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Wednesday, 13 May 2026

"The Blessing for the Righteous"


7:18 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​Can anyone define righteous?

7:19 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Cherki doesn't speak English.

7:19 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Hazony is an American stooge.

7:21 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Righteous Jews and righteous gentiles would care about the stench of Christian idolatry.

7:22 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Jews and gentiles who keep sweeping the idolatry of Christianity and ignoring its stench would not be considered righteous.

7:23 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Reform Jews are heretical Jews. That is not made clear enough even to Jews.

7:24 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Even the most moronic Christian can understand that it is idolatry to worship a man. The problem is that Jews and Muslims have not dared to RAM HOME THAT POINT.

7:26 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​There is no need to have these tedious readings. You just have to ask each other whether Jews and Muslims have a duty to tell idolaters that it is idolatry to worship a man.

7:30 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Tovia Singer talked about the "stench of Christianity" in his video on Maimonides yesterday at 12:00. Viva Tovia!

7:31 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Do the curses for disobedience in Deuteronomy 28 also apply to gentiles who worship Jesus as the co-equal of God who created the universe?

7:32 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Israeli soldiers mocking a statue of Mary is neither here nor there. What is required is a formal letter to the Pope, Archbishop of Canterbury or King Charles asking how Christianity is not idolatry

7:34 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Only Jews and gentiles who care to discuss the Noahide laws could be called righteous. The first and second Noahide laws echo the first and second Commandments.

7:35 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​To be righteous is to be principled. To be principled is to care about the principle of obeying the supreme and eternal Abrahamic God who forbade idolatry and blasphemy.

7:36 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​It is the easiest thing to accuse Christians of hypocrisy when they refuse to discuss the Trinity. I suspect PVK is an atheist, just like Jordan Peterson. Did you hear him talk about God No 1 and 2??

7:38 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Christianity in America is just a business model. Where did I get that idea? PVK. He actually said that himself. Jesus is just a brand snake oil salesmen use to sell their snake oil.

7:38 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Israel being a secular state is just an American colony. Hashem would hardly approve of liberal democracy, would He?

7:39 PM
@almondtree
#3
​Was Solomon zedek?

7:39 PM
@almondtree
#3
​King of righteousness, king of peace

7:39 PM
@almondtree
#3
​King of Jerusalem

7:39 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Solomon died an idolater.

7:40 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​1 Kings 11:4 states that as Solomon grew old, his foreign wives turned his heart after other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the Lord.

7:41 PM
@almondtree
#3
​Wait what? Is this in the Koran?

7:41 PM
@almondtree
#3
​Oh yeah but I dunno if he died that way he may have repented from his pimp lifestyle

7:42 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Unlike in the Bible, according to Muslim tradition Solomon never participated in idolatry.

7:43 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​It is interesting that Jews reject the Koran's sanitised version of their prophets and so do Christians.

7:44 PM
@almondtree
#3
​That is strange. Do you think Islam emphasizes righteousness more than Judaism and Christianity?

7:44 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​Jews and Christians are more interested in remaining Jews and Christians even if it means risking their olam haba, suggesting that they do not really believe in the afterlife.

7:45 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​If Jews and Christians really believed in the afterlife, they would be more anxious to be in good standing with God in the afterlife than hanging out with other Hell-bound people in their lifetimes.

7:46 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@almondtree What is strange?

7:46 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​I mean interesting, not strange

7:47 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree By righteousness, I just mean following the principles one claims to have.

7:47 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​That’s why I hang with you Claire

7:48 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Hellbound Christian hanging with a secular Koranist 😉

7:48 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​The point I am making is that it is easier to get to heaven using the Koran than the Bible. The Koran actually describes Heaven while the Bible is silent.

7:49 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree All the Abrahamic faiths say redemption is possible in this life.

7:49 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​I need to read the Koran at some point. It would probably be very good for me

7:49 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree Thank you for hanging with me!

7:50 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Don’t care about us Chezi. Unless you gonna mention Melchizedek.

7:50 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​I mean. Care about Claire’s comments, not mine

7:50 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​There is no mention of the afterlife in the Torah, is there?

7:51 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Just Sheol, as far as I know.

7:55 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree That's not enough to punish evil and reward good measure for measure, is it? The Koran has the most morally satisfying narrative, but what would Islamophobes care about their afterlife?

7:55 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​Sheol is the underworld place of stillness and darkness which is death. That would be annihilationism. Not that scary, is it?

7:56 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Yes I am the ghost that summons Jess

7:56 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​I present him with offerings of onions

7:57 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​According to the 11th Principle of Judaism, God rewards the righteous and punishes the wicked, measure for measure.

7:58 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Yeah I don’t know if Sheol has a punishment for evil. There are passages that suggest it does. Like Isaiah 14 and some places in Ezekiel

7:58 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​But Ecclesiastes seems to suggest that the same thing happens to the evil and the good

7:59 PM
@sunrhyze
#1
​@OfficialSecularKoranism my question would be what does measure for measure mean? In Judaism, an eye for an eye doesn't mean you literally remove the offender's eye

8:00 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​The Quran describes Heaven (Jannah) as an eternal garden of bliss for believers and righteous individuals, featuring rivers, lush vegetation, and spiritual closeness to God.

8:00 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​But who can really prove any of it? Does the Koran prove an afterlife? Or do we just read it and take it on faith?

8:00 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​Hell (Jahannam) is depicted as a place of torment for wrongdoers and disbelievers.

8:00 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Yeah there is a Tophet mentioned in Isaiah that sounds like torment

8:00 PM
@almondtree
#3
​Or suggests

8:00 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@sunrhyze The eye for an eye principle is just an argument for proportionality.

8:01 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree If you don't believe in the afterlife where good will be rewarded and evil punished, then you might as well be atheist.

8:02 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​We are all supposed to have an immortal soul whether we want it or not.

8:03 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​I think Chezi should deal with the points raised in the chat.

8:04 PM
@sunrhyze
​#1
​Someone said we're souls who have bodies, not bodies who have souls. Maybe it was Chezi

8:06 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@sunrhyze Our immortal soul - if that is indeed what we have - has the purpose of conveying us to our afterlife. Think of it as a conveyance.

8:07 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​I don’t know if I can convey my thoughts in this chat correctly. But I don’t know what suggest an afterlife or where this idea first came about. Is it through things like future and memory?

8:08 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Like do our” souls” project us into a future we can imagine, or recall things that have passed on to our present self?

8:08 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​I don't know if that makes sense.

8:10 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree If all good will be rewarded and all evil punished, two categories of existence have to be created so that good can be rewarded and evil punished in the afterlife.

8:11 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@almondtree All that we need to understand is that good will be rewarded and evil punished, measure for measure, if the Abrahamic God exists. Heaven is the best place imaginable, hell the worst.

8:12 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@almondtree What doesn't make sense?

8:13 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​The Talmud is just the speculation and imaginings of rabbis over the centuries, not the Word of God or His promises.

8:13 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​Annihiliationism just means that when you're dead you're dead.

8:14 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Yeah, that makes sense. But what if you’re somewhat of an agnostic, and you claim that you don’t really know. Do you just take this idea of rewards on faith?

8:15 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Like, I just don’t know why, ultimately, I would know that I know and afterlife is real, and good and evil would be rewarded, other than the fact that my parents told me. Or the Bible told me.

8:15 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree The purpose of these categories is to create places where good will be rewarded and evil punished.

8:15 PM
@almondtree
#3
​Which is good enough. But I don’t know where their father‘s father’s got that idea from From. Because who’s really gone to see the afterlife and come back?

8:16 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@almondtree That is where faith comes in. The idea that good will be rewarded and evil punished in this life and the next by a benign deity is to encourage us to do the right thing.

8:16 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@almondtree Don't we all want good to be rewarded and evil punished?

8:16 PM
@almondtree
#3
​I see the utility and having these categories, Claire. maybe that’s good enough. Or maybe the utilities of those categories suggest the absolute truth and reality of them.

8:17 PM
@almondtree
#3
​Yes

8:17 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​We do

8:17 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Unless we’re truly evil. Then maybe we don’t.

8:18 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#2
​@almondtree Either the Abrahamic God actually exists, or He was created by Man to satisfy our desire for good to be rewarded and evil punished in this life and the next.

8:18 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree People basically believe what they want to believe,, or what they have been taught to believe.

8:20 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#2
​@almondtree Ecclesiastes was supposed to have been written by Solomon who died an idolater. He may have been wise, but not all-wise.

8:20 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Yeah, I think he says as much in my favorite verse in the Bible. I think it’s chapter 7 verse 27.

8:21 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​“ all this, I have proved by wisdom. I said I will be wise, but it was far from me.”

8:25 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​Chezi, I think a lot of my comments had to do with suggesting there was no Torah or scripture or anything. Why would I believe in the afterlife?

8:26 PM
@almondtree
#3
​Like what would compel me to have that idea? And I think Claire suggested that the utility of a judgment rewarding, good, and evil is a good thing.

8:27 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​And because we know that such an idea is a good thing, because if it’s practicality, therefore it must suggest that it’s true, or I should at least submit myself to it on faith

8:29 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
#1
​@almondtree If the Abrahamic God exists, He would reward good and punish evil, measure for measure, in this life and the next. Most people would want to believe in this, if it is true, or not.

8:31 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​#1
​It actually doesn't matter if God exists or not. If He exists, then of course we should obey His laws. But even if He does not, it is obviously useful to society that we obey His laws.

8:33 PM
@OfficialSecularKoranism
​​If there were a general belief in God, and most parents were married parents who want to properly parent their legitimate offspring, we would live in a high trust and low tax society.

8:35 PM
@almondtree
​#3
​why did Musicdude time out Claire?

8:36 PM
@almondtree
#1
​I mustve missed something

8:36 PM
@almondtree
#1
​I feel like Musicdude does this a lot
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Weak men lacking conviction pretending to be Christian to hold on to their failed ancestral religion


Locus standi
1:00  Spergs
4:00  My areas of interest
5:00  Stream of consciousness
6:00  Only children
7:00  TLC is for the neurodivergent?
9:00  Classes and courses in conversational etiquette
10:00  PVK
11:00  "Outback Jack"
12:00  Dot Warner OCD
13:00  Matriarchy
14:00  Yoav Bressler
Muslim at student bar
15:00  Spergs, oddballs and cranks
16:00  Talking cure
16:00  Birds singing on a branch
19:00  Error, ego and ambition
20:00  Men who lack conviction
21:00  Hypocrites and their non-engagement
22:00  I have won and they have lost. 
23:00  Hypocrites
24:00  Morons, coward and hypocrites
25:00  Preferring scapegoats
26:00  Ignoring their moral imperative
Matriarchy
27:00  PVK's heresies
28:00  Church as a business model
29:00  Cultural, religious and political affiliations
30:00  To investigate a problem is to solve it. 
31:00  Crying over spilled milk < doing something about it
32:00  Fear of loss of status
33:00  Hell-bound hypocrites
Islamophobic coastal elites and rednecks
35:00  Skyworks
36:00  Tucker Carlson
Non-engagement is a tactic.
37:00  Dialogue and naturally occurring questions
38:00  Echo chambers
Ann Coulter
40:00  Secular Koranism
41:00  PVK
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Discussing educational standards, Keith Joseph and how feminism harms women

 

27:00  CLAIRE KHAW joins to point out that the matriarchy got into full swing in the Swinging 60s. 
29:00  Fornication is a mortal sin. 
30:00  The truly religious would take the human tradition of marriage seriously. 
33:00  Grade inflation
34:00  A*
35:00  Grammar Nazi
36:00  AI
37:00  MARC agrees with me! 
GCSE
38:00  Unmarried parents are now the majority.
39:00  Facts and logic are now called extremism and fundamentalism. 
41:00  Playing video games with your son to connect with him
42:00  Flow state and communion
43:00  Father rambling at the dinner table
44:00  CHAVs
45:00  Keith Joseph
47:00  Matriarchy
49:00  Objective measure
50:00  The religion of the West is feminism. 
52:00  "Skinny jeans pastor" 
53:00  Barbie movie
56:00  Feminism harms women too. 
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Iranian Jew Jacob Faturechi discusses US foreign policy, fake Judaism, fake Christianity and the meaning crisis


5:00  Time to reject liberal democracy. George Washington would agree!

16:00  Western philosophers are the antithesis of wisdom.

22:00  Old British money

23:00  The Irish Question

38:00  Scotland is a one-party state.

41:00  Who represents "left-wing political Islam"?

50:00  Short term thinkers = atheists
Long term  thinkers = ethical monotheists

56:00   American isolationism

1:43:00  PVK joins.

1:44:00  It's not going to be Iran who will blink first. 

1:45:00  The percentage of self-hating mentally ill atheist men lacking in marriageability, competence and principle is significantly higher in America than Iran.

1:47:00  Unprincipled and incompetent NATO European leaders who never think to govern in the national interest take orders directly Washington. After all, NATO is just a bloc of US vassal states. 

1:49:00  Most Americans are dumb and don't care who their government murders and maims in their name. Most members of TLC are like that. This political system is actually immoral and an eloquent argument against representative democracy George Washington warned  Americans against this in his farewell speech which 21st century Americans refuse to read or heed.  

1:50:00  People who don't understand or care about foreign policy should be deprived of the vote. In fact, Americans should in 2026 finally heed George Washington's warning against political parties, but they probably won't, because they are lazy, prideful, amoral hypocrites who are fundamentally nihilists only pretending to believe in God. As I never tire of reminding Christians who only pretend to believe in the absurdity that Jesus is the co-equal of the supreme and eternal Abrahamic God who created the Universe, the Koran says hypocrites are Hell-bound. We can identify a hypocrite when he gives irrational and irrelevant reasons for not following his religious principles. As you already know, Christians are terrified of discussing Christian identity because every denomination of Christianity - and there are very many - has accused another denomination of heresy. They also know that Christianity has no codified principles.  

1:51:00  Who did your cousin want his relations to vote for?

1:52:00  When are you going to read Washington's farewell speech warning Americans against political parties, Jacob?

1:53:00  Reform Judaism = heretical Judaism

1:55:00  Reform Judaism is heretical to Orthodox Judaism, Trinitarian Christianity is idolatry because it worships a man.

1:56:00  Liberalism -  including the feminism that established the matriarchy - is the real religion of the West. 

Matriarchy is a society prioritising the preferences of unmarried parents who casually conceived and parented their legitimate offspring. Patriarchy is a society prioritising the preferences of married parents who want to properly parent their legitimate offspring. Marriage is eugenic, illegitimacy dysgenic.

1:56:30  Bret Weinstein was bemoaning the time when he asked for Bar Mitzvah and the education at yeshiva to go with it at the dinner table, but his father said no.

2:00:00  The powers that be are creating a blended religion called  "Judeo-Christianity". You might as well opt for Secular Koranisn with American Characteristics to protect your rights better. Happy to explain how and why to you, Jacob and Paul! 

2:01:00  Shiksa = a gentile woman perceived to be freer from religious constraints and virtue than a well-brought up Orthodox Jewess.

2:06:00  Donald Trump being elected twice likened to the House of Democrats on a hill suffering land erosion. 

2:10:00  How about churches - which are only social clubs incapable of maintaining morality - just agree to support SK USA or talk about considering supporting it - so they can just carry on as social clubs while agreeing to a minimum moral standard for Americans and their ruling classes? Happy to give further and better particulars of this proposal, Jacob and Paul! 

2:13:00  Gay marriage

2:13:30  The CRC can agree to the Noahide laws, can't it, Paul?

2:14:00  Church schools and education vouchers

2:15:00  How about making even state schools decent? I propose my system of A, B and B+ schools for the Moral Majority America that I propose. https://secularkoranism.blogspot.com/2025/03/secular-koranism-pamphlet-on-schooling.html

2:19:00   Cringe Christianity

2:23:00   Lotus Eaters are Islamophobes.

Stelios and Vervaeke

2:26:00  Liberal Democrats

2:28:00  Liberalism

2:29:00  "I'm afraid it might be Claire." 

3:00  Loss of trust, conspiracy theories and paranoia

3:05:00  The meaning crisis is the atheism, feminism and nihilism crisis.

3:06:00  The CIA is part of the malign matriarchy. The matriarchy wants us to get into our coffins now and getting us hooked on sex and drugs would hurry us along. 

3:09:00  Bullets for junkies

3:15:00  God is the ultimate conspiracy theory if you think He created evil. 

3:19:00  Most Christians are just cultural Christians making them atheists.

3:20:00  Actually, Jacob, you do have to literally believe that good will be rewarded and evil punished in this life and the next to do the right thing and in particular take idolatry seriously. Have you noticed how these Christians refuse to do so suggesting they are Hell-bound hypocrites, according to the Koran? 

3:22:00  I hope you will ask Father Stephen how Christianity is not idolatry and if he says it is not idolatry to worship Jesus if he is indeed God, ask him how Jesus is God. Do you dare?
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Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Talking to Vincent Bruno about the Register of Penitents, US brain drain to China and gay parenting


Comparing social media platforms
2:00  StreamYard and Restream
3:00  Spaces
5:00  Register of Penitents
7:00  My Jonah Agenda
8:00  Regime change
9:00  Posterity
Public corporal punishment
Usury
Abolition of no fault divorce
10:00  Vincent would be the catalyst. 
11:00  Political parties
12:00  Abolition of slavery
13:00  Secular Koranism is the only solution.
14:00  Carry on voting
15:00  George Washington
19:00  Brain drain

AI Overview

As of early 2026, evidence suggests the United States is experiencing a significant, self-inflicted academic and scientific brain drain. Driven by federal funding cuts to research, political pressure on universities, and stricter immigration policies,75% of surveyed U.S.-based scientists have considered leaving the country, with many eyeing opportunities in Europe or Canada.

Key Aspects of the 2026 Brain Drain:

Academic Exodus: A 2025 Nature poll indicated 75% of 1,600 surveyed researchers were considering leaving the US. Furthermore, in early 2025, applications by US-based researchers for jobs abroad increased by 32%.

Declining Foreign Talent Attraction: Foreign academics and students are becoming more reluctant to move to the US, with applications from non-American candidates for US research jobs dropping by roughly 25%.

Specific Drivers:

Funding Cuts: Sharp reductions in federal research grants (e.g., NIH, NSF) have caused funding for young researchers to shrink.
Political Atmosphere: Increased tension between the government and academic institutions has created a climate of uncertainty, prompting researchers to seek more stable environments.

Immigration Hurdles: Restrictions on visas, such as those impacting the H1-B system, have exacerbated the loss of international talent.
Long-Term Impact: The potential loss of top talent threatens to undermine the US position in global innovation and economic growth.

Contrast with Past Trends:
Historically, the US has benefited from a net "brain gain". While it still maintains high-level research capability, the current trends indicate a shift where the "global talent powerhouse" is becoming less attractive, causing talent to move to, or remain in, other regions.
21:00  Brain drain to China

AI OVERVIEW

The United States is experiencing a significant "reverse brain drain" of high-level scientific and academic talent to China. Between 2010 and 2021, nearly 20,000 Chinese-born scientists left the US, a trend that accelerated after 2018 due to restrictive visa policies, geopolitical tensions, and increased scrutiny of researchers. 

Key aspects of this trend include:

Accelerating Exodus: Studies show an increasing number of Chinese-born scientists, including top-tier researchers, are leaving American institutions for opportunities in China. 
"Pull Factors": China is actively attracting talent through massive investments in research, high salaries, and rapid advancements in AI, STEM, and technology. 
"Push Factors": Many researchers of Chinese descent in the U.S. report feeling insecure or unwelcome, citing initiatives like the previous administration's "China Initiative". 
Declining US Expertise: The pipeline for American understanding of China is shrinking, with a sharp drop in American students studying in China. 

While the U.S. remains a top destination for global talent, the intensifying competition from China, combined with internal political and funding pressures (like proposed 2026 budget cuts to science), is eroding the long-held U.S. advantage in recruiting and retaining scientific minds. 
24:00  

AI OVERVIEW

While there is no single, exact statistic for the number of U.S. citizens currently in academia in China as of mid-2026, data indicates a significant and growing presence of US-based academics moving to Chinese institutions, despite increased geopolitical tensions. 

Key Findings on US Academics in China (2025–2026):

Rising Job Applications: Job applications from US-based academics to Hong Kong institutions surged by 55% in 2025.

Increased Interest: Job applications from US academics to Chinese mainland institutions increased by 16% in 2025.

Targeted Recruitment: China has actively recruited foreign faculty, with 2019 Ministry of Education data indicating over 18,000 foreign academics in the country. A high percentage of these foreign academics in leading Chinese universities originate from the USA.

Shifting Talent Pool: A September 2025 report noted that at least 85 US-based scientists joined Chinese institutions, and many Chinese researchers are returning to China due to increased scrutiny of academics in the United States.

Specific Context: A 2022 study showed that in some top Chinese research-intensive universities, 41% of surveyed international faculty were from the USA. 

Contrasting Trends
While American academics are increasingly working in China, the number of American students studying in China remains low compared to historical peaks, at approximately 1,749 according to 2023/24 data, though some reports indicate it is slowly recovering from COVID-19 lows. 

Why the Shift?
High-Paying Positions: Chinese universities offer high-paying teaching positions, generous research grants, and excellent research infrastructure.

Brain Gain: China is aggressively trying to bridge its "brain drain" by attracting global talent, especially in STEM fields.

U.S. Climate: Rising political tension, scrutiny of Chinese partnerships at U.S. universities, and a decrease in federal research funding in the US are driving some academics to look elsewhere. 
30:00  Vivek Ramaswamy

32:00  

AI Overview

A growing number of high-profile US-based academics and scientists are moving to or collaborating with Chinese universities, particularly in STEM fields, driven by research funding and advanced facilities. Notable figures include Fu Xiangdong (Westlake University), Lin Wenbin (Westlake University), and Yuan Yuan (Westlake University), who moved from major U.S. institutions. 

Key Academics and Scientists Moving to China (Recent/Ongoing)
Fu Xiangdong (Molecular Biology): Former UCSD researcher who moved to Westlake University in Hangzhou following investigations into his Chinese affiliations. 
Lin Wenbin (Cancer Drug Research): Joined Westlake University after a distinguished career at the University of Chicago. 
Yuan Yuan (Mathematics): Joined Westlake University from a New York-based position, recognized for complex geometry research. 
Fang Lei (Chemistry): Former deputy chair at Texas A&M who moved to a Chinese lab in 2025. 
Xie Zhenfei (HIV/mRNA Vaccine Research): Moved to the national virus lab in Wuhan from Harvard. 

Key Scholars and Educators in Academic Exchange
Niall Ferguson (History): Served as a visiting lecturer at Tsinghua University (2019-2020).
John Dewey (Philosophy/Education): Historically significant American philosopher who lectured extensively in China in the early 20th century, influencing prominent Chinese educators. 

Background of the Trend
The shift, sometimes called a "reverse brain drain," accelerated around 2018–2022 due to the U.S. DOJ's China Initiative, which scrutinized affiliations with Chinese institutions, causing many scientists to lose US funding. Researchers often cite China’s high-level research environments and generous support as reasons for moving to institutions like Westlake University. 

33:00  Billionaire Case
The specific "billionaire with dozens of children" mentioned by Trump—and widely reported in early 2026—is Xu Bo (also known as Chubo), a reclusive Chinese video game tycoon and founder of Duoyi Network. 

Number of Children: Reports vary, but his company confirmed he has fathered more than 100 children through surrogacy, many born in the United States.

Trump's Remarks: In April 2026, Trump called birthright citizenship a "scam" on Truth Social, specifically referencing "Chinese Billionaires who have 56 kids" who all become American citizens.

Other Related Cases: Reports also surfaced of another Chinese-American couple in Los Angeles under federal investigation for having 26 children via surrogacy within a four-year span. One of these individuals, Guojun Xuan, allegedly expressed hopes that one of his children would eventually become U.S. President. 

Context of the Controversy
Legal Battle: These cases are being used by the Trump administration to argue for a reinterpretation of the 14th Amendment. Trump has claimed that "subject to the jurisdiction" of the U.S. should exclude children of foreign nationals.

Surrogacy in China: Surrogacy is illegal in China, leading wealthy elites to use American surrogates to bypass birth restrictions and secure U.S. citizenship for their heirs.

The "Empire" Narrative: Xu Bo has reportedly stated he views his numerous U.S.-born children as a "business legacy" and a way to build a family dynasty. 
40:000  GDP

AI Overview

The World's Largest Economy: China or the United States ...

As of 2026, the United States holds the world's largest economy in nominal GDP, projected at roughly $31.8–$32.4 trillion, with China second at roughly $20.6–$20.8 trillion. However, China is the largest economy by Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), with an estimated $43.5–$44.3 trillion, compared to the US's $31.8 trillion, reflecting higher relative purchasing power. 

Key 2026 GDP Comparison (Projected)
Nominal GDP (Current Prices): The U.S. leads with $31.82 trillion, outpacing China ($20.65 trillion) by about $11.17 trillion (1.54x). 
PPP Adjusted GDP (Real Volume): China is larger, with an estimated $43.49 trillion against the U.S.'s $31.82 trillion, making China’s economy ~1.37x larger in purchasing power terms. 
Economic Trends: The gap in nominal terms has remained high, contrary to predictions of immediate Chinese overtaking, partly due to aging populations and economic structural shifts in China. 
Growth & Context: The U.S. and China combined account for roughly 42% of global nominal GDP. China has overtaken the US in PPP terms since 2014, while the US remains ahead in market exchange rates. 

Key Economic Metrics
GDP Per Capita: The U.S. significantly leads in per capita terms, with a much higher standard of living per person (approx. $84,534 in 2024) compared to China ($13,303 in 2024). 
Growth Rates: As of 2024, China's economy grew at 5.0%, while the U.S. grew at 2.8%.

44:00  Lineage

Blended family

45:00  Rent a womb

Married parenting > gay parenting

50:00  Weekend fathers

52:00  Pregnant but not happy

56:00  Gay father 

1:03:00  Drugs
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Talking to ‪@Sonata-d8f‬ about the Book of Urantia and whether the Koran applies to other worlds


28:00  Identity and minimum standards of morality
41:00  Harmony and equality
49:00 Neurosis,  nihilism, vandalism and betrayal
51:00  Narratives
52:00  Political animals
58:00  Patriarchy
1:00:00  The Dissident Right
1:02:00  What Richard Spencer said about Jesus
1:04:00  The problem with egalitarianism in the military
1:04:30  A certain German Chancellor
1:05:00 Universalism
1:08:00  Jews and their warts and all prophets
1:09:00  Prophecies
1:10:00  Elders in a cult of youth and beauty
1:11:00  Learning from history
1:12:00  Israel is an American colony.
1:13:00  Cursed by God
1:14:00  The Religion of Mum and Dad
1:15:00  Religion was created to enforce marriage.
1:19:00  Rules are made to be broken.
1:23:00  Speech promoting theocracy
1:26:00  Workfare
1:35:00  Patriarchy
1:36:00  Vincent Bruno

1:49:00  OCD is removed
The problem of evil
1:50:00  Job
1:51:00  God values obedience.
1:52:00  My background
1:53:00  The moral mechanism of a constitution
1:54:00  Birds of a feather flock together.
1:55:00  Our divided psyches
1:57:00  More logical as a child
Transactional nature 
1:58:00  Intelligence and focus
The left is feminine and the right is masculine. 
1:59:00  "Patriarchal appreciation"
2:00:00  What women want
2:01:00  Slut-shaming
2:02:00  Toxic femininity
2:03:00  Women are better at refusing no-strings sex etc than men.
2:04:00  Our allocated gender roles
2:05:00  Female privilege: getting more offers of sex than we are prepared to accept.

Forced marriage in Australia

2:06:00  Sticks and stones
2:08:00  Speech was meant to be explanatory rather than inspirational. 
2:09:00  Masculine and feminine Japanese
2:10:00  "We are not the kind of people who talk about things like that!"
2:11:00  Common interests
2:12:00  Powerful religious experiences
2:14:00  Asimov's Foundation
The Mule
2:15:00  Rules are ideas and safety rails. 
2:16:00  The attributes of the Abrahamic God
2:17:00  What could be greater than logic?
2:18:00  God as the Supreme Examiner and we the examinees
2:19:00  Free will
2:20:00  Predestination
2:21:00  Existentialists are atheists..
2:22:00  Problems and solutions
2:23:00  My one-party theocracy
2:24:00  The Second Coming 
2:25:00  Lord of the Worlds

"Lord of the Worlds" in Scripture:

"All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds." (Surah Al-Fatihah 1:2)

"Blessed is Allah—Lord of all worlds!" (Surah Al-A'raf 7:54)

"Surely my prayer, my sacrifice, my life, and my death are all for Allah—Lord of all worlds." (Surah Al-An'am 6:162) 

2:25:00  Book of Urantia

2:28:00  The Koran
Christopher Hitchens

2:29:00  The boldness of the Koran and the uncompromising nature of its claims
2:30:00  Divine revelation
2:31:00  The vocative nature of the Koran
2:32:00  Shakespeare
Hamlet

It was Edmund who was the bastard in King Lear.

2:34:00  Trump as King Lear
2:35:00  Legacy
2:36:00  Trump showed conviction.
2:37:00  The White House neocon virus
2:39:00  Andrew Yang speaking about white men
2:40:00  The vibe of streams that talk about Christian Nationalism and Nick Fuentes
Milo 
2:41:00  A gentleman never gives offence unintentionally.
2:42:00  Aristocratic
2:43:00  Fish out of water
European
2:44:00  Joel Davis
2:46:00  Mein  Kampf
2:48:00  The Second Thirty Years War
Pat Buchanan's Unnecessary War
2:49:00  Tucker Carlson
2:50:00  Jerusalem is an imperial hym.
2:51:00  Harmony, not equality
2:52:00  Harmony and rules
2:53:00  One party theocracy
2:54:00  The soul of society
2:55:00  Merit-seeking monarchy
2:56:00  Calling out corruption, a stalwart and a steward
Apostolic Majesty
Ultra Royalist
2:57:00  Rule by AI
2:58:00  Humans have the power to pull the plug on AI.
3:01:00  Mandate of Heaven
Hypothetical Supreme Authority
3:03:00  Neurosis
Hypocrisy
3:04:00  Bridges of Meaning
3:05:00  Redemption
3:06:00  Register of Penitents
3:07:00  U-turn
3:08:00  Graciously accepting compliments
3:10:00  Australian independence
3:11:00  John Howard
3:12:00  Gallipoli
3:13:00  Australian constitutional Crisis of 1975
3:15:00  King Charles does not enjoy his First Amendment rights.
3:16:00  America's malign encouragement of monarchies on its victims and vassals
3:17:00  American Declaration of Independence
3:18:00  Secular political ideologies can become religions.
3:19:00  Hierarchy of ideologies

3:20:00  The Abrahamic belief system could be the ultimate conspiracy theory of God conspiring against us.

Scapegoating was a Jewish idea. 
3:22:00  Europeans and pestilence
3:23:00  Lockdown and Boris Johnson
3:25:00  "Feminine boldness with ideas"
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Chris Howard with Waltzing Matilda and OCD


4:00  JOSH/SONATA - who never had alcohol - joins. 

19:00  CLAIRE KHAW joins.

21:00  Premiers

22:00  Australia

23:00  Authenticity

24:00  Waltzing Matilda

25:00  Woke

Dominions

26:00  A resource of the American and  British Empire

27:00  DOT WARNER joins.

28:00  The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

31:00  Why East Enders and Australians talk the way they do

34:00  Mississippi

36:00  Trump

37:00  Iconoclasm

38:00  Age of confirmation and criminality

40:00  Jordan Peterson

45:00  Reading the Holy Bible

47:00  Which empire to rebel against?

48:00  Koreans laughing

49:00  Mandate of Allah

50:00  Kant and Hume

51:00  Is is not ought.

52:00  Ideal Forms

The Way

53:00  "The image is not the thing."


55:00  Card carrying Presbyterian

Tower of Babel
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