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I Defy You To Watch This And Not Smile
Time to lighten things up a bit, if only for a day. First, a palate cleanser, before we get to the main event. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpmDAu_47OE This, and a slew of other…
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Insanity & Doom Update LII
Another all-reader-contributed week of doom! Item Minnesota company gives 'fur-ternity leave' to pet parents (Thanks for Sheri for the link) A digital marketing company in Minneapolis has adopted a new…
Posted inPhilosophy SAMT
Summary Against Modern Thought: A Second Misunderstanding of Separate Substances
Previous post. Like last week, this chapter exists to squash a subtle, technical errors. Again it requires close reading to grasp. It's best to at least skim: don't skip. Reminder:…
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Diversity Is Our Weakness
Diversity is our weakness. Diversity is the process of giving special consideration to those who have favored demographic or biologic characteristics or who have non-procreative sexual desires. Now you might…
Posted inStatistics
Global Warming: Thirty Years Of Hype, Hysteria & Hullabaloo
In the late spring of 1988, Senator Tim Wirth from Colorado (guess his party) called the Weather Bureau and asked what historically was the hottest day of the year in…
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The Curse Of Kenny Rogers
The story I am about to tell is true. You will not believe it. I am a radio man from way back. My career began in 1971 when I disassembled…
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Insanity & Doom Update XXXIII
Item Noname talks trauma, transitions and Telefone It's a few weeks before the Women's March, and Chicago rapper Noname (aka Fatimah Warner) is explaining how the song Bye Bye Baby,…
Posted inBook review Culture
Glubb Pasha’s Experiences With American Democracy
[The image above flashed by on the interwebs, and it struck me as humorously apt, though I can't now recall where I first saw it. If the picture has any…