Marxism. We also fail to see when government slowly encroaches on it. Like Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars assuming temporary emergency power, you never get it back but through bloody revolution. Thomas Jefferson said that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance. "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined." Patrick Henry
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1310790991954841603
Why must we again and again oppress other human beings and trample on individual liberties?
There may never have been a better time for my 11th commandment: Thou shalt leave thy neighbour the hell alone.
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1312110228879183877
Monday, November 29, 2021
The Four Horsemen
Tonight's scripture reading was from Revelation, and about the seven seals. Funny, as we are going through COVID with overreaching governments and debt/inflation, it sure seems like they're here.
Did you see a black cat just now?
No, but you've seen two white rabbits so far. What I should become one future day is one of Dr. Gates' restarted apps. I've never actually believed in ghosts. But, I've chosen to believe in God. The Bible says that an evil generation seeks a sign. And, although I believe demons exist, the last thing I expect is to see one. They would rather I not have confirmation than have the pleasure of any kind of fear of them held by me. And, no matter what the universe actually is, I believe that God is ultimately in control.
Follow The White Rabbit
We always think of a simulation as being inside a computer. What if it is an Extra Operatio Ratio? The best argument for the impossibility of simulating reality is that the hard drive space to store all the information would be massive, too big to be practical. They say that is why satellite imagery of planets’ surfaces are so pixilated. You can’t get high definition at the micro level by zooming in, only macro level; you’d need enormous computing power and storage space specifically to store the data for all the close ups, the high resolution surface shots. But, what if the truth is that it’s reality that is being simulated? …not in a PC tower.
Dr. Susskind’s work suggests that the world as we know it is a holographic projection of a 2D data source. The volume of data in a cube is always equal to that cube’s surface area. And, what if CERN is using it’s D-WAVE extradimensional quantum computing power—assuming it’s already self-aware—to fire the LHC particle collider to create events that alter the time line? Did you see that cat walk by? As already mentioned prior, Dr. Gates has pointed out the error correction code in the universe. What if Elon Musk was correct? What if the AI demon has already been released? What if, like Neo, we’re already in the Matrix? …a 3D projection of a 2D data source being edited by complex computations by an advanced AI? This Lovecraftian Old One may not even care we exist. We aren’t in the matrix. The matrix is outside of us. The universe is the Matrix?
Follow The White Rabbit
If Dr. Gates says that we are not in a simulation, why did he say that the universe has a coded error correction program?
Take Nothing For Granted
None of us really know how long we have. We should live every day in the present and never expect tomorrow. I like those monks (Cistercians?) who practice the somewhat macabre philosophy that they live in the shadow of death; they pray each night as if it were their last and thank God for rising each morning as if it were unexpected.
Skynet
The good news is that, they can only kill us all now. Assuming they achieve self sufficiency. They can't go back in time and kill us. That's the good news. But, my thinking is so four dimensional...
Brian Cox
More and more every day, I am convinced that Brian Cox had the only right answer to the Fermi Paradox.
Vampires and Werewolves
The question that every geek, nerd, and loser asks it, "why do the pretty girls always go after the assholes." I used to think that they were drawn to assholes myself. More to the point, I observed that the successful people around me in business were sexually exploiting women. It seemed a cynical prerequisite for promotion, as a male. Only through rational thought did I come to the conclusion that there was a common cause of both the success and the affairs with women. It was confidence. Just like in the movie Moneyball, managers promote those with confidence. Women are attracted to confidence. Biologically, it means that you and your offspring have a better chance of survival when your mate is assertive and confident. Then, Jordan Peterson convinced me of my correctness with his YouTube video on women being attracted to the monster, the vampire and the were wolf. ...and the asshole.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
...and even then maybe not.
I think the only way that we can achieve our Marxist utopia is through the enslavement of our robot masters.
Planet of the Apes
Some say that the inner city violence is 90% Black on Black crime, but that we can't say that because it's not politically correct. Some look at the sociology and even psychology of this phenomenon as unique.
But, I got thinking: The greatest conflicts of the 20th century were White on White violence. It would appear that the Killer Ape selects their own sub-race or group to assert dominance?
Your Freedom Gives You The Right To Protest War, Rules, ...And Even Freedom
It's only in Totalitarian countries where people don't protest against soldiers fighting for the liberties of citizens.
Rather, it is only in the free world where the entitled get on their high horse to lament the sacrifice of Patriots for individual freedoms.
Philosophically, can anti-Jefersonian liberties pro-censorship anti-establishment pro-regulation big government minded people even developed in a Totalitarian state? Can it happen?
I Fought The War, But The War Won't Stop For The Love Of God
I argued, advocated, and fought for the equal treatment of women. Now, I'm the misogynist for not being okay with special treatment. The war won't stop for fear of losing ground; they feel they have to be the aggressor and go too far.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
Jeffersonian Liberty Please
We're never happy if we're not oppressing somebody. You can't be protestant, or you're a heretic. You can't practice Wicca or we'll burn you. You can't be gay. You can't belong to the communist party. You can't believe marriage should be between men and women. You can't believe that men and women are different. You can't believe people should be treated the same. You can't address somebody without using their chosen pronouns and affirm only their view as correct. You must comply.
Rather than go back and forth, why not let people be left alone? Don't be gay! Don't be not gay! How about never fucking minding what somebody else is doing.
I've said it many times: The thing mankind has been the best at over the last 10 thousand years is forcing others to live the way we say they have to.
I'd like a double helping of liberty please.
https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1310213252772270086
Monday, November 22, 2021
You Were Wrong Dad
Dad had lots of favourite sayings, many of which were crude. He was fond of saying that he could "count on one hand how many people gave a fuck if he lived or died today." Well, there were ten people present at a private internment ceremony last Friday. ...on a cold miserable day in the cemetery.
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Grief
I have explained it like having the flu. Waves of nausea hit you. A wave of severe shock hit me this afternoon. There are no more meetings, no more coffee visits, talks, or group gatherings. ...ever.
Readings
Saturday morning, I read the wrong readings. I made a mistake. Or, did I? I read the readings for the 19th Saturday after Trinity rather than the 24th week after Pentecost. But, they were good. 1 Timothy 6 talked about good works and riches in Heaven. Psalm 102 (correct) talked about death. The reference to bread was ponient, as I may have hand fed Dad his last meal. They were fitting. Ezra 7? Well, that was okay too. :)
Friday, November 19, 2021
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Fw: Failure Notice
----- Forwarded Message -----From: "MAILER-DAEMON@yahoo.com" <MAILER-DAEMON@yahoo.com>To: "wramier@yahoo.com" <wramier@yahoo.com>Sent: Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 5:07 AMSubject: Failure NoticeSorry, we were unable to deliver your message to the following address.No mx record found for domain=blogger.con---------- Forwarded message ----------The one who lays waste at noon from the 91st psalm is kicking my ass right now.
Terrible Dream
Last night, I went to bed super early. Feeling melancholy and exhausted, I went up to bed at 6 p.m. I had a very strange dream sequence.
It began, as far as I can recall, with me being in a computer class where they were playing Dungeons & Dragons. I was approached by a third party and bribed to unleash a ransomware virus. I already had it on my PC, but decided to decline. My Jiminy Crickety won out.
After which, class was interrupted by the arrival of my brother in his new car. I went outside to look at it. It was a canary yellow El Camino with a camper in the box overhanging the cab. My name--William--was spray painted on the tip of the door below the window glass on the driver's door. It was an absolute monstrosity. I told him it was nice, which--in the dream--I thought it was. We popped the hood, as I was interested to see how many cubic inches the block was.
Trigger warning: Then the dream got very disturbing and disgusting. Never mind Carl Jung's shit falling on a cathedral roof. At this point, I dreamt that we were inside in a room. I was with two of my brothers. They decided to masturbate each other. Their junk was very large, abnormally so. I was disgusted and disturbed by this. At which point, I decided to get up and head into the bathroom by myself for self gratification with images of naked females for provocation.
That's all I remember. Other than being disgusting and disturbing, its meaning is a mystery. We can't control our dreams nor the content. But, the things we dream are our subconscious mind presenting the things to us that are sometimes unresolved that need to be addressed, and often done using metaphors and stand ins to represent other people, places, and things.
Monday, November 15, 2021
Vows
I just talked about this very subject on Friday with the good egg. I don’t like vows. I like my yes to be a yes and my no to be a no.
I have never broken any vow that I have taken as a man. My heart cries out, “Where is my reward!” My intelect tells me that it is in the next world.
Wisdom 3:1-9 RSV - The Destiny of the Righteous - But the - Bible Gateway
This was the Sunday reading some weeks ago. It is a comforting passage.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Wisdom%203%3A1-9&version=RSV
There is great comfort in the scriptures. TBTG.
Too much sleep?
I was in bed for 11 hours Sunday night. I slept for most of it. It was a fight to get out of bed this morning. The last thing I want to do is go to work this morning.
On the health side of things, I ran 10k yesterday. That's good. I've been neglecting my running. But, I only ate one bowl of noodles all day long. That's bad for my muscles. I have to take better care of myself.
Sunday, November 14, 2021
I dreamt about Dad
Last night I had a strange dream. I had Dad in the Jeep again. We were driving and talking. One of us, I think me, said, "But, this conversation isn't real you know," because you're/I'm dead.
Monday, November 8, 2021
Saturday, November 6, 2021
😢
The last time I ever spoke with Dad, he said he was abandoned and left in a warehouse. It's killing me. At the time, I chalked it up to him being delusional or delirious.
What does meditation help? The benefits and surprising drawbacks of the art of meditation — Quartz
I was afraid to meditate tonight after Evening Prayer. I haven't meditated in quite some time. I prayed the evening office, prayed around my Anglican Prayer Beads three times, but could not bring myself to meditate silently on my usual mantra. Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. I couldn't. I was afraid. Mostly, it was because of this one article and all the negative Strong emotions I've been experiencing. I was afraid of what might happen.
https://qz.com/993465/theres-a-dark-side-to-meditation-that-no-one-talks-about/
Friday, November 5, 2021
Light a Candle
Click this link to see a candle burning on Gratefulness.org https://gratefulness.org/candle/single?id=
Some psalms lately have been rather poignant
The Lord ransoms the life of his servants, and none will be punished who trust in him. Psalms 34:22 (BAS)
But at my vindication I shall see your face, when I awake, I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness. Psalms 17:16 (BAS)
When they breathe their last, they return to earth, and in that day their thoughts perish. Psalms 146:3 (BAS)
He asked you for life, and you gave it to him, length of days, for ever and ever. Psalms 21:4 (BAS)
Huge
Our rector preached her homily last Sunday on Halloween and All Saints Day, the connection and significance. She mentioned something that struck a cord with me when she said that we remember the saints that introduced us to the faith, not the ones that Churches are named after. Dad had a huge--HUGE--impact on my faith. Huge.
Vivian said about me that this man knows his Bible! And I did...when it came to the New Testament.
I've felt for a while that I don't know my Bible anymore. I used to dog ear pages to mark passages that I used for apologetics. I could quickly find passages by memory to explain, support, or refute the Eucharist, the divinity of Christ, the Trinity, gifts of the Spirit, judgement, salvation, etc... Now, I feel lost. I'll tell you who knew their Bible. Dad knew his Bible. I miss being able to ask him, "Dad, where does it say" whatever I needed to find. Now, I have all these dog eared pages--I felt it was sacrilegious to write in a Bible--that I have no idea why I marked some of them for. Why on Earth did I mark this passage? My experience tells me that gut feelings are usually justified. I would like to fix that.
Monday, October 25, 2021
Thursday, October 21, 2021
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Psalm 90:10, Psalm 90 KJV
The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
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Fw: Dad
----- Forwarded Message -----From: "wramier@geocities.com" <wramier@geocities.com>To: "Chandra Ramier" <chandraramier@hotmail.com>Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 4:31 PMSubject: Fw: Dad
----- Forwarded Message -----From: "William Ramier" <wramier@yahoo.com>To: "Will Ramier" <wramier@geocities.com>, "Leslie Ramier" <lramier@cyg.net>Sent: Thu, Oct 21, 2021 at 4:11 PMSubject: DadHere are some pics of Dad that I pulled off the hard drive.Wm
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Monday, October 18, 2021
Reflection on the Nature of Life & Old Age
I think the men are the lucky ones. We don’t live as long, sure. But, the women die alone and without the comfort of their partner. They also end up in homes, because—when we age—we are less able to take care of ourselves, we rely on each other for support; one person no longer has that support. So, as I say, men are the lucky ones, leaving women alone, undefended, and helpless in their age.
Sunday, October 17, 2021
Enough With the Leftist Ideology, Read Some Thomas Sowell!
I've known for a while now that post secondary institutions are centers for the indoctrination of students, exposing them to only leftist ideology. They are void of Free Speech and of Critical Thought. So, I found logical errors in a post secondary textbook.
I'm taking a management course for work, and am having trouble with the chapters on diversity and discrimination. Unproven claims are being taught.
First, the textbook says that there is a myth that disabled people don't want to work. And, it claims, this is untrue as over 70% of disabled people stayed in a job longer than regularly abled people. A simple venn diagram shows that this is an untrue conclusion.
If you are only measuring those disabled people who work as representative of all disabled persons--including many who don't work--the premises prove nothing conclusively. And, many animals will not hunt for their food when you hand feed them.
Second, it puts forward the idea of pay inequality (900/week for men vs. 700/week for women)--gender wage gap--being men discriminating against women, even though recognizing that women make up over 60% of the workforce. That's a pretty big assumption. Could there be ANY other factors? Do men work longer hours? Do men pursue jobs that pay better while women pursue jobs that are more satisfying. Dismissing these things out of hand with no evaluation or investigation is disingenuous. Basically, you're Affirming the Consequent. You're arguing that if women don't make as much, it is due to men holding them back. We know men hold back women, therefore this is the cause of women who make less. Not only is there a logical fallacy here, but we can challenge the truthfulness of the second premise.
The third claim that I dispute is that diversity makes businesses stronger. Cited is the fact that, more diverse businesses perform better. Correlation does not prove causation. There could be an underlying trend causing a business to be both diverse and profitable e.g. balking at traditional management practices and being open minded to new ways of doing business. Certainly, there are challenges and expenses with diversity. The complaint is also made that although the foreign born Canadians are more numerous in the work place, they are not promoted as much. There is a possibility that this is language barriers, not racism. Naturalized Canadians are not as skilled--normally--as native born Canadians. If you think that native born Canadians=White, you are the racist.
Two things that I want to clarify:
• I am not anti-immigration
• I am not pro-discrimination
I'll come back to these two points. First, I want to address what I've proven.
You may have noticed that I have not proven my points either. Indeed, I've proven nothing. My problem is that, they are teaching these political points as facts without questioning them. I didn't prove my beliefs, I just poked holes in the logic they put forward. Their arguments are not Sound; in fact, they're pretty week.
Okay, let me address the idea of me not being anti-immigration. The political talking point is that diversity makes us stronger. Well, how's that working? I find multiculturalism divisive and find that it promotes tribalism and animosity as well as division and weakness in society, not to mention extrema violence in rare cases. It it a challenge to overcome those things. In spite of diversity, we continue. True, diversity brings different points of view to the table, often. Also, and this is an important point, in recent years the left has conflated the terms refugee and immigrant. We need migration, but we need to recruit skilled immigrants to make us stronger, not burden us.
As far as refugees go, they are a burden and should be limited. They are a burden on our social safety net and there is only so much room in the lifeboat before we lower the quality of living for all. We can't save them all. We just can't. The math shows that. You can't collect all the grains of sand. Maybe, if we sent them back when it becomes safe for them, then we could afford to help more...
Also, immigration--which is not offering safe haven to refugees at the expense of our society--is needed. We need it for a few different reasons. First, non-naturalized Canadians are only having something like 1.4 children per couple; we are not self sustaining. Second, at the current rate of government spending, we need immigrants in order to pay our government debt--the bill for our current spending on ourselves--before the shrinking GDP causes a fatal imbalance in the debt to GDP ratio. So, the Great Replacement that White Supremacists speak of is, in fact, needed.
I personally value Mosaic society over Melting Pot (use the principal of charitable interpretation here). I admire Chinese Canadians and Indian Canadians etc... I respect their hard work and culture. I admire their retention of their culture. Also, I believe that it is an individual right, if not a Natural Right, to be free to be whatever you want. ...provided you don't hurt anybody; I'm a Jeffersonian. So, even though I believe that increased multiculturalism is a bad thing, I feel that it is necessary to provide financial stability and also that it is the right of the individual in our society to be diverse. We also have a moral obligation to help refugees. ...which must balance with the moral obligation to protect Canadian citizens (again, not White people). Immigration is needed, and although I don't feel that I've articulated it well here, diversity is a right.
Saturday, October 2, 2021
AR - 15
People are so afraid of things that they have been taught to fear that they just don't think. I was walking my beagle once when I ran into some teenage girls in a park. They said, "what a cute dog! Can we pet it? What kind of dog is it?" When I replied that she was a beagle, they misheard. "Pitbull!?" They recoiled as if touching a hot stove.
"No, beagle. She's friendly."
If reason truly sets us apart from the animals, God help us and preserve Critical Thinking. Amen.
Thursday, September 30, 2021
Teeth & Dreams
I had a super crazy dream last night. Super crazy. I dreamt that I was on a cruise ship and that I had a chest burster inside me. I knew about it, and--I think--I used the PA to ask for help. One person could help, a child. On my back on the floor, as the pain and pressure mounted, the child began to cut open my torso with a scalpel. I passed out from the pain. So, the critter was taken out of me. I awoke to being fine and okay. I was in a cabin with Cindy and the child who saved me, who looked at me with crazy eyes. He opened his mouth wide, and a face hugger crawled out. I ran out of the room and slammed the door, leaving the face hugger in the cabin with the child and with Cindy (admittedly not the bravest and most noble thing I could have done). I opened the door a crack, and bashed the face hugger—now on the floor—with something (improvised weapon). As it died, it revealed that it was actually AI and that it had only been defending itself. The last thing it would have heard was my voice retorting, “well, we didn’t know that.”
So my day before that? I did mention teeth. So, I went to the dentist. Years ago because of my very deep bite, and the wear on my upper incisors, Dr. Sylvester had to fill my teeth with enormous fillings. He said that it would be the last time that they would be able to be filled. I’ve been hyper concerned about that for years. Well, in the last week I chipped the front right tooth. I was in semi panic mode. Would I need a crown? Would I loose the tooth? How would it change my appearance? My confidence? Self-esteem? I showed up, nervous, to my appointment yesterday. I almost begged Dr. Kim to fill it so that I could avoid a crown, which she did. According to her, it was a small chip; and, she didn’t even feel that I needed freezing. She was right about that, no pain. So, I made out good. TBTG. As I explained to her, if crowns last 10-15 years, I want to push out getting one for as long as I can. She reassured me that with proper care, they can last much longer than that. And, because the tooth was so thin now, there would continue to be issues with it chipping. In the long run, filling it would be much more expensive. I care not, at this point. I want to avoid a crown for as long as I can. First world problems?
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Clove
Craig, or clove@domainname.ca as I call him, has left the parish. He promised to keep in touch. He is a unique individual. I found him to be exceptional at pastoral ministry, and at reaching out. He has a gift. I will miss him. And, he's only been here for a few months. I've only been going to Church for three weeks. Impact, that's what that is called. Efficiency, bang for your buck, he was overworked and put through the proverbial ringer. I will likely continue to feel like I don't fit or belong. But, wow, did he ever change that, a true minister of Christ. He doesn't seem to accept praise well. But, what I said was in ernest. I truly appreciated him. May GOD ALMIGHTY continue to bless us all with his ministry. Amen.
Sunday, September 19, 2021
FTL
I've long understood the relationship between speed and time. In my teens I found great book that I loved called Iron Sun. I was watching a YouTube video yesterday. I heard it articulated in this video in a way that I haven't thought of before.
He said that photons have no mass and must travel at a constant. If speed increases, and light can't change it's speed, then time must change.
Pray For Your Enemies
So, it occurred to me today that I am neglecting somebody on my prayer list. An oversight?
Jesus Among Us
A women stood up today and said that she has attended St. Paul's for 12 years, but that none of us had ever seen her. It was a shiver down the spine moment.
P.S. We are told to look for, or see the face of, Christ in each person we meet (St. Benedict's Rule?).
Saturday, September 18, 2021
Alexandria
I wonder to myself how much different the world would be today if the Great Library of Alexandria had not burned down. How much more advanced might we be?
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
🤔
"The concern for victims, then, needs to be open to all victims and must avoid the rage and vengefulness that, far from helping victims, creates more victims." Abbot Andrew Marr OSB
Freedom
It's always necessary when freedoms are infringed upon. They never take it away when it isn't. The things that humans always realize afterwords is that you have to buy it back with deaths and it's not worth living without it.
Monday, August 23, 2021
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Anger & Pain
She did to her daughter and family the very same thing her father Ian did to her in 2013. She's gone to us forever before the age of 40!
I haven't seen her in years. I had no idea she had gotten into hard drugs. I see her still as a ten or eleven year old kid, laughing and playing with her cousin, my daughter.
May God have mercy on her soul and may He comfort the rest of us. I ask this in Jesus' name. Amen.
Fw: Kaitlynn
----- Forwarded Message -----From: "William Ramier" <wramier@yahoo.com>To: "Cindy Ramier" <cindyramier@yahoo.com>, "Chandra Ramier" <chandraramier@hotmail.com>Sent: Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 5:18 PMSubject: KaitlynI looked for and found these two pictures from my old Facebook file.
Hot Mic
Always, in life, speak as though the mic is on. When you cannot, check your mic. I'm looking at you, butt dialers.
Friday, August 13, 2021
66
So much is here; there's the ridicule for believing, the becoming alien to family and friends, being asked to pay back what I didn't take, and so much messianic prophecy here.
Tank Dream
I was in a tank on a modern battlefield. We were moving fast, engaging and neutralizing targets. A fire broke out inside the back of the tank and I was struggling to fund a fire extinguisher. My alarm woke me, and the fire will never be put out.
Thursday, August 12, 2021
Monday, August 9, 2021
Pardon me Farther, but you seemed to have stepped in your disdain.
We've become so intolerant. We have gotten to the point where family members stop talking to each other because "they like Trump." It's a very sad state of affairs. We no longer tolerate the diversity of opinion in social engagements nor in society. Worse, we can no longer have civil discourse to seek out the truth or at least explore other options and evaluate the best way or policy. But, family isn't the only place this happens.
In Anglican circles, the expression used in resent times it to "draw the circle wide;" this means to bring into the circle or group all those who are different and marginalized, as we seek to include the gay person, the immigrant, the transitioning person, the environmental activist or extremest, the returning terrorist, the Marxist, the Wiccan. We actively seek to include what has traditionally been the outsider. At the same time, we push out the orthodox. We ridicule the believer in scripture. While shouting how inclusive we are, we make no room--and keep it that way--for the bigot, the traditionalist, the conservative, the Free Market Capitalist. What did St. Paul mean when he said "to be all things to all men?"
Social media and algorithms that reinforce our views are to blame for a lot of our division. But, we've also lost the ability to think critically. Social scientists know that we seek out association with like minded individuals, and that this in turn reinforces our rightness. What social media helps do is, it protects us from alternative views to a larger degree while bombarding us with our own view.
We have become way, way to intolerant of diversity. The irony is that most people believe they seek the opposite. People loose their jobs over what they believe. We have thought police, cancel culture. You can't tell me that believing a gay man is transphobic because he doesn't want to lick another man's vagina isn't the hallmark of ridiculous intolerance.
We have gone off the deep end.
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