This is pretty much a news aggregate with Babylon-Bee level headlines that are somehow true. I've bookmarked this and will be keeping an eye on it.
Huh. Didn't know he moved to L.A., though it sort of makes sense given the voice acting thing. Still, why though? Isn't the point of moving is to move to a place where you'll have an easier time living?
Eh, YongYea's also pretty good for me, but I see him as the Tim Pool of game reporting: goes for a read-the-article format while stopping at times to elaborate/air his view. I like that style as well because it feels like a mini-podcast especially when the release schedule is almost daily (so it's like watching the news but it's on a non-TV and it's not something mainstream like CNN... and, hey, it's gaming news!). I've unsubbed from YongYea, but I haven't resubbed only because I'm already subscribed to so many YouTube channels as is.
And YongYea does voice acting, so there's that.
I don't have the attention span to watch a full game of any of the major sports, but I used to (and still do) check up on the subreddits of the NBA, baseball, hockey, et c. because I like the narratives going on: something to spend a part of my time on. However, with things like the boycotts in the American major sports leagues, it's getting tiresome to hear about things like social justice when I know the revolution going on here isn't all that it seems (which makes things like Jonathan Isaac being the only one to stand up for the national anthem during a game a breath of fresh air).
Because of all this confusion and politically-charged chaos-causing, I'm pretty much frequenting only r/soccer until further notice since that sub covers lots of other association football leagues that don't get duped so much by the alt-left/globalist platform.
Tangentially related: Upper Echelon Gamers is pretty sensible when it talks about games and otherwise. I've been subscribed to them for at least over half a year, and before the riots, they were already pointing out things like extreme feminism in gaming (a part of me wonders how they would've fared had they existed during GamerGate). Of course, they do games first and foremost and their video essays on games are informative but never too long.
Transcription of the NHL's statement on Twitter:
STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION AND NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
After much discussion, NHL Players believe that the best course of action would be to take a step back and not play tonight's and tomorrow's games as scheduled. The NHL supports the Players' decision and will reschedule those four games beginning Saturday and adjust the remainder of the Second Round schedule accordingly.
Black and Brown communities continue to face real, painful experiences. The NHL and NHLPA recognize that much work remains to be done before we can play an appropriate role in a discussion centered on diversity, inclusion and social justice.
We understand that the tragedies involving Jacob Blake, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others require us to recognize this moment. We pledge to work to use our sport to influence positive change in society.
The NHLPA and NHL are committed to working to foster more inclusive and welcoming environments within our arenas, offices and beyond.
The NBA canceled all three playoff games scheduled for Wednesday evening after the Milwaukee Bucks decided not to take the floor for their game against the Orlando Magic in a boycott meant to bring attention to social justice after the police shooting of Jacob Blake.
"We're tired of the killings and the injustice," Bucks guard George Hill said...
The NBA and the NBPA today announced that in light of the Milwaukee Bucks’ decision to not take the floor today for Game 5 against the Orlando Magic, today’s three games – MIL-ORL, HOU-OKC and LAL-POR have been postponed. Game 5 of each series will be rescheduled.
I think the problem of trying to find that out is that most if not all of the hard-hit jam-packed cities were hit with the double whammy of being in the more populous (and popular) states and of having lockdown orders on top of it. Closest thing I could get to a city approaching NYC levels population-wise within the seven states is Little Rock, Arkansas, and while its county has only about 6,000 cases and less than a hundred deaths, it's also a ridiculously small city compared to the heavy hitters (clocking in at barely below 200,000 people living there).
The real challenge, then, would be to find a city on NYC's level that's laissez-faire or at least more laissez-faire than the typical big metro. When you add in the complicating factor of protests/riots, it just gets confusing for me.
It's not solely me, actually. I follow a website called Intellectual Takeout that's half blog, half news aggregator. I got into it when it had an article talking about prosperity gospel craziness and I stayed for the insightful stuff. It eventually gave me the redpill when it did articles in the wake of the failed impeachment case against Trump early this year, and I wouldn't have gotten into this community were it not for Takeout.
Edit: In hindsight, if I share more links [like] this, I should put up a comment quoting a highlight or two from the article for potential readers to take away from if they don't have time. I myself don't have the best of attention spans, so it'd help people like me who want to have a quick read and get it over with.
A fine line must be had though. As important politics and the culture wars may be, Christians are supposed to hold God higher than everything else. Giving love to someone who doesn't love back would be to do what Jesus did, and not violently retaliating with fighting words against BLM protestors (if they're not going full-on riot mode, so take advantage of the times they aren't a riot) would be one step up against a movement that preaches vengeance and reparations instead of the Judeo-Christian values of loving your enemies and praying for those who persecute you.
Ultimately, I think this should be done on a case-by-case basis. Christians aren't supposed to be looking for a fight with the government (note that there's been rarely if ever a Christian-specific revolution in the Roman Empire), but if the government starts specifically decrying Judeo-Christian values, then they must take a stand.
I've said it before, but mainstream Christianity would ride the governmental wave to a fault due to a perhaps misguided over-adherence to passages like Romans 13. To be fair, Paul wrote Romans 13 in reference to the Roman Empire which wasn't exactly kind to Christians; the ideal Christian life shouldn't involve regular violence and so on—part of why many Christians out there would rather die as martyrs in countries like China and Nigeria than fight back and possibly send unwitting souls to Hell along the way.
Still, sooner or later, "We obey God rather than men" has to kick in. If the fighting Americans over-adhered or misinterpreted Romans 13 and decided to endure whatever the British were throwing at them back in the 1770s, there'd be no American Revolution and the world wouldn't have had the USA. The Civil Rights Movement of the 60s had Christian backing as well and they were certainly going against the southern-state governments.
I'm against accelerationism because while it will prove a bigger point to lots of people, people are going to suffer along the way: honest companies would go down with the bad ones, people would get unemployed due to woke graduates' decisions, and so on. I believe this largely because we can clearly see communism not being a good thing thanks in large part to communist countries enforcing police states, having millions die, and so on—the point is proven that communism is bad, but I'd rather want to prevent the tragedy than to allow it to happen and say, "See? I told you so." Alas, it's only easier to see once the damage is done, but still.
Unlike the rioters who want to burn things in the name of a good society, I'd rather see to it that universities like Harvard have reform from the inside. They used to be good, and they could be good again. Call me a Pollyana, but I'd rather hope than to watch the world burn.
To be honest, I was a bit taken off-guard by John MacArthur's move. Much of the mainstream Christian community would harp on about obedience to the government, referring to Romans 13 primarily. However, MacArthur pretty much bucked the trend.
Though, given that he leads a traditional-values church in California, I should've expected him to defy the government sooner or later.
"Welcome to the Grace Community Church peaceful protest summer sale!"
"Mars is named after the Roman god of war, befitting the toxic masculinity shown by the patriarchy even during the times of the so-called cultured Roman Empire. Since we do not want peace-loving people to get triggered by thoughts of war and violence whenever they see the red planet in the sky, we have opted to change its name from Mars to Big Brother so people will learn how to love each other like brothers siblings."
Now that you pointed out, yeah, the inconsistency going on with the term alt-right is beginning to show if it hasn't already shown for a long time.
Though, if I may, what are the consequences and perks, if any, of being in a private sub?
A friend (who himself got banned from the only sub he frequented because he cited the "alt-right think tank" Mises Institute) reminded me of KiA2 going private, so now I'm here. I haven't commented there for over a month, but I lurked the sub almost every day.
I'll request for access to the sub though I am not sure what the consequences of that would be in the long run.
Pricey, especially for a news aggregator, but I believe news subscriptions should be more of a thing for more and more news services. That way, it's up to people to support factual reporting and good opinion pieces.