Diversity is Neither the Problem nor the Solution (SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ )

16 May 2019 [YT link]

Link to a New York Times article on the subject, "SAT’s New ‘Adversity Score’ Will Take Students’ Hardships Into Account" = https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/us/sat-score.html

Check out our earlier (much longer) video, "The University is Broken: "Academically Adrift" Book Review." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_KEXfDpeDs

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AlexandrasGirlyTalk, We Need to Talk About "Vegan"

14 May 2019 [YT link]

AlexandrasGirlyTalk is ex-vegan. Her channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/user/AlexandrasGirlyTalk/videos

The specific video quoted is here: https://youtu.be/MRQwutTsYKA

The clip at the very end of this video is quoted from this (horrifying) video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr5oyFSrZ9I

Bad Writing, Better Writing. S08E05

13 May 2019 [YT link]

Season 8, Episode 5 of Game of Thrones (ASOIAF / A Song of Ice and Fire)… we're going to play a game called, "Bad Writing, Better Writing"… and no, this is not remotely the worst written episode of Game of Thrones, and perhaps that makes the game MORE interesting to play, hm?

Season 8, Episode 5, of Game of Thrones [ASOIAF]

13 May 2019 [YT link]

NE RECONSTRUISEZ PAS Notre Dame de Paris.

13 May 2019 [YT link]

Traduction française par: https://www.instagram.com/anotherxlara/

Moi, le gars qui parle: https://www.patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

Vous pensez probablement que toute personne avec une mentalité de progrès et de droit croit à la séparation entre l'Église et l'État, mais qu'une fois que la religion en est séparée, elle se déroule incontrôlée par la constitution ou le gouvernement par quelque intervention que ce soit,et qu'en ce sens, Notre Dame de Paris et une centaine d'autres cathédrales peuvent continuer à prendre une grande partie du paysage, de la géographie, de Paris et toute ville en France pour toujours et à jamais, et qu'elles peuvent prendre une grande partie des impôts, éternellement, pour que l'or brille éternellement sur cette relique, pour que tout soi maintenu et restauré. […] Si un jour vous voulez du changement culturel positif, si un jour vous voulez dépasser l'héritage des âges obscurs en Europe, alors il faut que vous croyiez en l'interférence du gouvernement, à un moment, pour mettre un terme à exactement ce que la cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris représente et exactement ce qu'elle est. Et c'est terrifiant de voir Emmanuel Macron se lever sans une parole critique de qui que ce soit, ni les athéistes professionnels en ligne, ni la gauche politique, ni la droite, qui se lève pour dire non, tout va être reconstruit à l'identique, …que Notre Dame de Paris reste un symbole de la France à jamais. Ce n'est pas l'avenir de la France, ca, ce n'est pas le présent de la France et ce n'est même pas l'histoire de la France, depuis que vous avez écrit votre constitution, ou même écrit votre première constitution pendant la Révolution Francaise.

Demanding Direct Democracy: Gilets Jaunes in France & China.

12 May 2019 [YT link]

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Stop Hating Projared, Hate Yourselves.

12 May 2019 [YT link]

#witchhuntmentality #quitvideogames #quiteverything

AR&IO: The Religion of Democracy in Athens.

09 May 2019 [YT link]

In large part a critique of Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, The Ancient City (La Cité Antique). Support the creation of new content on this channel via Patreon: https://patreon.com/a_bas_le_ciel/

BTW, if you're sick of hearing me talk about my personal life, I have a separate channel that is "serious politics only" called AR&IO (Active Research & Informed Opinion). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3fLeOekX2yBegj9-XwDhA/videos

Softcore pornography destroyed the vegan movement ("activism")

08 May 2019 [YT link]

Who Destroyed the Movement? Vegans, Ex-Vegans or Youtube Itself?

Bonny Rebecca and Rawvana co-star (in a production vaguely alluding to Freelee, Raw Alignment and "a cast of thousands" beyond)… as we reflect on the extent to which softcore porn destroyed the vegan movement.

ASOIAF: Everyone Wants to be a Dictator? (S08E04)

07 May 2019 [YT link]

A political and philosophical response to Season 8, Episode 4 of "Game of Thrones". A.S.O.I.A.F. = "A Song of Ice and Fire", i.e., the books of George R.R. Martin (G.R.R.M.), also known under the title "Game of Thrones", used by the T.V. adaptation to refer to the series as a whole.

Ex-Vegan "Science" and Philosophical Skepticism.

07 May 2019 [YT link]

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So, You're Planning on Turning 40?

06 May 2019 [YT link]

Matt Dillahunty, "Kill Half the World's Population, like Thanos!"

05 May 2019 [YT link]

Ecology, environmentalism and climate change, according to Thanos. No, wait, I mean, Matt Dillahunty.



Link to the source cited, "Re Think": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQH-NTQPQGU

The Ex-Vegan Euphoria: It's Kinky.

04 May 2019 [YT link]

An R-rated reply to the question, "Why do so many ex-vegans experience some kind of euphoria (increased sex drive, or other psychological changes, presented as seeming health-benefits) when they decide to discard their ethical commitment to the vegan diet and revert to eating meat. #fakevegans #exvegans #veganism

Solving Suicide: Practical Advice for Terrible Times in Your Life.

04 May 2019 [YT link]

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Quote, "Meat is Required for Clarity of Thought", Matt Dillahunty.

03 May 2019 [YT link]

Moral Obligation vs. Moral Virtue, Objective Morality vs. Subjective Morality… Matt Dillahunty is not a philosopher, and he's nobody's hero: he uses these concepts not to solve problems, nor to raise important questions, as a philosopher might do… he uses them to offer insincere excuses, obfuscation and distractions.

#vegan #vegans #veganism

Zero Talent: Matt Dillahunty vs Cosmic Skeptic on Veganism.

01 May 2019 [YT link]

#vegan #vegans #veganism #sugafree

Shout out to Suga Free (the only person with any talent to get on the microphone in this video).

You DO NOT want to click on this link. :-/ Matt Dillahunty | Extended Dialogue on Veganism | Cosmic Skeptic Podcast #3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAOzGNFamgQ

Book vs. Show: Game of Thrones Season 8, Ep. 3.

29 April 2019 [YT link]

The old "book to show" comparison, primarily discussing the overly simplistic "evil for the sake of evil" of the White Walkers, and the even less coherent significance of "The Red God" (as the show now stands).

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A.S.O.I.A.F. = "A Song of Ice and Fire", i.e., the books of George R.R. Martin (G.R.R.M.), also known under the title "Game of Thrones", used by the T.V. adaptation to refer to the series as a whole.

Jordan Peterson's 100% Pseudoscience Diet.

28 April 2019 [YT link]

Are you telling me that the same "scientist" who disregards all of the hard evidence against SSRI anti-depressants would fall for a fad diet that's 100% meat, and promises many of the same "feel good" (hard to measure) benefits? Jordan Peterson and Mikhaila Peterson want to heal the world, but they've placed their faith in a series of false cures (akin to faith healing) …despite J.P. supposedly having professional expertise in just this area.

Shout out to Vandetta and Weish (vocalists from Singapore), the specific song quoted is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezK1zPLRdsw

More tracks by Vandetta: https://soundcloud.com/vandetta/tracks

#Vegan #Vegans #Veganism

When your gf dumps you because you're not vegan.

28 April 2019 [YT link]

I have never said that veganism is a great way to meet women; I have never said it is "a great way to get a girlfriend", and I've never said it's a good foundation for a relationship. But it's a great reason for a breakup. And now, a two minute examination: when your girlfriend dumps you because you're not vegan (or, perhaps, not vegan ENOUGH).

Shout out to JackoWackoVegano: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyKOusEfW1wWrW1moG3oiAQ/videos

Shout out to Miki (the vocalist), linked to here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQtr1b5jGAs

And shout out to Jacko's (ex?) girlfriend. Who doesn't have her own youtube channel. I guess.

Jordan Peterson vs. Karl Marx vs. Breadtube.

27 April 2019 [YT link]

From Fake Vegan to Ex-Vegan: JackoWackoVegano ELIMINATED.

27 April 2019 [YT link]

JackoWackoVegano & Unnatural Vegan: COMMENTARY.

#vegan #veganism #fakevegans

Am I Still Buddhist? (Or, to what extent…)

27 April 2019 [YT link]

WHY DID YOUTUBE BAN THIS VIDEO? I am not joking: this video was deleted and banned outright. Here's the screen-shot to prove it:

https://twitter.com/EiselMazard/status/1122202176770588672

I did not receive an email explaining why, and I did not receive a community guideline strike, I did not receive a chance to appeal, etc.

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The original title was, "Am I Still Buddhist? (Or, to what extent…)"

ESL Teachers: Cultural Imperialism & Economic Necessity.

26 April 2019 [YT link]

The Ongoing Failure of Veganism (Beme News / Louis Foglia)

26 April 2019 [YT link]

Beme News put out a video entitled, "We're running out of water", and the creator of the video, Louis Foglia, kind-of-sort-of deals with the ecological and ethical implications of veganism (and, to some extent, he studiously avoids doing so). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16AaXK_53ro

Juxtaposition: Insanity, Evil & One Ex-Vegan.

25 April 2019 [YT link]

#vegan #vegans #veganism

The Renaissance: Political Origins and Terrible Implications.

25 April 2019 [YT link]

The cover-image reads, "A revolution. No, literally."



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YOU CAN'T RAP: Nina and Randa.

23 April 2019 [YT link]

PLEASE SHARE THIS LINK WITH OTHERS… IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE'LL EVER SAVE THE FUTURE. The audience has to step up here, and have an intervention: they already do this with their father standing there watching (LITERALLY)…

#vegan #vegans #veganism

DO NOT CLICK ON THIS LINK unless you actually want to hear them rapping: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyoD5Kbajig

And, yeah, shout out to Chico DLX, Homestar & Strong Bad.

Bad Writing Clinic: Season 8, Episode 2 of Game of Thrones.

23 April 2019 [YT link]

Constructive criticism for bad, bad writing on Game of Thrones. And, yes, an attempt to have an in-depth discussion about a TV-show that now has zero depth. And yes, I feel like I'm the only person being honest about how terrible the writing on the show is nowadays.

Shout out to the ever-more-unhinged youtube channel, "The Dragon Demands": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3PgptMBNJlyBx_jg2TDHw/videos

And, yes, the video also alludes to the well-known screenwriting manual, "Save the Cat". https://www.amazon.com/Save-Last-Book-Screenwriting-Youll/dp/1932907009

#ASOIAF #GameOfThrones #Screenwriting

Ex-Bakers, Not Ex-Vegan.

21 April 2019 [YT link]

From my girlfriend, Hei Mudan, who has her own channel over here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVLWpNJZtA-FHunSIRS5xtw/videos

AR&IO: Art as Protest, Language as Art.

19 April 2019 [YT link]

AR&IO is my "serious politics" only channel (Active Research & Informed Opinion), please subscribe to it and support it here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP3fLeOekX2yBegj9-XwDhA/videos

There are even more impressive and beautiful photographs of this work of art on Xu Bing's own website, here: http://www.xubing.com/cn/work/details/206?year=1991&type=year#206

The artist (徐冰, Xu Bing) has his own wikipedia article, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu_Bing

For more on the specific work of art (天書 or 天书), wikipedia does have an article, translating the title as "A Book from the Sky", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Book_from_the_Sky

For more on Wei Jingsheng 魏京生 (who served 18 years in prison for using the freedom of speech that was assured to him to call for democracy, etc.), his foundation does have its own website, here: http://www.weijingsheng.org/wei/en.html

The article cited in the conclusion of the video is by Rhosean Asmah (and edited by Victor H. Mair, who is responsible for drawing western attention to the 天書 as "dissident art", over many years), http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp283_language_script_art_east_asia.pdf

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One Billion Dollars to build a FAKE Notre Dame Cathedral?

19 April 2019 [YT link]

Vegan Music Video: Anthem for a Demonetized "Movement".

19 April 2019 [YT link]

Shout out to Daylyt: https://www.youtube.com/user/1SPAWNONLY/videos?disable_polymer=1

Shout out to Freelee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYkXyrdYLME

Shout out to Henya Mania: https://www.youtube.com/user/G0V3GAN/videos

Shout out to Plantriotic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjOKgw4ndKt52LTESwqvAGg/videos

#vegan #vegans #veganism

Our Culture is Dominated by Christianity: How Will It End?

19 April 2019 [YT link]

The cultural domination of Christianity (and Islam) over our daily lives does not fall under any simple heading like "Freedom" or "Oppression"… but atheist activists seem to be unwilling to even recognize the problem (they are neither gradually nor passionately working toward any solution).

DON'T REBUILD the Notre-Dame Cathedral.

16 April 2019 [YT link]

Jar-Jar Binks in a Fur Cape = Game of Thrones, Season 8 Episode 1

16 April 2019 [YT link]

Yes, the writing is THAT bad. Toward the end of the video, I say, "Shout out to 'the dragon demands'". Here's the link to the TV show's harshest critic: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV3PgptMBNJlyBx_jg2TDHw/videos

A.S.O.I.A.F. = "A Song of Ice and Fire", i.e., the books of George R.R. Martin (G.R.R.M.), also known under the title "Game of Thrones", used by the T.V. adaptation to refer to the series as a whole.

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Socrates Wore a Robe, but he was NOT a Buddhist Monk.

15 April 2019 [YT link]

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The Vegan Prince vs. the Vegan President: Tim Shieff vs. Bill Clinton vs. Reality.

15 April 2019 [YT link]

Headline: "The 'Vegan Prince' Tim Shieff Says Veganism Made Him 'Sick' | This Morning" LINK = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azVortse4VQ&t=28s

#vegan #vegans #veganism

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This Week In Utopia: Libya.

14 April 2019 [YT link]

In the context of the reconquest of Libya by Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, here are some reflections on the "tragic realism" of Thucydides's view of political history… in contrast to the surreal "optimism" propounded by the U.N. and the mainstream media.

Legislation Against Fake News: is the solution worse than the problem?

12 April 2019 [YT link]

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(You want a synopsis? C'mon… the title is long enough that you've got an entire synopsis right there: "Legislation Against Fake News: is the solution worse than the problem?")

Tim Shieff says, "Be selfish, eat meat!"

11 April 2019 [YT link]

#vegan / #vegans / #veganism / vegan / vegan / veganism

Candace Owens Attempts to "Pwn" Congress.

10 April 2019 [YT link]

No comment. Because some stories tell themselves.

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Americans Are Having Less and Less Sex: Fact Check.

08 April 2019 [YT link]

As a statistical fact, are Americans having less and less sex? This comes up in the context of Vegan Gains complaining about the implausibility of Fully Raw Kristina's sex life (or lack thereof), and Ashley Elisa's attempt to… uh… valorize… virginity? I guess?

Vegan Gains Confronting Anti-Semitism. (vs. John Rose)

08 April 2019 [YT link]

Vegan Gains = https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr2eKhGzPhN5RPVk5dd5o3g/videos

Fully Raw Kristina = https://www.youtube.com/user/FullyRawKristina/videos

Commentary: Vegan Gains vs. FRK (Racism, etc.)

08 April 2019 [YT link]

This Week in Utopia: Afghanistan.

06 April 2019 [YT link]

The Afghan government was not invited to negotiations between the United States and the Taliban in the last few weeks: these talks would have secured the conditions for the United States to evacuate its troops without admitting outright defeat. The Taliban, who are already occupying a significant portion of the country through outright military force, left the negotiating table to pursue that "outright defeat" aforementioned —or, at least, to wait for Donald Trump to lose patience and bring the American Army home. There's a great deal of talk about "learning the lessons of history", and vague allusions to the Vietnam War… but those are lessons most would rather not learn. Very few seem to be willing to face up to the extent to which the war is already over, the Afghan democracy is doomed, and the Americans (with the one trillion dollar budget) have lost.

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https://a-bas-le-ciel.blogspot.com/2016/05/1954-1979-wars-in-china-cambodia-vietnam.html

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Pirates: Pewdiepie, Brittany Pettibone & Martin Sellner.

06 April 2019 [YT link]

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AR&IO: The News You're Ignoring. (Ep. 001)

03 April 2019 [YT link]

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#TheNewsYou'reIgnoring #PoliticsInPyjamas

I know why Nipsey Hussle died.

03 April 2019 [YT link]

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Another is à-bas-le-ciel, found here: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeiJinZhengZhi/videos

And there is, in fact, a youtube channel that has my own legal name, Eisel Mazard: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuxp5G-XFGcH4lmgejZddqA

The Wigs we Wear: a Vegan Morality Lecture.

01 April 2019 [YT link]

Shout out to Cruelty Free #Cosplay https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB2XtUWSP0pAfEPiOqf1Kjg/videos

#vegan #veganism

Shout out, also, to Helen Stifler, who appears as "Spider Gwen" in the thumbnail: https://www.instagram.com/helenstifler/?hl=en