St. Adrian and Natalia September 8th | Saint of the Day

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According to legend Adrian was a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia. Impressed by the courage of a group of Christians who were being tortured, he declared himself a Christian and was imprisoned with them and suffered excruciating tortures before he was put to death. His young wife, Natalia, who was present at his death, comforted him in his agony, recovered one of his severed hands, and took it to Argyropolis near Constantinople, where she fled to escape the importunities of an imperial official of Nicomedia who wanted to marry her.

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I'm not sure what to make just yet about this breaking "Russian Disinformation" scandal through Tenet Media. Reportedly, six prominent right-wing social media personalities: Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, Taylor Hansen and Matt Christiansen; were paid something like $100,000 per month each, to basically continue making content they were already making, with no exclusivity strings attached.

The only person on this list whose content I've caught (I'm not in the target audience for Right Wing Media) is Benny Johnson, who I considered a snarky condescending prick and quickly selected Don't recommend channel. One of the alleged motivations of this operation is to sow controversy and division into American political and social discourse, and Fuck Face Benny seems to excel in this capacity.

That said, on the face of it, this sounds like such an utterly piss-poor value proposition for the sheer volume of money getting shoveled out that I have a hard time the DOJ et al are telling the whole story. The only thing approaching a specific narrative they "pushed" was a vague reference to Ukraine is evil and the actual aggressor which is a position that many Right-leaning commentators like retired CIA analysts do a good job of expressing and backing up with strong specific details, for FREE.

I wonder if Scott Ritter's recent run-ins with 3 letter agencies are tied to this case in any way? If it WAS part of the same investigation, it appears they didn't find any dirt on Scott, even though he is open and transparent about writing content as an independent journalist that appears on RT.

Anyway, LOTS of the details surrounding this breaking story don't add up well when one tries to take the DOJ's case at face value and look closely at the merits of their allegations. It's one of those subjects that I find it wise to watch and see how it proceeds before getting invested in a specific position or narrative.

St. Cloud September 7th | Saint of the Day

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On the death of Clovis, King of the Franks, in the year 511 his kingdom was divided between his four sons, of whom the second was Clodomir. Thirteen years later he was killed fighting against his cousin, Gondomar, leaving three sons to share his dominions. The youngest of these sons of Clodomir was St. Clodoald, a name more familiar to English people under its French form of Cloud from the town of Saint-Cloud near Versailles. When Cloud was eight years old, his uncle Childebert plotted with his brother, to get rid of the boys and divide their kingdom. The eldest boy, Theodoald was stabbed to death. The second, Gunther fled in terror, but was caught and also killed. Cloud escaped and was taken for safety into Provence or elsewhere.

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Is a complete withdrawal the right response in this situation?

Been with a girl for three dates off online dating. Didn't get to fuck or kiss her, but all the steps in the escalation ladder were done. Asked her on two dates, couldn't kiss her off those dates because she was repelling me. So I thought time to just withdraw cause not getting what I wanted. Told her to ask me out if she wanted to see me again, in a way giving her a last chance. Third date she brought up the "What are we?" chat in a negative light, she said when we spend time together she only sees me as a friend. Then gave some random cop out excuse.

I proceeded to tell her that I'm not interested in dating her anymore, and that when I cut things off I do it clean (never getting back together). I might have acted a bit beta after that and some of the things I said afterwards. But at the moment I genuinely never wanted to see her again. And I thought I'm not spending time on a girl who's basically admitting to me that she doesn't like me.

I'm kind of new to this kind of stuff. Was this the correct response or could I have handled it better?

UPDATE: fixed some grammar and clarified some things

When a chick isn't interested in you during a date to give you a kiss, there's not much reason for her to care that you're denying her your time and attention. Next time you go on a first date and a gal doesn't give you a kiss at the end, don't second guess your gut instincts and ask for another date. Just accept that she's not interested and move on. Sometimes that's not shyness, she's just not into you like that.

In the meantime, consider investing into a reliable ready reference you can pick up and study to better prepare yourself for engaging the opposite sex. I'd suggest that you get yourself a copy of Doc Love's "The System: The Dating Dictionary". Doc Love, who until his passing was also known as Tom Hodges, wrote a weekly advice column that's archive is mirrored on several mens focused sites and a podcast. His media is a bit pricey, but it's a solid foundation a guy can branch out from in RP aware circles. I'd suggest you review his advice column to decide if his view on dating and relationships is aligned with what you aspire for yourself. To save yourself a search, give this scribed link a gander to find out if his book is something you'd like to add to your library. It should also be available on libgen.