After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News (2020) | Official Trailer | HBO
Directed by Andrew Rossi (“Page One: Inside the New York Times,” HBO’s “Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven”) and executive produced by CNN’s Brian Stelter, After Truth examines “fake news,” its victims, its perpetrators, and its consequences, and premieres Thursday, March 19 at 9PM. #HBO #HBODocs #AfterTruthHBO
>executive produced by CNN’s Brian Stelter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law
dope
>I might try to bring myself to watch it although I would probably have to have a BARF BAG handy.
I hope you like Will Sommer!
In Chinese history and culture, possession of one or more ancient dings is often associated with power and dominion over the land.
>Don’t forget to spend time outside and with loved ones.
>Carthaginians sacrificed own children, archaeologists say
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tophet
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tophet
In the Bible, it was a location in Jerusalem in the Gehinnom, where worshipers engaged in a ritual involving "passing a child through the fire", most likely child sacrifice. Traditionally, the sacrifices have been ascribed to a god named Moloch. The Bible condemns and forbids these sacrifices, and the tophet is eventually destroyed by king Josiah, although mentions by the prophets Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Isaiah suggest that the practices associated with the tophet may have persisted.
Most scholars agree that the ritual performed at the tophet was child sacrifice, and they connect it to similar episodes throughout the Bible and recorded for the ancient Phoenicians (referred to as Canaanites in the Bible) and Carthaginians by Greco-Roman sources. There is disagreement about whether the sacrifices were offered to a god Moloch. Based on Phoenician and Carthaginian inscriptions, a growing number of scholars believe that Moloch refers to the type of sacrifice rather than a deity. There is currently a dispute as to whether these sacrifices were dedicated to Yahweh rather than a foreign deity.
Archaeologists have applied the term "tophet" to large cemeteries of children found at Carthaginian sites that have traditionally been believed to house the victims of child sacrifice, as described by Greco-Roman and biblical sources. This interpretation is controversial, with some scholars arguing that the tophets may have been childrens' cemeteries, rejecting the Greco-Roman sources as anti-Carthaginian propaganda. Others argue that not all burials in the tophet were sacrifices.
The tophet and its location, Gehenna, later became associated with divine punishment in Jewish Apocalypticism.
>Traditionally, the sacrifices have been ascribed to a god named Moloch.
It was a custom of the ancients in great crises of danger for the rulers of a city or nation, in order to avert the common ruin, to give up the most beloved of their children for sacrifice as a ransom to the avenging daemons; and those who were thus given up were sacrificed with mystic rites. Kronos then, whom the Phoenicians call Elus, who was king of the country and subsequently, after his decease, was deified as the star Saturn, had by a nymph of the country named Anobret an only begotten son, whom they on this account called ledud, the only begotten being still so called among the Phoenicians; and when very great dangers from war had beset the country, he arrayed his son in royal apparel, and prepared an altar, and sacrificed him.
(Euseubius of Caesarea, Praeparatio Evangelica 1.10.44 = 4.16.11)[19]
>Kronos then, whom the Phoenicians call Elus, who was king of the country and subsequently, after his decease, was deified as the star Saturn, had by a nymph of the country named Anobret an only begotten son, whom they on this account called ledud, the only begotten being still so called among the Phoenicians; and when very great dangers from war had beset the country, he arrayed his son in royal apparel, and prepared an altar, and sacrificed him.
To Lady Tanit, face of Baal, and to Lord Baal Hammon: [that] which Arisham son of Bodashtart, son of Bodeshmun vowed (ndr); because he (the god) heard his (Arisham's) voice, he blessed him.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baal
Phoenicians, and above all Carthaginians, worship Kronos; if they wish to achieve something big, they devote a child of theirs, and in the case of success, sacrifice it to the god. There is a bronze statue of Kronos among them, which stands upright with open arms and palms of its hands facing upwards above a bronze brazier on which the child is burnt. When the flames reach the body, the victim’s limbs stiffen and the tense mouth almost seems like it is laughing until, with a final spasm, the child falls in the brazier.
They also alleged that Kronos had turned against them inasmuch as in former times they had been accustomed to sacrifice to this god the noblest of their sons, but more recently, secretly buying and nurturing children, they had sent these to the sacrifice; and when an investigation was made, some of those who had been sacrificed were discovered to have been substituted by stealth. . .. In their zeal to make amends for the omission, they selected two hundred of the noblest children and sacrificed them publicly; and others who were under suspicion sacrificed themselves voluntarily, in number not less than three hundred. There was in the city a bronze image of Kronos, extending its hands, palms up and sloping towards the ground, so that each of the children when placed thereon rolled down and fell into a sort of gaping pit filled with fire.
… with full knowledge and understanding they themselves offered up their own children, and those who had no children would buy little ones from poor people and cut their throats as if they were so many lambs or young birds; meanwhile the mother stood by without a tear or moan; but should she utter a single moan or let fall a single tear, she had to forfeit the money, and her child was sacrificed nevertheless; and the whole area before the statue was filled with a loud noise of flutes and drums so that the cries of wailing should not reach the ears of the people."
>meanwhile the mother stood by without a tear or moan; but should she utter a single moan or let fall a single tear, she had to forfeit the money, and her child was sacrificed nevertheless
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/555923-facebook-to-resume-political-donations-but-not-for-gop-who-voted-against
Facebook to resume political donations, but not for GOP who voted against certifying election
Facebook will resume its political donations after more than a four-month pause but will keep the ban in place for members of Congress who voted against certifying the results of the election ahead of the insurrection at the Capitol, according to a Facebook spokesperson.
Facebook’s public policy director, Brian Rice, told employees in an internal message Thursday that it has decided to resume most political contributions.
“As a result of our review, the FBPAC Board has decided to resume contributions, but not to any members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election following the events at the Capitol on January 6,” Rice said in an internal note, first reported by BuzzFeed News. “While a contribution to a candidate for office does not mean that we agree with every policy or position that a candidate may espouse, we believe this decision is appropriate given the unprecedented events in January.”
The social media giant in January was among companies to pause political spending after the deadly riot at the Capitol. At the time, the company said it was pausing contributions as it reviewed its policies.
The update to the policy means the Silicon Valley giant will not donate to the 8 senators and 139 House members who voted against certifying the election results about President Biden’s win.
Seven House Republicans, led by the ranking member of the House Judiciary antitrust subcommittee Rep. Ken Buck (Colo.), last month pledged to reject donations from Facebook, as well as Google, Amazon, Apple and Twitter.
Five of the other Republicans who joined the pledge, would not be eligible for Facebook’s donations under the new policy because they challenged the certification of votes.
Google and Amazon had previously announced policies to pause donations to lawmakers who voted against certifying the election results.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/555885-murkowski-voices-frustration-with-gop-over-commission-something-bad-happened
>Who killed Malcolm X after Malcolm left the Nation of Islam? Why were Pelosi and Schumer wearing African dress and taking a knee last summer?
>And just like that, Paul Ryan's political career ended
hot like fire
https://twitter.com/GravelInstitute/status/1396913272927002627