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Not looking at “the 99%”
Occupy Minnesota after one week
I work at Hennepin County Government Center. The demonstration is based at the plaza on the north side of the building, so it is difficult for me not to see it.
Pictures behind cut
To live forever …..
Forwarded from my mother:
A man met a fairy who said she would grant him one wish.
“I want to live forever,” he said.
“Sorry,” said the fairy, “I’m not allowed to grant wishes like that!”
“Fine,” he said, “then I want to die after Congress votes for term limits and wants Social Security for their retirement program.”
“You crafty bastard,” said the fairy.
The Onion imitates Life
“Shuttle’s Last Flight Leaves Russia With Space Monopoly”–headline, The Wall Street Journal, July 7
“USSR Wins Space Race as U.S. Shuts Down Shuttle Program”–headline, Onion, July 27
In the end, the U.S. is left to ponder an irony: It won the technological race to develop a space shuttle but lost the war. “You can argue that the Russians were on the right trajectory all along, by flying big, dumb boosters,” said Duke University space historian Alex Roland.
What the Norwegian shooter believes, in his own words
From
The Norway Massacre: Born of Ideology or Belief? via
From Arne Fjeldstad: Belief? Ideology? Faith?”
It is not required that you have a personal relationship with God or Jesus in order to fight for our Christian cultural heritage and the European way. In many ways, our modern societies and European secularism is a result of European Christendom and the enlightenment. It is therefore essential to understand the difference between a “Christian fundamentalist theocracy” (everything we do not want) and a secular European society based on our Christian cultural heritage (what we do want).
The European cultural heritage, our norms (moral codes and social structures included), our traditions and our modern political systems are based on Christianity – Protestantism, Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and the legacy of the European enlightenment (reason is the primary source and legitimacy for authority).
News from the 16th Century
Is Bachmann the media’s anti-Christ?
Yesterday, California became the first state to require gay history in public school textbooks. But Im thinking states might want to consider just focusing on basic history. Yesterdays news cycle was full of stories showing some pretty striking ignorance of the events of the 16th century.
The article links to Bachmanns Former Church says Papacy is Antichrist; Will it Matter?, which is quite entertaining.
An elegant scheme
How Frequent Fliers Exploit A Government Program To Get Free Trips (NPR)
Linked from News From The Future: Travel Hacking with Failed Government Currency (Make:)
This is perfectly legal. Note the differing titles, and the implied views of government.
On this day in 53 B.C…..
A large Roman army commanded by Marcus Licinius Crassus was defeated by a numerically inferior Parthian force under Surenas near Carrhae in northern Syria. From Rogueclassicism.
“What’s the difference between an orthodox Marxist and a French Socialist?”
“The French guy thinks the state should seize the means of reproduction.”
— From Best of the Web
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 