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Lecturer | Linguist | language researcher | PhD Candidate in Complex Systems

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Month: February 2021

LibertyCon Latin America 2021 is here!

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021
Jacob Billings
Liberty

One of my favorite conferences to attend is LibertyCon. It is an annual event that focuses on how problems can be solved with more liberty. I love this event. Even more, I am very excited to see many professors I

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What are the limits of Government?

February 26, 2021February 26, 2021
Jacob Billings
Liberty, Politics

In a world of shifting values and relative moralism, it has been said that there are in reality, no limits to government.  We are simply limited by what is convenient at the moment and what the people vote in.  This

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An Open Letter to Families

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
Jacob Billings
Personal

Tonight, my daughters and I watched a scary movie together. It did its job. They were scared. Afterward, as they were snuggling into their beds I stood outside their door and made some scary noises and wished them a good

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A Note on Atheistic Arguments

February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Jacob Billings
Religion

Being an open and unapologetic Christian often brings mockery and hostility. I’ve seen a lot of it, especially in my line of work in academia and the sciences. I remember a colleague of mine told me “you’re a very intelligent

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The Stupidity of Beauracracy: Fighting the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala

February 18, 2021February 18, 2021
Jacob Billings
Personal, Politics

This has bee a long week. In September two of my children’s passports expired and Wendy’s was filled up. I was supposed to leave for the USA in may 2020 but because of COVID-19 I had to postpone out plans.

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Acquittal of Trump was the Correct Decision

February 14, 2021February 14, 2021
Jacob Billings
Politics

I wrote yesterday of Trump’s defense team and their linguistic defense. It was great. Today, the Senate voted to acquit Trump. It was the correct decision for at least three reasons. Casting doubt on the election process is well within

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The Brilliant Linguistic Defense of Donald Trump

February 13, 2021February 13, 2021
Jacob Billings
Linguistics, Politics

Democrats have long tried to establish that Donald Trump incited a riot with his rhetoric. They attempted to make the case that certain phrases were in fact not innocent at all but certain code for violence. These phrases included: We

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A Beautiful Symbolism of a New Era

February 10, 2021February 10, 2021
Jacob Billings
Religion

Yesterday I had the opportunity to help the mission with transfers. We left at 4:00am to go pickup a sister that was starting her mission and bring down an elder serving in her area. We left the city and were

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Faith as a Proactive Principle

February 7, 2021February 7, 2021
Jacob Billings
Religion

Some thoughts on faith from my scripture study today. Faith = trust in things we cannot quantify immediatly or in other words, things not seen. Faith is a proactive principle( 2 Nephi 2:14, Alma 32:28 ) it is impossible to

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