Neo once declared Dostoyevsky to be a genius. I agree and followed up with a comment about someone who had written quite a bit about his writings on faith.
In today’s WSJ is a great piece by Gary Saul Morson, who has also come up here before.
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Struggle With Faith.
The Russian novelist accepted the idea that belief includes doubt and embraces wonder.
It’s great, and such weird timing, for me anyway. I had recently bumped The Brothers Karamazov up to the top of my reading list. I’m nearly done and will likely finish it this weekend.
Looking at the DOGE.gov website, its amazing the amount of wasteful, crazy, profligate government expenditures they keep discovering.
Apparently no one actually cared to really monitor what was being spent–after all, it wasn’t their money, it was our taxpayer money, the money extracted from us “little people” they were throwing around–and what it was being spent for.
Apparently a lot of crooked deals and self-dealing are being discovered.
But, more generally, it was a government money garden sprinkler, just sloppily spewing money everywhere, and no one caring how accurate it’s aim was, where the money really went, or if it actually did any good for the U.S.and it’s interests.
If it advanced the causes of the Left, the culture war, that was good enough.
Another insurance CEO attacked, in Oregon.
The unidentified suspect took aim at State Accident Insurance Fund (SAIF) CEO Chip Terhune’s $1.68 million home in Lake Oswego around 4am Friday.
A grainy surveillance image, released by the Lake Oswego Police, showed the suspected gunman donning ‘all dark clothes with a possible hoodie or ski mask,’ while carrying a ‘light-colored object.’
The perpetrator is believed to have fled the scene on foot, and as of Thursday he remains on the run.
Three bullets shattered the glass of the CEO’s front door and windows. The doors have since been boarded up with wood.
The following day, Terhune informed staff at SAIF – a not-for-profit company that provides workers compensation in the state – that he initially thought rocks were being thrown at his home.
Terhune, who is worth more than $764,000, sent an email to his more than 1,000 employees informing them that the company ‘received an email threat purporting to be from the person(s) responsible.’
“Worth more than $764K” forsooth. Lots of people who own their home free and clear can say the same.
Lake Oswego is on the soutern edge of Portland; a hive of leftist villany “The City of Roses.”
Yeah, having a net worth of a mere $764k as the CEO of a company with over 1000 employees is actually modest in the extreme. I’m not sure how they determined that figure, but most CEOs of companies that size have far greater net worths, on the order of several million. Either way, he hardly sounds like the typical greedy, callous, villainous fatcat figure the left likes to paint such people as.
@Nonapod. FWIW he’s the CEO of a non-profit. “Non-profit” of course doesn’t mean “doesn’t make money”, “doesn’t pay well”, “doesn’t hire rich people to run it”. It does mean “not taxed” and “not owned by shareholders”.
They also were sure to mention his $1.8 million house. Near Portland, Oregon. I’m sure its five bedrooms and three bathrooms are quite nice but it wouldn’t be a mansion. If he has $1.5 million left on his mortgage and has a 401K (or the non-profit equivalent) that would get him to $764K net worth, easy.
Possible Good News on the Russian reinvasion of Ukraine has starting popping up…but Trump certainly doesn’t get the abundance of credit since it was ‘Little David’ Zelensky who stood his ground between the two Goliath Twins.
President Trump has spoken nicely about Vladimir Putin as he brokers a peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv, but he’s also gently letting Vlad know he’ll need to make some real concessions, too: Ukraine should get its land back.
On Wednesday, Trump told reporters he aims “to make the best deal we can for both sides,” which “for Ukraine” means getting “as much back as possible.”
Trump’s clear that Ukraine must make concessions: It’ll have to give up hope of joining NATO.
Trump is offering him an off-ramp, but it shouldn’t be a free one: He must push hard for Putin to truly read the table, and pay the necessary price for peace.
President Trump said Wednesday Russia will have to make “concessions” in negotiations with Ukraine — but that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “can forget” about joining NATO.
The president has hesitated to speak about what occupied land Ukraine could get back in peace negotiations with Russia, but made one admission before his first Cabinet meeting of his administration, saying he would try to get Ukraine back its land.
“We’re going to do the best we can to make the best deal we can for both sides, but for Ukraine, we’re going to try very hard to make a good deal so that they can get as much back as possible. We want to get as much back as possible,” Trump told reporters.
Trump also said the US would not provide any more security guarantees beyond the mineral deal that Zelensky is going to Washington on Friday to sign.
No deal about the thousands of Ukrainian children Russia has stolen, but topic was brought up in one of the articles.
At least pressure is now being applied to Russia – who has saw hundreds of thousands of its soldiers killed in three short years, and it will take a long time to replace the equipment loses. Struggling economically also—unable to throw Ukraine out of Russia—unable to move the frontlines by any more than a tad at huge costs, Russia is gonna face some loss of face or else continue the fight w/ America possibly aiding Ukraine in that fight.
We’ll see…
hundreds of thousands of its soldiers killed in three short years
No, hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers have not been killed in the Ukraine war. More like c. 95k.
That’s a lot. But it is considerably less than KIA in multiples of 100k.
The Ukrainian ambassador to the U.S. appears to be the only Ukrainian in the room who understands how much damage Zelensky just did to his own cause.
Both Trump & Vance are screwing this up. Don’t put your hands on a Guest, President Trump. Don’t tell a Guest to show some “appreciation”, Vance!!!
Vance best not be on the 2028 GOP Ticket…
It appears Zelenskyy was under the impression that Joe Biden was still POTUS. I believe he has been thoroughly disabused of that notion.
Pres. Trump: “We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.” https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1895539174154850745
Russia’s losses: approx – 874,560 killed with 2,623,680 wounded.
No one knows for sure, but certainly a whole more than just “95k.“
Regarding Ukraine and Russia. Time will tell. How many times has the narrative changed about what is happening in the last week?
Panic whores have to sell.
And yet Ukraine is still occupying part of Russia. One million Russian casualties by May 9, 2025. Quite a legacy Vlad.
You’re wrong. I know where you likely got those figures: “Special Operations Forces of Ukraine” website (https://www.minusrus.com/en). Not a reliable source. Very unreliable, in fact. It is in the interests of Ukraine to vastly inflate Russian losses (KIA, MIA, WIA), and that’s what it has done and continues to do.
om: 1 million total casualties (again, KIA, WIA, MIA) is probably more or less in the neighborhood.
IrishOtter49 – Prove me wrong…
Book title — “Masterful Supplicancy in One Easy Lesson” by Vlad Zelenskyy
Lesson One, the only lesson, so mark it well:
1) Take a dump on the rug!
See!? Easy, right?
Video shows VP Vance starting this blowup. Insulting and undiplomatic approach by bootlicker Vance!
Then Trump gets involved – “You’re not in a very good position.” That moronic statement after Little David Zelensky had already told both Vance and Trump that Ukraine hasn’t been in a good position with Russia since 2014…
Zelensky has remained calm at this 5:14 minute point. Both Trump and Vance are aggressive, loud, and angry…
Now that would be treason, not a good career move.
Amazing what can be done when you put great minds together. No more paper. Months to days.
https://x.com/DOGE/status/1895271532752208353#m
Neo once declared Dostoyevsky to be a genius. I agree and followed up with a comment about someone who had written quite a bit about his writings on faith.
In today’s WSJ is a great piece by Gary Saul Morson, who has also come up here before.
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Struggle With Faith.
The Russian novelist accepted the idea that belief includes doubt and embraces wonder.
https://archive.md/PtotW
It’s great, and such weird timing, for me anyway. I had recently bumped The Brothers Karamazov up to the top of my reading list. I’m nearly done and will likely finish it this weekend.
Looking at the DOGE.gov website, its amazing the amount of wasteful, crazy, profligate government expenditures they keep discovering.
Apparently no one actually cared to really monitor what was being spent–after all, it wasn’t their money, it was our taxpayer money, the money extracted from us “little people” they were throwing around–and what it was being spent for.
Apparently a lot of crooked deals and self-dealing are being discovered.
But, more generally, it was a government money garden sprinkler, just sloppily spewing money everywhere, and no one caring how accurate it’s aim was, where the money really went, or if it actually did any good for the U.S.and it’s interests.
If it advanced the causes of the Left, the culture war, that was good enough.
Another insurance CEO attacked, in Oregon.
“Worth more than $764K” forsooth. Lots of people who own their home free and clear can say the same.
Lake Oswego is on the soutern edge of Portland; a hive of leftist villany “The City of Roses.”
Yeah, having a net worth of a mere $764k as the CEO of a company with over 1000 employees is actually modest in the extreme. I’m not sure how they determined that figure, but most CEOs of companies that size have far greater net worths, on the order of several million. Either way, he hardly sounds like the typical greedy, callous, villainous fatcat figure the left likes to paint such people as.
@Nonapod. FWIW he’s the CEO of a non-profit. “Non-profit” of course doesn’t mean “doesn’t make money”, “doesn’t pay well”, “doesn’t hire rich people to run it”. It does mean “not taxed” and “not owned by shareholders”.
They also were sure to mention his $1.8 million house. Near Portland, Oregon. I’m sure its five bedrooms and three bathrooms are quite nice but it wouldn’t be a mansion. If he has $1.5 million left on his mortgage and has a 401K (or the non-profit equivalent) that would get him to $764K net worth, easy.
Possible Good News on the Russian reinvasion of Ukraine has starting popping up…but Trump certainly doesn’t get the abundance of credit since it was ‘Little David’ Zelensky who stood his ground between the two Goliath Twins.
First – 2/27:
Putin will need to give (back) land to get peace
At least the Zelensky bashing by Trump has ended…
Second – 2/26:
Trump says US will try to get Ukraine as much land back ‘as possible’ — but Zelensky can ‘forget about’ NATO
No deal about the thousands of Ukrainian children Russia has stolen, but topic was brought up in one of the articles.
At least pressure is now being applied to Russia – who has saw hundreds of thousands of its soldiers killed in three short years, and it will take a long time to replace the equipment loses. Struggling economically also—unable to throw Ukraine out of Russia—unable to move the frontlines by any more than a tad at huge costs, Russia is gonna face some loss of face or else continue the fight w/ America possibly aiding Ukraine in that fight.
We’ll see…
hundreds of thousands of its soldiers killed in three short years
No, hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers have not been killed in the Ukraine war. More like c. 95k.
That’s a lot. But it is considerably less than KIA in multiples of 100k.
Photo at link: https://x.com/seanmdav/status/1895538598272974872
Well – that didn’t take long…
Trump tears Zelensky apart in brutal White House screaming match as President lay hands on Ukraine leader
Both Trump & Vance are screwing this up. Don’t put your hands on a Guest, President Trump. Don’t tell a Guest to show some “appreciation”, Vance!!!
Vance best not be on the 2028 GOP Ticket…
It appears Zelenskyy was under the impression that Joe Biden was still POTUS. I believe he has been thoroughly disabused of that notion.
Pres. Trump: “We had a very meaningful meeting in the White House today. Much was learned that could never be understood without conversation under such fire and pressure. It’s amazing what comes out through emotion, and I have determined that President Zelenskyy is not ready for Peace if America is involved, because he feels our involvement gives him a big advantage in negotiations. I don’t want advantage, I want PEACE. He disrespected the United States of America in its cherished Oval Office. He can come back when he is ready for Peace.”
https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1895539174154850745
Russia’s losses: approx – 874,560 killed with 2,623,680 wounded.
No one knows for sure, but certainly a whole more than just “95k.“
Regarding Ukraine and Russia. Time will tell. How many times has the narrative changed about what is happening in the last week?
Panic whores have to sell.
And yet Ukraine is still occupying part of Russia. One million Russian casualties by May 9, 2025. Quite a legacy Vlad.
You’re wrong. I know where you likely got those figures: “Special Operations Forces of Ukraine” website (https://www.minusrus.com/en). Not a reliable source. Very unreliable, in fact. It is in the interests of Ukraine to vastly inflate Russian losses (KIA, MIA, WIA), and that’s what it has done and continues to do.
om: 1 million total casualties (again, KIA, WIA, MIA) is probably more or less in the neighborhood.
IrishOtter49 – Prove me wrong…
Book title — “Masterful Supplicancy in One Easy Lesson” by Vlad Zelenskyy
Lesson One, the only lesson, so mark it well:
1) Take a dump on the rug!
See!? Easy, right?
Video shows VP Vance starting this blowup. Insulting and undiplomatic approach by bootlicker Vance!
Zelenskyy’s meeting with Trump and Vance unravels into an extraordinary clash
Then Trump gets involved – “You’re not in a very good position.” That moronic statement after Little David Zelensky had already told both Vance and Trump that Ukraine hasn’t been in a good position with Russia since 2014…
Zelensky has remained calm at this 5:14 minute point. Both Trump and Vance are aggressive, loud, and angry…
Now that would be treason, not a good career move.
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/28/russia-china-seeking-to-recruit-fired-american-intelligence-workers-n2186128