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Exploring Morality, Chapter 6

Society ADONAI - September 7, 2011 31

In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. ~Francis Bacon Whoever appeals to the law...

Where do we go from here on jobs? – or – How we learned to love to knit.

Society funksands - September 5, 2011 35

Unlike jobs in a typical economic cycle of expansion and contraction, many of the jobs that used to exist have been vaporized, never to return.

Libertarians Join the Attack on The Southern Poverty Law Center

Society BlueStateMan - September 5, 2011 18

The true quandary is why on earth those whom at least purport to be advocates of human rights and civil liberties have also been piling upon the SPLC.

Americans Elect – A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?

2012 Elections AdLib - August 29, 2011 69

Americans Elect feels like a Koch-Brothers-type Tea Partying of the Left and Indies. Exploit the anger and frustration of the constituency and drive them together under a populist tent...that's in fact owned by the wealthy.

Message to the Lazy Left: THIS Is How It Starts!

Democratic Party Marion - August 27, 2011 3

You start out in 1954 by saying, “N----r, n----r, n----r.” By 1968 you can’t say “n----r”—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like...

Conspiracy Revealed: The VA Earthquake Wasn’t Kosher

Society BlueStateMan - August 27, 2011 5

I have it upon reliable authority that the East Coast earthquake was deliberately caused via collusion between Tim Geithner, Rahm Emmanuel, Ben Bernanke, Dave...

America’s Shameful Culture of Rape

Society BlueStateMan - August 26, 2011 25

A Cop Rapes a Woman at Gunpoint. An 11-Year-Old Rape Victim is Smeared. KBR sues a rape accuser for $2 Million. What is it with our inability...

The American Dream Conference

Activism Emerald1943 - August 23, 2011 31

The first American Dream conference will take place October 3 - 5, 2011 in Washington, D.C. I am posting a number of emails that...

AmeRicka

Society ADONAI - August 22, 2011 18

When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America, you get a front row seat. George Carlin This is...

Bill Maher Eats His Foot

Society Marion - August 17, 2011 16

This morning, I kicked a foul-mouthed woman off my Facebook page. She was a totally unreconstructed PUMA, who posted this article from the UK...

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Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week's events begins tonight at 7:00 pm PT. Hope to see you then! AdLib3 hours ago Hey PPO! AdLiban...

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It was quite energizing to be among thousands of my neighbors in this city who reflect how informed, creative, and principled they are. It was a real antidote to the ignorance, bigotry, and hateful cruelty that oozes every day from Trump and his MAGA cultists.

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