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Anthony Bourdain In Hell?
Hell exists. The unrepentant go there. By all accounts, and from the man's own pen, Anthony Bourdain was unrepentant. Therefore, Anthony Bourdain is in Hell. Or perhaps purgatory. Or maybe…
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If The Founding Principles Were So Great, How’d We Get To Where We Are? Part I
First, the founding principles of America were whatever they were; that is, there were principles stated and then there were principles actually adhered to (and these might be the same):…
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Grandmother On Run For Denying Christ’s Resurrection Has Been Caught
Headline from Britain's Independent "'Atheist grandma' who 'went on the run to avoid jail' for Resurrection denial has been caught in Germany." Sub-headline: Ursula Haverbeck, 89, has a string of…
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Summary Against Modern Thought: Human Happiness Does Not Come in Riches or Worldly Power
Previous post. Strange (again) are the things men seek out. That Human Felicity Does Not Consist In Riches 1 From this, moreover, it is also clear that riches are not…
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Insanity & Doom Update XXXVIII
Item California becomes first state to pass water law limiting toilet flushes, showers California has become the first state in the nation to pass a controversial new law that places…
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Speaking to Sweeney — Guest Post by Kevin Groenhagen
Earlier this year, Newsweek magazine reported that President Donald Trump speaks at the fourth-grade level. According to the article, "The analysis assessed the first 30,000 words each president spoke in…
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The Epidemiologist Fallacy Strikes Again: Premature Birth Rate Edition
Hypothesis testing leads to more scientific nonsense than any other practice, including fraud. Hypothesis testing, as regular readers know, cannot identify cause. It conflates decision with probability and leads to…
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A Mild & Temporary Victory Over Gmarriage
Well I'll be dogged. The Supreme Court, led by (in)Justice Kennedy himself, said you don't, at least sometimes, have to bake that cake. Here is the ruling (first printing). Given…