I have been wanting to post about the proper place of patriotism in my allegiance ranking since mid-break and never took the initiative, only to have Dan Lower beat me to it. And he did a good job, but I think my order would be different, and I would like to explain each a bit…
Details…more to come when I get a chance to think about them more fully. (Namely, Patriotism -and- Christian Unification) but in the meantime, this struck me about my political philosophy whilst meandering around this morning on the interwebs: [This one’s gotta be quick, because I could write a book on the thesis.] Catholicism is being…
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How to fix the healthcare system:
End the Fed:
5 dangerous things for kids: & Are narcissists more charming?: On the basis of a realistic behavioral approach, the authors showed that narcissists are popular at zero acquaintance and aimed to explain why this is the case. In Study 1, a group of psychology freshmen (N = 73) judged each other on the basis of…
Detailswent up this morning. If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and…
DetailsSilence is the greatest lesson ever preached. – Silence under irritation– Silence under criticism– Silence under disappointment– Silence when rebuffed– Silence under ingratitude– Silence under jealousy in oneself– Silence under the jealousy of others– Silence under disloyalty– Silence when self-pleased– Silence in sorrows of all kinds No practice seems of more value than silence. It…
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Ariely – Why do people cheat?: + Why a woman’s haircut can make her look drastically different: In four separate experiments, the researchers asked university students to make paired comparisons of attractiveness between female faces with identical facial features but different eye-mouth distances and different distances between the eyes. They discovered two “golden ratios,” one…
DetailsRemi Gallard – ten years of pranks: I love this metal baby: Silence always serves the oppressor. Charlton Heston knows it, and you know it. Oh the lengths people will go to to deny Abortion kills anyone… One more thing before I stop talking about Avatar. Actually two. First, I thought it surprising that a…
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