The Ones-at-Large
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Treaty of Tripoli – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I wholeheartedly believe in the need for a wall that adequately & rigorously separates the laws of the Republic from the customs & dogmas of church, synagogue, mosque, and temple. I think a lot of us would do well to… Continue reading
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Textimony 20120810
Knowledge bereft of contemplation begets the folly of unconstrained power. Engage mindfully; refrain from recklessness. Stop generating agony. Continue reading
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Ryan Lochte: So sexy, so dumb – Salon.com
This is so to the point of how “health” & “beauty” get reduced to “physique” & “prettiness.” People would do well to close their eyes and listen to what a person is saying before they look and are sidetracked by… Continue reading
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Textimony 20120809
The “righteous” see only what is before them; the Just obtain a more transcendent vision. Overcoming before, no regretting after. Continue reading
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Textimony 20120804
Fairness is but one facet of Justice… Obsess on this alone & you forget such alternatives as Mercifulness without which Justice becomes certain tyranny. Continue reading
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Are the Boomers Screwing the Millennials? | Rightly Understood | Big Think
Nice piece very much in line with many things I have been saying over the last two years. It is bleak, certainly bleaker than the way generational expert Neil Howe sees things turning out. Thanks to my friend Heather Davis… Continue reading
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I would say, “The world as seen by Boomers”…
…rather than “Republicans” since this is about a pseudo-nostalgia with a great penchant for creative memory. However, I want to be clear that I am not committing the fallacy of “equal time.” I am a progressive leaning independent who sees… Continue reading
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Textimony 20120729
Wander not in paranoid conspiracies for position nor trample others in phantasms of privilege. Sow universal misery; reap the whirlwind. Continue reading
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Boomerang Kids Have Some Rules For Mom And Dad
The second wave of Gen-X, the overlap Gen-Y, and the first wave of Millenials find themselves in the same ship of fools set adrift by Boomers & first-wave Gen-Xers for whom the “system” worked. This is not something that the… Continue reading
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The Pointing Particle
The Higgs boson is important in the Standard Model because it implies the existence of a Higgs field, an otherwise invisible force field which pervades the entire universe. Unlike other kinds of force field (such as an electromagnetic or gravitational… Continue reading
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The Philosophy of the Technology of the Gun – Evan Selinger – The Atlantic
Dobbs questions the role of gun culture in steering “certain unhinged or deeply a-moral people toward the sort of violence that has now become so routine that the entire thing seems scripted.” But what about “normal” people? Yes, plenty of… Continue reading
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