Sunday Song
Gorillaz – Crystalized
The NSA & Spying (On You)
Though the issue has been discussed often here, this refresher of exactly how the NSA is tracking people (and how long they have been doing it) is enlightening, to say the least. William Benny is your lecturer of the week this week. P.S. They have all of your smartphone data. If you carry a phone…
DetailsWWIII Kickstarter
Sponsored by the Obama Administration, now seeking permission to bomb Iran!:
Federal Reserve 101
If you aren’t familiar with what the Fed actually does, here is a good starter.
Filed under “Something Everyone Should Know”
Unexpected ToughGuy
Bodybuilders apparently aren’t as strong as they appear:
Obsessed with War
You might say I’m obsessed with war. And you’d be right. I’m obsessed with war because of what war really is. And because of what war is doing to America. Why am I so obsessed? Sacrifice: Troops don’t sacrifice. Only individuals can sacrifice. For some of them, the sacrifice is a year out of their…
DetailsPacifism & Catholicism
Though I have not the time to make it now, I am of the opinion that Catholics must be pacifists or, at bare minimum, anti-war to remain within the bounds of what Christ wanted (I am undecided as to where I stand). Fr. Longnecker, longtime blogger around the internets, makes the case that pacifism can…
DetailsPutin
Obama is a dream politician. I can’t imagine the establishment ever thought he would pull the wool so fully over so many people’s eyes, standing for exactly the same policies as the last guy but looking like a suave gentleman all the while. He makes tyrants of old look positively boorish. But Obama has nothing…
DetailsThe Common Argument against Libertarians
Follows the following format: 1.Humans are social animals, require deep social connections in order to thrive, and develop much of their sense of self through the social environment they’re raised in. Humans cannot live well in isolation, and live best when working together within a framework of mutual respect and reciprocity. 2.Big government is the…
DetailsOsama Won
Looking back over these 12 long years, it sppears UBL got what he wanted. The Agitator elaborates: In The Looming Tower, the Pulitzer-winning history of al-Qaeda and the road to 9/11, author Lawrence Wright lays out how Osama bin Laden’s motivation for the attacks that he planned in the 1990s, and then the September 11…
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