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They Spent Over $2 Billion & Did “Unfathomable Damage to the Party” Kamala Harris spent over $1.2 billion on a failed campaign, and the Democrat Party now owes $20 million. After PACs and other funds are added up, it will potentially come to over $2 billion spent. Donald Trump spent $750 million. Harris spent millions […] The post Over $2B Gone: “Unfathomable Damage” to the Party appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

It’s a rare thing to witness history in the making. But there’s something revolutionary happening on DailyWire+, and history is unfolding in real time.  In an era drowning in shallow hot takes and mindless cultural commentary, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson has gathered nine of the world’s most brilliant minds around a table to do what hasn’t been done since Socrates roamed the streets of ancient Athens: conduct a real-time exhibition of philosophical dialogue that will echo for years to come. Their subject matter? The New Testament Gospel accounts of The Holy Bible.  But this isn’t an average Bible study. This isn’t even a typical Peterson lecture. This is something entirely different — a collision of intellect and spirit, of reason and faith, of skepticism and belief, all captured in vivid, full-color glory that the likes of ancient philosophers Aristotle and Plato could have only dreamed of preserving in their black-and-white texts. WATCH ‘THE GOSPELS’ ON DAILYWIRE+ What sets these dialogues apart from all others is not just the caliber of minds in the room, though that alone is enough to warrant attention. It’s not even Peterson’s razor-sharp ability to cut through ideological noise straight to the marrow of meaning, though that, too, is on full display. No, what makes this series a once-in-millennia event is the raw authenticity of watching these men — from different faiths, different backgrounds, different philosophical frameworks — wrestle with the most profound questions of existence in real time, with every furrowed brow, every passionate gesture, every moment of revelation captured for posterity. But here’s the kicker that separates Peterson from every other intellectual giant in history: While Socrates taught through questions, Nietzsche through proclamations, and Jung through abstract concepts, Peterson does something revolutionary — he shows us how to live his teachings out. His unwavering commitment to “practice what he preaches” isn’t born from self-righteous moralizing, but from a deep reverence for Truth coupled with an almost painful awareness of his own fallibility. It’s this combination — his raw, honest humanity paired with uncompromising intellectual rigor — that makes him a teacher of wisdom and also a guide through the chaos of our times. In “The Gospels,” his third biblical series, we’re watching him do what he does best: help people. Not only individuals this time, but also an entire civilization teetering on the brink of meaninglessness. When Nietzsche declared “God is dead,” he was not dropping a provocative soundbite in order to rile the religious. He was sounding an alarm that would echo through centuries — a warning that Peterson, perhaps alone among modern thinkers, has fully grasped in all its terrifying implications. This is where Peterson’s genius truly shines. While religious ideologues dismiss Nietzsche as a mere atheist provocateur and secular academics reduce him to a philosophical curiosity, Peterson ventures deep into the psychological abyss to which Nietzsche was pointing. He both understands Nietzsche’s words and he feels the existential dread that prompted them, the emotional turbulence that birthed them, the profound cultural implications they herald. CHECK OUT THE DAILY WIRE HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE And this is exactly what makes “The Gospels” so much more than another biblical commentary. It’s Peterson’s answer to Nietzsche’s warning — not through academic argumentation or religious platitudes, but through a living demonstration of what it means to wrestle with the deepest questions of existence while maintaining an upward aim. What started in Peterson’s clinical practice — helping individuals navigate their personal darkness — has exploded into something unprecedented in scope. His ability to translate complex psychological insights into practical wisdom has resonated far beyond the confines of his office, touching millions of lives across the globe. But “The Gospels” takes Peterson’s positive impact to an entirely new level. Here, we’re not just watching a clinician help individuals; we’re watching a cultural physician diagnose and treat the spiritual malaise of our entire civilization. The conversations around that table — raw, profound, often contentious — aren’t just academic exercises. They’re real-time attempts to resurrect meaning in a world that has lost its way. Each episode builds on what Peterson has been doing his entire career: showing people how to voluntarily pick up their crosses, face the chaos of existence, and transform it into a life deemed worthy to live in spite of suffering. But now, instead of simply telling us about these principles, we have the opportunity to watch as nine brilliant minds, including Peterson himself, actually engage in this process. It’s one thing to read about wrestling with angels; it’s another thing entirely to watch it happen. Quite obvious is the fact the cast is not diverse in race or sex; however, diversity is undeniably present. What makes these conversations so electric is the clash of worldviews, the collision of different ways of knowing, and the interplay of faith and doubt.  When a Catholic Bishop’s certainty meets a cognitive scientist’s skepticism, when a Jewish scholar’s ancient wisdom confronts a modern screenwriter’s narrative instincts, we get something more than superficial diversity. We get genuine dialogue across the deepest divides in human understanding. “The Gospels” is nothing less than history in the making. While Socrates had Plato to record his dialogues, we are limited to reading his words on paper. And though Peterson has an advantage over Socrates with a film crew to record his dialogues, he captures much more than conversations through a different medium: He captures the human experience of grappling with ultimate truth as it occurs. Every raised eyebrow, every passionate interjection, every moment of profound realization —  “The Gospels” documents it all, preserved in high definition for future generations. More than just a series of conversations about the Bible, “The Gospels” is a testament to what happens when brilliant minds come together to seriously wrestle with the most fundamental questions of human existence. Is it worth watching? That depends on whether you believe civilization is worth saving. That depends on whether you think the meaning crisis of our age needs addressing. That depends on whether you’re willing to engage with ideas that might shake you to your core. Peterson would say you’re worth saving. He’s spent his entire career proving it. And now, with “The Gospels,” he’s showing us exactly how that salvation can willingly come about. But salvation does not come through easy answers or comforting platitudes. Salvation comes through the hard work of genuine engagement with the deepest truths we know. In an age of artificial intelligence, shallow entertainment, and endless distraction, Peterson and his companions are doing something radical: They’re thinking, deeply and seriously, about what matters most. And they’re inviting us all to join them in that dying but necessary act. The ancient Greeks had their agora. We have “The Gospels.” The question is: Are we willing to listen?

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk envisions a million-strong human settlement on Mars by 2050, aiming to ensure the “long-term survival of consciousness.” Using SpaceX’s Starship rocket, Musk hopes to establish a self-sustaining colony on the Red Planet. However, biologist Kelly Weinersmith and cartoonist Zach Weinersmith argue in their book, A City on Mars, that such plans could lead to a catastrophic humanitarian disaster. In a CNN interview, Kelly expressed doubts: “If we do this soon, it could be an ethical catastrophe.” She highlighted major challenges, such as space radiation, Mars’ low gravity, and the unknown effects on reproduction. “No way that you could scale up to a million people on Mars without something catastrophic happening,” she said. The authors suggest that colonization must be a slow, multi-generational process. For now, Mars is better suited for research rather than habitation. “Maybe in our lifetime, we’ll see people land on Mars, do some exploration, and come home,” Kelly added, but dismissed the idea of Mars supporting human reproduction anytime soon. Former President Barack Obama criticized Mars colonization plans as impractical, stating, “Even after a nuclear war, Earth would be more livable than Mars.” Musk himself acknowledges the dangers, describing life on Mars as “not for the faint of heart.” While his vision inspires, experts argue humanity has significant hurdles to overcome before calling Mars home. The post Musk’s Mars Colony Vision Could Lead to Horrifying Mass Death appeared first on Anomalien.com.

  President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he has selected Kash Patel to take over the FBI from current Director Christopher Wray immediately sparked media theories that the move was designed to let the new President improperly use the bureau as an instrument of revenge against his political enemies. During Saturday evening’s live coverage on MSNBC, The Atlantic’s Tom Nichols blasted it as an “extraordinarily dangerous” pick, while over on CNN, ex-FBI official Andrew McCabe, now CNN’s senior law enforcement analyst, claimed Patel’s elevation “can only possibly be a plan to disrupt, to dismantle, to distract the FBI and to possibly use it as a tool for the President’s political agenda.” On Sunday’s Good Morning America, ABC’s Jon Karl branded Patel as “the FBI Director nominee for retribution,” adding that “you can bet that there will be a lot of pushback, certainly from Democrats, but I think you’re going to see significant pushback from at least some Republicans as well.” All of this echoes the media’s panicky reaction in May 2017, after Trump fired then-FBI director James Comey (paving the way, of course, for the later appointment of Wray). When that news broke on May 9, 2017, CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin blasted it as “a grotesque abuse of power,” while MSNBC’s Chris Matthews detected a “whiff of fascism” in the air. The next morning on CBS, correspondent Nancy Cordes relayed how “Democrats savaged the President’s decision, calling it ‘Nixonian,’ ‘mind-boggling,’ and ‘a cover-up.’” By May 17, CNN’s David Gergen decided: “I think we are in impeachment territory for the first time.” MRC’s Geoffrey Dickens examined all primetime cable news coverage from the night Comey was fired (May 9, 2017). He found that journalists used the words ‘Nixon’ ‘Watergate’ and ‘massacre’ a whopping 118 times on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News between 7 and 11pm ET in just that one evening. “MSNBC was most zealous, using those terms 58 times to liken Trump to Nixon,” Dickens wrote. “CNN came in second with 36, while Fox News Channel finished in third with 13.” Yesterday’s announcement of Patel’s appointment means, of course, that Trump is intent on firing Wray, who has 3 years left in his 10-year term, so we can expect to hear a lot more frantic media condemnations, as well as speculation of what horrors might ensue if Patel takes over the FBI. From the NewsBusters’ archives, here’s a quick review of how the media lost their minds the last time Trump canned one FBI director in favor of another: ■ “A grotesque abuse of power, by the President of the United States. This is the kind of thing that goes on in non-democracies. That when there is a investigation that reaches near the President of the United States, or the leader of a non-democracy, they fire the people who are in charge of the investigation. I have not seen anything like this since October 20, 1973 when President Nixon fired Archibald Cox, the Watergate special prosecutor....Can we point out that emperor is not wearing any clothes?”— Legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin on CNN’s The Situation Room, May 9, 2017. ■ “A little whiff of, fascism tonight, I think it’s fair to say. A little whiff of, ‘I don’t care about the law, I’m the boss.’”— Host Chris Matthews on MSNBC’s Hardball, May 9, 2017. ■ “In the end, he [Richard Nixon] destroyed the public’s confidence, hollowed the presidency, and tarnished his legacy forever...The question for Washington this morning, is another president using his power to stop an investigation and will Congress stand by and watch while it happens?... It was not so long ago that the United States endured through a president obsessed by his enemies, who felt looked down by the press and by elites, and believed that he had to play dirty to win an unfair game....The capital is filling with echoes of Watergate and the question this morning is whether the centuries-old system of checks and balances will swing into action?”— Host Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, May 10, 2017. ■ “I personally think it’s over. I don’t think there’s anything that can be done that can stop this at this point. This cacophony, this gushing of lies, problems, questions, chaos that will stop its presidency in its tracks because they won’t be able to get anything else done and tomorrow there will be something new. And tomorrow there will be something new. There was always more chaos on the horizon.”— Co-host Mika Brzezinski on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, May 11, 2017. ■ “This is, look, something out of a Godfather movie. This isn’t something that comes out of the Constitution or the way our government does business. Demanding loyalty of someone who’s heading an investigation into your own administration? That borders on obstruction of justice. I don’t think we’re there yet, but this is totally improper and out of place to even be holding a conversation like that.”— Longtime CBS anchor and correspondent Bob Schieffer on CBS This Morning, May 12, 2017. ■ “I think this is a potentially more dangerous situation than Watergate and we are at a very dangerous moment. And that’s because we are looking at the possibility that the President of the United States and those around him during an election campaign colluded with a hostile foreign power to undermine the basis of our democracy: free elections....What we see is that at every turn this President is impeding the ability of those who were chosen to investigate to do so. Including the House and Senate committees. So it is truly a dangerous moment. It is different than Watergate.”— Carl Bernstein on CNN’s Reliable Sources, May 14, 2017. ■ “Donald Trump in much of his rhetoric and many of his actions poses a danger to American democracy....There is just one real check on the president — impeachment....There are only two forces left that can place some constraints on Donald Trump: the courts, and the media....The media must cover the administration’s policies fairly. But it also must never let the public forget that many of the attitudes and actions of this president are gross violations of the customs and practices of the modern American system, that they are aberrations and they cannot become the new norms....Our task is, quite simply, to keep alive the spirit of American democracy.”— Host Fareed Zakaria on CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, May 14, 2017. ■ “I see politicians putting power and politics over principle... and I am incredulous. I see lies treated as truths...and I am disgusted. I see justice denied and likely obstructed....and I am fearful....I find myself returning in my mind to dark days from the past, trying to remember how we as a nation felt, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, when Kennedy was shot, when Watergate took down a President, when terrorists rained terror from the skies. We somehow overcame. And I do believe that we shall overcome, someday. Perhaps, hopefully, someday soon. But in the end, prayer will not be enough. Action, sustained action, will be required.”— Former CBS Evening News anchor Dan Rather in a May 16, 2017 Facebook post. ■ “Donald Trump’s ignorance of everything about government, his ignorance about the FBI, his ignorance about the law, his ignorance about James Comey himself as a person, has now led Donald Trump to the greatest danger of his life. The only danger that he has ever faced that is greater than the bankruptcy of Atlantic City casinos, President Donald Trump now sits at the threshold of impeachment. John McCain said tonight, that the Trump scandals have reached a ‘Watergate size and scale.’ Watergate got President Nixon impeached. On the verge of impeachment he resigned. He resigned as he faced impeachment in the house of representatives for exactly, exactly what James Comey’s memo says Donald Trump did, obstruction of justice.”— Host Lawrence O’Donnell on MSNBC’s The Last Word, May 16, 2017. ■ “I was in the Nixon administration as you know. I thought after watching the Clinton impeachment. I thought I would never see another one, but I think we are in impeachment territory for the first time....I think if you look at the three bombshells we’ve had — the Comey firing the last week, then the sharing of this highly classified with the Russians of all people and now, telling Comey to drop the case — what we see is a presidency that’s starting to come apart.”— CNN political analyst David Gergen on Anderson Cooper 360, May 17, 2017. For more examples from our flashback series, which we call the NewsBusters Time Machine, go here.

Critics have accused a historic Catholic church in a woke Swiss bishop's diocese of engaging in blasphemy and heresy for having a pseudo-AI masquerade as Christ in a confessional. The controversial project, which has an animated depiction of Jesus on a computer monitor field questions from parishioners, is the result of a collaboration between Marco Schmid, the resident theologian at St. Peter's Chapel in Lucerne, and a duo from the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts' Immersive Realities Research Lab, Philipp Haslbauer and Aljosa Smolic. According to the university, the project, which was launched in August, explores "the use of virtual characters based on generative artificial intelligence in a spiritual context." "This installation allows visitors to interact with an artificial Jesus Christ in a hundred different languages, who will respond to their questions and offer answers," the university continued in its release. "Can a machine address people in a religious and spiritual way? To what extent can people confide in a machine with existential questions and accept its answers? How does AI behave in a religious context? The 'Deus in Machina' project encourages us to think about the limits of technology in the context of religion." On Wednesday, the chapel once again referred to its Jesus-themed chatbot as "God in the machine," using the Latin, "Deus in machina," and characterized it further as a "heavenly hologram" and "experimental art installation" that "opens up a space of intimacy." According to the chapel, one supposed benefit of having the multilingual "AI Jesus" spit out data scraped from the internet is that because "AI is based on data and algorithms, it could provide answers that are free from personal or cultural biases, which can be surprising, especially in controversial or sensitive topics." Schmid, who maintains that the graven image effectively mocking the sacrament was placed in the confessional for pragmatic not sacramental reasons, told the Guardian, "We wanted to see and understand how people react to an AI Jesus. What would they talk with him about? Would there be interest in talking to him? We're probably pioneers in this." When discussing who they would like to see parrot answers generated by a machine, Schmid and his collaborators initially considered persons other than Jesus Christ. "We had a discussion about what kind of avatar it would be — a theologian, a person, or a saint? But then we realized the best figure would be Jesus himself," said Schmid. St. Peter's Chapel is playing with fire with its placement of the chatbot in the confessional and ascription of computer-generated answers to a potentially "idiotic" avatar depicting Christ. The chapel admitted at the outset that its "AI Jesus" could "give incomprehensible, and in some cases stupid and idiotic answers." 'It has nothing to do with a sacramental encounter.' Incomprehensibility on the part of the chatbot is hardly the worst that could happen. The bot's reliance on online sources makes it susceptible to passing off views contrary to Catholic teaching. As a result, the nominal Catholics behind the project might have unwittingly installed a heretical machine with a Jesus mask to answer theological questions in the chapel. Furthermore, while Schmid stressed, "We are not intending to imitate a confession," they came dangerously close. Rev. Thomas Rausch, a professor of theology at Loyola Marymount University, recently told USA Today that the installation is in no way a substitute for the sacrament of reconciliation, citing canon laws 965 and 966, which underscore only priests can hear confessions. "Confession, or 'Reconciliation' as it is usually termed today, is an ecclesial sacrament, always private, celebrated with a penitent and a priest who has been authorized by the Church to proclaim God's forgiveness," said Rev. Rausch. "AI is a non-ecclesial, impersonal set of technologies, which assembles collections of data into a programmed readout. It has nothing to do with a sacramental encounter." David DeCosse, a religious studies professor and ethics expert at Santa Clara University, told the paper, "It's almost a textbook case of the limits of AI in terms of all that we miss when we depart from the bodily, the interpersonal, the face, the subtleties, and feelings of human memory." While the installation may be radical, Bishop Felix Gmür, the Swiss bishop who oversees the dioceses, is similarly unorthodox. The Catholic News Agency indicated that Gmür has called for the ordination of women, the end of priestly celibacy, and a decentralization of the church. He has also called for the church to "find meaning" for homosexual unions. Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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