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JERRY POURNELLE: "We have always known that eternal vigilance is the price of freedom. It's worse now, because capture of government is so much more important than it once was. There was a time when there was enough freedom that it hardly mattered which brand of crooks ran government. That has not been true for a long time -- not during most of your lifetimes, and for much of mine -- and it will probably ...
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Promethean said:
to finish a thought...if the stifling of dissent reaches the point where those advocating liberty cannot voice their disagreement without fear of violence then I will take up arms though death may find me quickly.
Dysfunction Junction (1)
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Last Saturday night, rain and general fatigue scuttled my plans to head into Manhattan, so my hosts and I went to see the film, Rachel Getting Married at the wonderfully quirky and historic Avon Theater in downtown Greenwich, Connecticut. Several little...
PHOTO: Blue lobster caught off coast of Scotland (16)
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Blue lobster caught off coast of Scotland: “Blue lobsters are caused by a genetic defect. Rather than containing the pigments that combine to make the normal olive green and brown colour, the shell contains only a blue pigment.” [thanks HLO]
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Christian Heilmann said:
If I had to swim in the water around scotland right now, that'd be my colour, too.
Juliet Tells the Tale of ‘Mannequin Dan’ (1)
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Juliet lives like rednecks drive: mashing down the gas with the radio blasting and howling lusty swear words all over the open road. Her stories are full of love and rage, heartbreak and mayhem and sex and drugs and the kind of laughs that rattle the optic nerves. She’s far and away my most exciting new friend from the Moth, thrilling and kind and just a little dangerous — the kind of person who might ...
Autopsy: No Foul Play in Crisp Death [Brandon Crisp] (3)
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Autopsy results show that Brandon Crisp died of chest injuries sustained in a fall, likely from from a tree, and that foul play is not suspected in his death. The 15-year-old from Barrie, Ont. went missing Oct. 13 after an argument with his parents over his confiscated Xbox 360. The story continues to bring out experts and notable persons to make some sort of commentaryon "video game addiction" which is what Brandon's father says is ...
This Is What You Voted For, America (VIDEO) (1)
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Wake up America. You voted in this election, which has been coined by some as the “I Want My Mommy” election, and your voices have been heard. You are obviously too dumb to spend your own money. Heck, the government doesn’t even think you should be able to KEEP the money that you earn! So, guess what? They’re going to take more of your money, and your profits, and spend it on your behalf. Believe ...
The Soft Eclipse of an Encroaching Thumb (4)
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This is perhaps the saddest moment in all of human history. When the entire weight of all the world’s tragedy lit, for long enough to matter, on the shoulders of one small boy. A boy who, thanks to his mask, was safe to twist his face into the unfathomable rictus of ultimate suffering: an expression we can only imagine, and only by imagining it, can we understand its true poignancy. A literal photograph would fail ...
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It was bound to happen. Apparently the world’s first webcam suicide has taken place, on Justin.tv, a video service that allows users to broadcast themselves from their webcams. After posting a link to his webcam on the forums at Bodybuilding.com, Abraham Biggs, 19, died Wednesday from a toxic combination of opiates and benzodiazepines. It’s not clear how many people actually watched Abraham die online, but police found his body yesterday at 3:30 pm, nearly 12 ...Contribute commentCHRISSY PIPER (PHOTOGRAPHY) (4) permalink
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From Lenny & Meriel, “capturing an artful and poetically intimate emotional moment between tiny transistor-diode people … and the dangerous NiMH rechargeables that threaten them.” From the MAKE.com Flickr photo pool.Shared by Robert Brook (24)Contribute commentChristian Bale Topless and Pointing at Various Things (2) permalink
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