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Print Story A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views
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By TheophileEscargot (Wed May 22, 2013 at 05:03:00 PM EST) Reading, MLP (all tags)
Reading: "Reflections on the Revolution in France". Links.

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Print Story Gimme a four day work week, and make it a double
Cycling
By georgeha (Wed May 22, 2013 at 11:23:43 AM EST) wipeout, I hear banjos, Irish_girl, Porsche_girl (all tags)
Plus, I'm in a box, first wipeout, prom dress, updates for Irish_girl, goodbye to porsche_girl and less!

Poll: Biggest scandal of Obama Administration?


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Print Story Attention: Dubai-Residing, Persistent Cunt Infidel
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By ammoniacal (Wed May 22, 2013 at 02:40:21 AM EST) (all tags)
Dear "M.S.":

It's been several YEARS since you began trying to befriend me on various social-networking sites, and as I have yet to accept any of them (and will continue to do so), please take a fucking hint and go die in a fucking fire.

Regards,
ammoniacal


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Print Story Taxation as theft: hardcore edition
Fishies
By gzt (Mon May 20, 2013 at 09:16:54 PM EST) gzt, k-means, failure, classes, doctor hurt, alien, libertarian, property is theft (all tags)
Now, I don't really have a complete axiomatic politics system, as I'm a pragmatist who thinks any system will involve throwing some bodies under the rug. The question is, whose bodies is your system built on? I think axiomatic approaches are self-delusions because you can't get anything a priori, so I don't believe in natural law as such. Revealed truths about government don't tell us we have rights, either, they tell us we have duties and then tell us that politics involve killing people, unfortunately, and there is no just political system, so that's not helpful, either, for the axiomatically inclined, particularly those who make a big fuss about "rights" and "liberties".

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Print Story Zombie Tribbles From Outer Space!
Sci-Fi
By wiredog (Sun May 19, 2013 at 02:47:06 PM EST) (all tags)
I figured that the 9AM Sunday showing would be pretty empty. It was about 3/4 full. Mostly people my age, some with kids. Very turbo-geeky in the crowd waiting to get in, with people arguing over which is the best series/movie/etc. Worth seeing in the theater once.

Mildly spoilerriffic content about ST2:ID:IMAX:3D inside.


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Print Story I travel over high mountains, through deep valleys and forests
Diary
By jw32767 (Sun May 19, 2013 at 01:30:03 AM EST) (all tags)
Getting back into the habit of doing this has proved challenging.

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Print Story More about music, then.
Diary
By technician (Fri May 17, 2013 at 12:50:54 PM EST) (all tags)
I'm not sure when it started, precisely, but I do remember being thrilled by Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture as recorded by the London symphony. I was maybe six years old.

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Print Story Eleven_year_old and I biked to school
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By georgeha (Fri May 17, 2013 at 10:12:06 AM EST) (all tags)
and we even rode on the sidewalks!

There's even more biking planned for tomorrow.

Plus, prom planning, vacation planning and college tour planning.


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Print Story Everybody's love to Ann
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By TheophileEscargot (Wed May 15, 2013 at 03:51:27 PM EST) Reading, Watching, MLP, Museums, Me, Links (all tags)
Reading: "The New Republic". Watching "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" TV series, "Iron Man 3", "Star, Trek Into Darkness". Random thought on economics. Me. Stoicism. Links.

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Print Story Not the oldest guy at the rock show.
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By technician (Wed May 15, 2013 at 12:59:50 PM EST) (all tags)
Close to it, though.

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