tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798302405879901952012-01-27T19:14:50.428-05:00Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comBlogger3951100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-83005571388068157562012-01-26T19:38:00.005-05:002012-01-26T19:51:42.001-05:00

Kathy Shaidle -- click the link to see her joke (*) ... unless you suffer from PCitis, in which case you're advised to not, lest you have a heart attack.I am so glad my ancestors didn't end up on one of those socialistic hell-holes where Indians are warehoused. Or kept as pets, same diff.(*) It's specifically about Canadian politics, but it does translate to American politics, too.

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-75623830232169166562012-01-26T19:27:00.007-05:002012-01-27T02:23:34.855-05:00

In my Hotmail junkmail folder, I happened to notice something purporting to be from PayPal, with the subject "Unauthorized access to your account". I, of course, didn't open it, Gentle Reader.But, the thought occurs: this alleged attempted access was so 'unauthorized' that the unauthorized person must have had to create an account for me before he could even try to access it without my

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William Vallicella: Sudduth, Simplicity, and the Plotinian One -- "... And a little Christian charity can't be a bad idea either, especially towards such 'apostates' as Michael Sudduth."Michael Sudduth isn't a scare-quote 'apostate', he *is* an apostate.Why doesn't Vallicella take his own advice and extend "a little Christian charity" toward the Christians who are criticizing the now-apostate

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-54835077918701817142012-01-26T06:17:00.009-05:002012-01-26T06:39:29.315-05:00

Lawrence Auster: "A reader says, not unreasonably, that he was treated somewhat unfairly in the "Gingrich vs. Romney" thread ..."Dude, the concatenation of human nature, your own personal nature, and your "gatekeeper" approach to blogging makes it inevitable that you are going to treat unfairly at least some who send responses to you.Even without bothering to looking at 'Reader's' statement and

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Previously, I had linked to a quotation of G.K.Chesterton, of which I said: "For all his brilliance, sometimes G.K. Chesterton could be outright childish, in the negative sense, which is an intellectual failure, or even damned foolish, which is a moral failure."For balance, I offer Genter Reader another glimpse of Chesterton, in which his unalloyed brilliance shines: "The truth is, that all

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James Hannam: Why Recessions Happen -- "... So, in summary, we get recessions because capitalism works. Capitalism generates economic growth. When things are good, human beings have a natural tendency to avert their eyes from future problems. But eventually we just have to roll up our sleeves up and carry out the necessary spring cleaning. The very worst thing we can do is pile up more debt,

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William Vallicella addresses a (pseudo-)paradox: The Paradox of the Preface and the Law of Non-Contradiction, and I believe he misses the point, which is that the "paradox" arises from not merely an equivocation, but from an elision.The conclusion to which the pseudo-paradox is intended to lead us is “that we need to give up the claim that it is always irrational to believe statements that are

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Vox Day: You've come a long way, baby One needn't fail to feel genuine sympathy for the victims of a stupid showboating Italian cruiseship captain to nevertheless be amused at the complaints from women who suddenly find they aren't so keen on that all-important equality when push comes to shove:...This was not so much predictable as predicted. Women have methodically attacked the concept of male

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-78615175982457439312012-01-15T21:05:00.006-05:002012-01-25T02:14:03.826-05:00

For all his brilliance, sometimes G.K. Chesterton could be outright childish, in the negative sense, which is an intellectual failure, or even damned foolish, which is a moral failure. The blogger 'Codgitator' approvingly supplies a quote of Chesterton being -- at best -- outright childish, in the negative sense: Or rather a second ... "Communism is that form of Capitalism in which all workers

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Michele Malkin: The abysmal incompetence of the non-Romneys; Huntsman, Gingrich, Perry all go Occupier; Santorum declinesAs I keep saying, very few persons, whether politicians or regular citizens, who think themselves 'conservative' really are -- most self-identifying 'conservatives' are "unprincipled liberals", in much the same way that most self-identifying "liberals" are (using Lawrence

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'Vox Day', that self-proclaimed big-brain, once again falsely and dishonestly -- and knowingly so -- equating 'open borders' with 'free trade'

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The "principle" to which the title refers is the great and (in)famous "liberal" dictum: "Don't just stand there, do something!" CBS News: New Law Requires Photo ID To Buy Drain Cleaner CHICAGO (CBS) - A new state law requires those who buy drain cleaners and other caustic substances to provide photo identification and sign a log....The law, which took effect Sunday, requires those who seek to buy

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This post is about why "liberals" hate 'free market capitalism', but there is some groundwork first to be laid. "Liberals" and conservatives are very different, I think all can agree. It's not just that the two groups disagree on specific policies; it's that they see and understand the world in different ways, and indeed in contradictory ways (the "liberals" see the world falsely, and generally

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The reason that 'standing' is so important here is that some of the courts which have previously ruled on the issue -- which is to say, that have refused even to consider the question -- had based their refusal on their claim/ruling that a mere US citizens, whether civilian or military, has no 'standing' to petitioned the courts to order the political branches of the US Federal government to

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-66237132647328090172012-01-04T00:13:00.003-05:002012-01-04T17:52:37.124-05:00

... as a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 developer ... and, if Microsoft says one is certified, then what man dare say, 'Nay'?

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-27587937280488756652012-01-02T02:48:00.003-05:002012-01-02T02:54:13.292-05:00

'Foxfier's' husband, 'Elf': True BlueI understand that 'Kit' is next up. ;)

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Denis Mangan: Hipsters Ask for Criticism, Want Only Praise -- "For the record, this woman does indeed look disgusting. "

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Nick,I'm honored, or at least flattered, that you've asked me to be a contributor to your blog. But, I'm going to have to decline, at least for now.

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-7423600932586153632011-12-25T02:39:00.007-05:002012-01-08T08:25:51.437-05:00

I recently realized that the whole point of 'Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer' *isn't* that "Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very shiny nose", nor is it that "and if you ever saw it, you would even say if glows".No, no, no, Gentle Reader: the whole point of 'Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer' is that the other reindeer had brown noses.

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-67911611251758503662011-12-17T10:39:00.008-05:002012-01-08T08:23:13.593-05:00

I had long been sure that 'Vox' Day' isn't really a Christian, no matter what he calls himself, and now he admits it (while claiming to actually be a fundamentalist Christian). Yet, somehow, while I'd noticed that his "little godism" of "Open Theology" accords neither with Christianity nor with reason, and that it accounts for many of his other failures of understanding, I hadn't known that he

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-90616404408307372132011-12-12T23:40:00.018-05:002012-01-08T08:19:35.016-05:00

Or ... About those "Mercury Vapor Bombs"Michael A. Walsh in the New York Post: Gray Dawn: Green Bulbs, Black Hole -- On New Year’s Day, in addition to a hangover, America will wake up in the pale winter light to one grim consequence of the Bush administration’s never-requited desire to be loved by the left: the traditional 100-watt light bulb will be banned for sale in the United States.At the

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-24149193189055329982011-12-11T00:45:00.003-05:002012-01-08T08:13:44.044-05:00

This is a link to an *old* post at Drew's blog: Women's Hair. I link to it so as to draw Gentle Reader's attention to the comments left by some women in response, most of which are irrational-bordering-on-insane.

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By way of Vox Day -- ESR: Seven Eight Warning Signs of Junk Science

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I'd meant to link to this excellent essay some days ago -- Venerable Beads: Nothing wrong with anything anymore

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On HotAir: Why Dems can’t quit Occupy Wall Street "... If progressivism stops being a jobs racket, it loses much of its power."

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Vallicella on 'less' vs 'fewer' "My only quibble is her failure to observe the distinction between 'less' and 'fewer.' Use 'fewer' with count nouns; 'less' with mass terms. I don't have less shovels than you; I have fewer shovels. I need fewer shovels because I have less manure."

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-71280944574802632062011-11-27T20:22:00.005-05:002011-11-29T00:16:26.065-05:00

By the way, you know those Verizon ads touting their "blazing 4G speed"? Well, it's a crock. It's not just that my Verizon 4G network card service really isn't that fast compared to my DSL service (which happens to be the slowest speed offered), it's that the connectivity I get is so unreliable ... especially now that their 4G network has been expanded into the area(s) in which I use the card.

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Walter Williams: Should the Rich Be Condemned? -- Unfortunately, far too many people do not want to know these truths.

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-28491935012442981142011-11-23T00:36:00.003-05:002011-11-23T00:38:30.829-05:00

The thought occurs to me that if Herman Cain wins the presidency (or, for that matter, even so much as the Republican nomination), then "liberals" and Democrats may finally be able to tell two black men apart.

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-10810276562623265222011-11-22T01:29:00.031-05:002011-11-28T00:44:40.464-05:00

In recent days, Victor Reppert has written a number of posts against imposition of capital punishment (see here and here and here and here and here). I have written a number of responses, and intend to post at least one more (which is already mostly composed), and could no doubt write and post much more than I will.In the meantime … Serendipitously, I came across this (lengthy) article, which I

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One of my pet peeves is the "Let them eat bread" thing; especially when conservatives (or, those who imagine that they are (*) ) uncritically repeat it.I recently encountered it, yet again (and from a self-identifying conservative): "Was Maria Antoinette booed only for her dietary recommendations, too?"1) Marie Antoinette never said, "Let them eat cake";2) It's doubtful that *any* French queen

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Jordan179 (on LiveJournal): Class and Politics in America

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Foxfier at 'Headnoises' links to an article on 'The American Catholic': What Makes Those “Conservative Catholics” Tick?I counter with the very "socially conservative Catholic" Jeff Culbreath at 'What's Wrong With The World', and his The Social Credit Movement. One can find any number of similar posts by some of the "socially conservative Catholics" at WWWW and at other blogs by "socially

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Ed Driscoll: When ‘Taking Responsibility ‘ is Anything But(h/t: Kathy Shaidle)

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There is an obnoxious, and absurd, argument - or, perhaps one ought call it merely an assertion - concerning the source, and authority, of the Bible favored by some Catholics and some Orthodox, and (in my experience) especially Catholics of the sort I call “Rah-Rah Catholics” (*), which might as well have come straight from the Dan Brown School of Theology. Essentially, it is the assertion that ‘

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The "bold, new concept" I describe here is a reductio ad absurdum, of the sort of Keynesian economic "thought" so belovéd of "liberals", which I had thought of some time ago, but just hadn't yet expressed to anyone -- Victor Reppert: “On the highest levels people don't earn money from work, they earn money from investments. Unearned income is taxed at 15%, which is a lower rate than what it taxed

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Jonathan Rauch: Caring for Your Introvert How can I let the introvert in my life know that I support him and respect his choice? First, recognize that it's not a choice. It's not a lifestyle. It's an orientation.Second, when you see an introvert lost in thought, don't say "What's the matter?" or "Are you all right?"Third, don't say anything else, either. I have wanted to commit murder what

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-84214546067033483702011-11-12T09:09:00.006-05:002011-11-12T13:05:07.416-05:00

The point of curiosity is to learn something, is it not? Isn't it curious that the hive-minded and self-congratulatory "intellectually curious" amongst us seem never to learn anything?

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This post duplicates a comment I made in a recent thread on Victor Reppert's blog, which comment I think deserves to be directly shared with Gentle Reader. It is a fuller expansion on this exchange: Ilíon: "Because I said so" isn't the entirety of Christian ethics; but neither is it contrary [just as this is the case when a parent says "Because I said so" to a child].Victor Reppert: Do you think

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-18107127757473549832011-10-28T01:10:00.002-04:002011-10-28T01:13:46.110-04:00

Mark Richardson, Oz Conservative: Truro Cathedral -- do check out the video at the end of the post.

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2 teachers union lobbyists teach for a day to qualify for hefty pensions SPRINGFIELD [Illinois] —— Two lobbyists with no prior teaching experience were allowed to count their years as union employees toward a state teacher pension once they served a single day of subbing in 2007, a Tribune/WGN-TV investigation has found.Steven Preckwinkle, the political director for the Illinois Federation of

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I'm pretty close to deciding that I cannot support Herman Cain. Nevertheless, I can see that this is an excellent political video, despite (or because?) that it doesn't say a damned thing, and the flash to Mr Cain at the end is the best part.Unlike That Interloper, does Cain understand Americans, or what?As the commentor, Casey Abell says: But let's get back to something resembling reality. Herm

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The One True Bureaucracy is at it again. Kathy Shaidle's succinct response is, "Dear Catholic Church: We’re breaking up. This time I mean it. It’s not me. It’s you."My slightly less succinct reaction is this:By and large, socialism is Catholicism without "all that bothersome God-talk." Certainly, there are multitudes of Catholic persons who abhor socialism, but modern Catholicism itself

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-2288506346512964982011-10-24T03:02:00.010-04:002011-10-24T09:59:36.785-04:00

It seems that the "liberals" and other leftists see the "Occupy [whatever]" movement (such as it is) as their answer to the Tea Party movement. So, apparently, we have a Tea Party, for liberty from tyrany (including the "nice" kind) and for personal responsibility for one's own life and choices, and a Flea Party, for liberty from the tyrany of soap and for living at someone else's expense.edit:

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Vox Day: No limits on self-defense -- I totally agree (which doesn't happen often) with Vox Day's expressed opinion on this.Moreover, consider this (NYC Cashier Who Beat Customers Claims Self Defense):Video recorded by a customer showed two furious women vaulting a counter to attack McIntosh after some sort of dispute.McIntosh grabbed a metal bar and fought back with savage force, continuing to

Ilíonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479830240587990195.post-55456578029006697002011-10-22T20:00:00.004-04:002011-10-23T12:48:03.300-04:00

Dawkins, now: Why I refuse to debate with William Lane Craig -- This Christian 'philosopher' is an apologist for genocide. I would rather leave an empty chair than share a platform with himDawkins, then: There are no such things as 'right' and 'wrong'Ilíon, then and now: Dawkins is an inveterate liar (and even admits as much in print)edit:Tim Stanley: Richard Dawkins is either a fool or a coward

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The "Euthyphro Dilemma" is not, and never has been, a real dilemma, and especially is not for Jews and Christians. Doug Benscoter provides a simple-to-grasp explanation of why: The Euthyphro Dilemma

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The Edge of 'The Universe', or thoughts about "meta-verses" and "multi-verses" --Aside from the fact that these silly concepts are dishonest equivocations -- for these and all similar concepts are but attempts to redefine the term 'universe' (*) without giving notice -- in seeking to demote the concept "the universe" from referring to *all* physical things to referring *some* physical things, the

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Vox Day will have a field day with the reported study -- MailOnline: Is atheism linked to autism? Controversial study points to relationship between the twoFrom the article: The study, from University of Boston, speculates that common autistic spectrum behaviours such as 'a preference for logical beliefs' and a distrust of metaphor and figures of speech, could be responsible [for the higher

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The accusation that ‘So-and-So is greedy!’ is almost always -- and when the accusation has political ramifications, always -- intended as an attempt to provide moral cover for, and sanctification of, the accuser’s own covetousness. That is, and to use his own terms, the accuser hopes to disguise his own greed as a righteous thing, and indeed as a just thing -- the accuser means "I want what you

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Lawrence Auster: The primal source of liberalism? Ed H. writes:Your insights into Gnosticism as the origin of liberalism are stunning. Thank you for sharing these.I would like to offer an even more primal source for liberalism. This would be the reasoning that Judas Iscariot gives when he decided to betray Christ. This act is the primal sin of the world and the reason Judas commits it is clearly

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I've bought and quite enjoyed (and have been simultaneously frustrated by) several games from Paradox. I think I'd like this one very much (*) ... but I also think I'll not think about buying it (at least, not for now).(*) and, after all, 'Ilíocentrism' is "about things Ilíon likes".

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Aunt Haley (Haley's Halo): Me no speak-ah Christianese-ah -- For once, miss Haley isn't writing from the anti-Christian, to say nothing of false-to-reality, perspective of "Game". And, she's making a criticism I often, with rolled eyes, think, but have never articulated.

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Bob Parks: Quote Of The Day About a New York district that’s voted Democrat for 91 years… In this district, there is a large number of people who went to the polls tonight who didn’t support the president to begin with and don’t support Democrats - and it’s nothing more than that.-- Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairwoman of the Democratic National CommitteeYou simply can’t make this stuff up. OK:

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Bob Parks: PSA Of The Day

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Vallicella (again, about 'Original Sin'): Two Opposite Mistakes Concerning Original Sin Vallicella claims: One mistake is to think that the doctrine of Original Sin is empirically verifiable. I have seen this thought attributed to Reinhold Niebuhr. (If someone can supply a reference for me with exact bibliographical data, I would be much obliged.) I could easily be mistaken, but I believe I have

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... but, mostly, he will actively decline to get it. Original Sin and Eastern Orthodoxy ... But both 'events' are also 'states' in which post-Adamic, postlapsarian man finds himself. He is in the state or condition of original sinfulness and in the state or condition of fallenness. This fallen state is one of moral corruption and mortality. This belief is common to the Romans, the

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David Warren, Perrywinkle: I'm not saying the generation of wealth should be the sole purpose of human existence. I am saying it is one of the purposes, and further, that by politicizing economic activity we actually mire ourselves much deeper in materialism than we would ever do by just going out and earning a living.The Texas model works, and the California model fails. Quite apart from

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David Warren, Perrywinkle: Observe, where all this sophistication has got us. There are some issues that are too simple for intelligent people to understand. Most moral issues are like that. The problem isn't distinguishing between right and wrong. That is not always as plain as day, but usually it is. The problem is finding a way to justify doing the wrong thing. And once you think you have

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Crude: No, I won't call you intellectually honest -- I've explained the same thing, many times, in many places, though never so well.

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Has my "YOU are the proof that God is" argument been refuted, after all? I mean, really refuted, logically? I mean, hell! so far, all the "refutations" of it I've seen have been mere assertions that there *must* be a fatal flaw in it ... since the conclusion is "wrong". I am confident that the answer will be no; after all, it's not as though I didn't myself do my best to find a flaw in it

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I don't know why I didn't think to share with Gentle Reader Matteo's onservation when he first made it, as it's just the sort of thing I made the "overheard" category for. Matteo on Determinism: "But for too many, the tastiest cake is the one you can have and eat, too. I suppose a lot of folks want just enough determinism to make God an impossibility, but not so much as to make themselves an

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Our Zero, Who art The Won, has (in)famously ascribed to himself that saying of Harry Truman: "The buck stops here." And, every sentient being (*) knows that he never meant a word it. Nicholas has a recent post in which he makes good points about some of the blather coming out of the HopenChangen MagickalBusTour; I wish to share with Gentle Reader a small thought I had in reading his thoughts:

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'Emergence' is a totemic word amongst materialists (whether they claim to be "theists" or claim to be 'atheists'); that is, (they believe that) the word has Magickal Powers to solve, by its mere utterance, the logical difficulties of, and contradictions inherent in, materialism. Earlier today, 'The Deuce' (who really ought to get back to blogging, rather than facebooking) and 'Crude' each made

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There are three types of 'ignorance' to be found among human beings: 1) simple ignorance -- which may be corrected; another term for this is 'honest error'; 2) incorrigible ignorance -- which cannot be corrected; another, more crass, term for this is 'stupidity'; 3) willful ignorance -- which will not be corrected; at its worst, another term for this is 'intellectual dishonesty'. One may

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When my nephew was about four or five, he'd always mangle the saying, "enough is enough" to "enough is too much" (*) -- which, when you think about it, is really what one means by the phrase. (*) If full, what he'd say was, "enough is too much ... for a boy", by which he meant that something or other was too much for him.

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There are probably no elevators; now stop worrying and have a nice chat

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OK, so we conservativs are 'terrorists' because we want to effect a cure for "liberal" tax-and-spendicitis, before it destroys the nation ... but, that just means that you "liberals" are pedophiles.

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I think I no longer have a favorable opinion of Allan West. It seems to me that it didn't take him long at all to turn into just one more Go-Along-to-Get-Along Republican; and Congress is already full of that sort. The Laura Ingraham Show - Allen West slams tea party 'schizophrenia' As a nation and polity, we have already spent our grandchildren's futures, And so, the choice before us now is

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David Warren: Tax on breathing -- Gentle Reader shall surely want to read it entirely.

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I sometimes present the observation that when hard-pressed logically, 'atheists' (*) will always retreat into illogic and even outright anti-reason, so as to protect their God-denial from rational criticism and evaluation.In this "Stupid Atheist Trick", the 'atheist' isn't even particularly pressed ... and he still makes a point of planting his flag in the swamp of anti-reason -- statement by a

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Raymond Ibrahim -- Zakaria Botros: Islam's Scourge ReturnsA reader of Lawrence Auster's blog comments: "... As much as the problem with Islam is political, social, and religious, it is fundamentally a spiritual problem. As St. Paul said, our struggle is ultimately not against flesh and blood, but against spiritual evil. It is from spiritual evil that political, social, religious, and other

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If it (*) was good enough for Washington and Hamilton, then it's good enough for me.Walter Williams: Framers distrusted, loathed democracy -- "... If the founders did not believe Congress would abuse our God-given, or natural, rights, they would not have provided those protections. I've always argued that if we depart this world and see anything resembling the Bill of Rights at our next

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I've been toying, for months, with the idea of doing a "series" of posts about the amusingly, and amazingly, stupid and/or absurd things that so-called atheists say when they "argue." You know, sort of like "Kids Say the Darndest Things" crossed with "Stupid Pet Tricks." But, it seemed so crass, and so I just never did.But, today, I saw a "Stupid 'Atheist' Trick" that I just couldn't allow to

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Charles Hugh Smith: The Shape of Things To Come (h/t to Matteo) -- "... To the degree a nation gets the leadership it demands, then the U.S. is in trouble. We're now a nation of spoiled teens who get to elect their parents. No surprise, the 'rents who never enforce any rules, never challenge their own bosses (the kleptocrats) and who dole out the most allowance win every time."

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I've written before about the foolish -- and economically destructive -- focus of politicians on, and distraction of the public by, concerning themselves with "Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!" In this piece, I will address the issue again, by reference to a recent pronouncement of The Smartest Man In The World -- Our message today comes from The Book Of Barack (where else!), 2 Obamacles 99:150 (the Man can

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... against capital punishment. For, all arguments against it, if ever applied consistently, must make human society, and the exercise of justice, impossible. The blanket opponents of capital punishment like to pose as exemplars of a “higher morality,” but they are, in fact, merely nihilists.William Vallicella: Farrell, "Tookie," Hannity and Colmes, and Bad ArgumentsSome years ago, I offered

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Via Michael Flynn: -- Dueling Neuroscientists "Patricia Churchland, who devotes her mind to demonstrating that she has no mind, versus Raymond Tallis, who rather thinks he does."

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K T Cat: Tradition Protects The Younger Generation From Themselves I quite understand what he is saying.

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Vox Day: And here I thought the slippery slope didn't exist "Liberals" -- and libertarians -- are as capable of seeing a 'slippery slope' as any normal human being is. Further, they (both species) constantly make 'slippery slope' arguments when it serves the purpose of advancing their (insane) causes. It's only when recognition of a potential 'slippery slope' might cause "the masses" to pull

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Missing the Big PictureVia Bob Parks, I encountered this audio segment of Mark Steyn (standing in for Rush Limbaugh) ... and I have to say, Steyn really missed the boat on this one. He shows himself here to be Not Serious -- not serious about respecting and enforcing the US Constitution, and thus not serious about preserving either the United States or America (the two are not *exactly* the

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Michael Flynn: The Book Galileo Was Supposed to WriteMy comment: The more I learn of the actual historical facts of the case (and the era), the more I think it fitting that the 'Science!' worshippers have latched upon Galileo as their patron saint.

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Some people speculate and/or believe that Obama 1.0 is really just Carter 2.0 (which is just Carter 1.0 with a newish skin). While I can certainly see the plausibility of that view, I don't think is quite captures the dire essence of the situation: I think Obama 1.0 (and God, let that be the end of it!) is a unique, and uniquely dangerous, entity. In a nutshell, I think that Obama 1.0 is a virus

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Kathy Shaidle frequently points out that a "college education" is generally a severe waste of time and money for most persons who are tricked into taking on the debt load; as does Vox Day, in his own inimitable way; as do, no doubt, many others. Myself, I realized at the time that in the eyes of the university, I was just a cash-cow, or a sheep to be sheared. And I realized that most of my "

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I started a new job (yeah!) a couple of weeks ago; sadly, it's a good hour and a half drive from home. I expected that, as there just isn't that much demand for computer programmers in this area. I have to learn a bunch of new-to-me stuff for the job. So, I'd been looking for a book on one of the things (MS BizTalk, if that means anything to Gentle Reader). The Borders Bookstore near where I

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In passing, Mike Flynn offers a perfect definition [or, more precisely, "characterizarion"] for "libertarian" -- "A libertarian is an absolute monarch with a very small kingdom."

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Venerable Beads: 'Cowardice dissected' -- an analysis and dissection of the BBC's "reporting" of the recent murder of a Israeli family. Other than a spot where it appears that Mr Beads' atheism over-speaks his reason ["... What is the point of finding a reasonable, sympathy-engendering motive, if the act you are attempting to reconcile with understandable human emotions is an attempt to blow up

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Thomas Sowell on 'Blacks and Republicans' Part of the root-cause of the problem Sowell addresses at the end of the piece [the GOP's continuous failure to make the case to black Americans that "liberal" policies are ultimately harmful to their interests] is due to the fact that most GOP politicians are professional politicians, which makes them fundamentally indistinguishable from Democrats, for

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I've long been amused at the silly and pretentious names developers of malls and apartment complexes (oops! it's "communities," now) give them, especially those in the form of "The This At The That"I think the most amusing I have yet seen is this one I encountred today -- "The Legends At St. Andrews"Imagine having to tell your friends (or worse, strangers!) that you live (or work) at "The Legends

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I'm *always* uncomfortable saying to another, "Good luck!" about anything But, I say it, because that's the term we use in our culture.As I recently wrote to an old friend: "Good luck (by which I don't mean "good luck" -- I'm not a pagan -- but rather "God be with you" or "Go with God") with the interview."

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via Lydia McGrew at WWWW: The Kimyal receive the New Testament in their own language

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I filled out some paperwork today (significantly more than an hour of time involved) related to a job application. Most of this was in direct consequence of federal government requirements.On the other hand, I fully expect that alleged-President Obama filled out far less paperwork to "qualify" (*) for the position he currently occupies.(*) The quote marks are because we *know* that he's not

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Vox Day: Fire them all -- "Unions are the evil, stupid, parasitic cousin of government. They possess most of the negative attributes with none of the positive ones."That pretty much sums it up, don't you think?

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The Oatmeal: The 6 Crappiest Interview Questions and The 10 Types of Crappy Interviewees

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via Mike Flynn: The Instrumentality of the Brain ... "the cerebellum is essentially absent."* That is, it's a metaphysical mystery for materialists.

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Vallicella: Is Death Evil? ... 3. So once again we end up in good old Platonic fashion, aporetically, at an impasse. There is simply no solution to the problem of whether death is evil without a solution to the underlying metaphysical question in philosophical anthropology: What is man? (The fourth of Kant's famous questions after: What can I know? What ought I do? What can I hope for?)

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Auster on the 'Gates of Vienna' blog: Gates of Vienna says we must "spread memes" about Islam, not speak the truth about IslamI haven't seen the exchange to which Auster refers -- I haven't visited GoV in many, many months, not since deciding that they just are not intellectually honest -- and while Auster has his own set of problems, in this case I am willing to trust his characterization of the

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Recently, Lawrence Auster had a thread in which one of his readers coined the phrase and concept "the Big Truth" on the model of, or as a back-formation of, "the Big Lie." As that reader, Philip M, put it: "... And I think on some level people, particularly conservatives, know this, and it is the enormity of the crime that scares them into remaining silent; otherwise they would be exposing an

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In his recent The B&R Sunday Edition post, Bob Parks includes the links to a couple of recent news items related to the shooting massacre in Tucson of a week ago -- Shooting victim tries to visit Loughners parentsTucson shooting victim detained at taping of TV specialMr Parks observes: "Some still refuse to believe Loughner wasn’t a talk-radio-listening, cable-news-watching,

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You can't tell them (my sisters) apart, so don't even try! In this photo, we're in birth-order, not the "proper order" as mentioned previously, left to right: Troy, Gary, Karen, Sharon. This is at our "Uncle B's" place, he being one of our father's older brothers. It's chilly and I am not smirking (as has been suggested), I'm squinting -- bright sunlight is painful! As you can see, Karen

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