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Insanity & Doom Update III
Item Canada Introduces 'X' as a Third Sex Category for Passport Holders Starting on Aug. 31, Canadians will have a new way to identify their sex on passports and other…
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Happy 3000th Post!
Happy 3000th Post! I know just how you feel. Like it's 30,000 posts. Still, I am glad you are here. But I have to ask: why are you here? If…
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Stream: Satanism, Child Torture, Mind Control — What Is On Hollywood’s Mind?
Today's post is at the Stream: Satanism, Child Torture, Mind Control -- What Is On Hollywood's Mind? Who's up for some child torture? No, seriously. Wouldn't strapping a boy into…
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Reaction: Anthony Esolen’s ‘Out of the Ashes’ Reviewed
I want everybody to read Anthony Esolen's Out of the Ashes. Buy it if you can; at least borrow it. Libraries still exist in many places, and some of them…
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DDP: Quack Cures For What Doesn’t Ail Us, Part I
I'm at the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness meeting in No-History City, Louisiana. Here's Part I of (an earlier draft of) the speech I gave Saturday. Consider donating $1 for every…
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Melody May Be A Learned Response?
Received this email from reader Don Siegel: Greetings. Vis a vis how music is getting worse---I'm a prof at Syr. Univ (Earth Sciences) but also lately, a solo jazz guitarist…
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The Democratization of Science Is A Bad Thing: Or, Why Bill Nye Perving Science Was Inevitable
https://twitter.com/ecigcaffeineboy/status/856388900159447040 It's Science! The democratization of any field of human knowledge is a bad thing; thus, the democratization of science is not something to celebrate but to mourn. By democratization…
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Let’s Polka! Or How Polka Can Save The World — WMBriggs Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iraHfs8iKUg The Polka Police say, "Let's Polka!" And there's no better way to polka than with the Schmenges, a.k.a. The Happy Wanderers, who are a must for any polka lover.…
