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Briggs is an internationally reviled thoughtcriminal, listed as One Of The Top 7 Dangerous Minds by the Hague.
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British Elections Open Thread. The Return of Nationalism?

We haven't discussed much the elections of our English-speaking cousins, but it's worth doing because of how this one played out. Particularly in its nationalistic aspects. Ed Miliband, Labour, a…
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The Purposeful Lowering Of Physical Standards: More Consequences Of Egalitarianism

Remember how we were told that when women joined the military there was no danger of lowering standards to accommodate them? Letting them join was a question of "fairness", which…
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Kids Raised By Parents Creates Unfair Advantages, Inequality: A Consequence Of Egalitarianism

The deadliest, most destructive, and dumbest philosophical idea of all time is egalitarianism. It says not that all things are equal, but that they should be. A good case can…
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Will Climate Change Kill One-Sixth Of All Species?

Today's headline was prompted by Mark Urban's peer-reviewed paper in Science "Accelerating extinction risk from climate change", which assures us that if we don't "do something", this is the end…
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Columbia University Concludes All Western Civilization Triggering

Word from Columbia University is that yet another female creature was triggered. Our victim was in her "Lit Hum" class---Columbia is, and soon to be "was", one of the few…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: On God’s Omniscience

See the first post in this series for an explanation and guide of our tour of Summa Contra Gentiles. All posts are under the category SAMT. Previous post. We sped…
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This Week In Doom: A Riotously Good Time

Because this week has been especially doom-laden, we're pushing up our bulletin a full day. Indeed, conditions were so rank these past seven days that they almost qualify to be…
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What Does Losing Tax Exempt Status Of Churches Mean? Or, The SSM Takedown. Updates

We've been busy with all things sustainability, so it's only now we can get to the Supreme Court's oral arguments over whether to abandon marriage and give over to the…
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