Monthly Archives: September 2011

Clueless: Tulsa World News Site

Posted on September 21, 2011 by ehurst

Where I live in Oklahoma, the state capital is just a few miles west. It’s a busy place with all the horrors of any modern socialist bureaucracy. Some of the buildings are almost tolerable, but most are ugly as sin. … Continue reading →

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A Thousand Ways to Say: Be Yourself

Posted on September 20, 2011 by ehurst

The biggest mistake we make is rejecting opportunities to assert our personal independence. The second biggest is refusing appropriate support when it’s available. Both require you bother to look in the mirror of your soul pretty often. It would require … Continue reading →

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Scientific Linux 6: Build Chromium Browser

Posted on September 19, 2011 by ehurst

I couldn’t find a current build for any of the RHEL 6 clones of Chromium, so I did it myself. Short and sweet; if you don’t understand the process of using RPMbuild, you’ll need to read up on that. Get … Continue reading →

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Soap Opera World

Posted on September 19, 2011 by ehurst

Few people are more deeply enslaved than those who won’t walk away. These days the thing which angers me most is one person seeking to remove the options God granted to others. This ranges between literal physical force all the … Continue reading →

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I Can't Drive…

Posted on September 18, 2011 by ehurst

Reference the famous song by Sammy Hagar song. Today is my birthday; can you guess the numbers? Now, most of those “senior discounts” kick in and you can start making fun of me with symbols of decrepitude and death. I … Continue reading →

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Whimper: Google Chrome Broken Again (Updated)

Posted on September 17, 2011 by ehurst

You can probably ignore this whiny-gram unless you need a chuckle. I run Scientific Linux 6, a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It includes by default a very nice system security package called SELinux. It was designed with the … Continue reading →

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Advertising Slavery

Posted on September 16, 2011 by ehurst

It’s easy to ignore moral principles when it makes you money. Advertising as we experience it today is nothing more than slavery. It’s designed to enslave the choices and wallets of “consumers.” The very choice of the term “consumer” reduces … Continue reading →

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Vaccine Anti-Propaganda Site Attacked

Posted on September 15, 2011 by ehurst

More than once I’ve presented evidence here against modern vaccines. That’s not to say no vaccine does what is claimed, but that most of the newer ones don’t. One of the sites I tend to watch for information about this … Continue reading →

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Triumph of the Tribe

Posted on September 15, 2011 by ehurst

God revealed Himself in a cultural context, one He designed and implemented Himself as the ideal for humanity. The context is part of the revelation. God’s revealed Laws presume a tribal nation social structure. The promises are conditioned on this … Continue reading →

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An Hour of Truth 4

Posted on September 14, 2011 by ehurst

He stopped and placed his hands on his thighs. Turning his thumbs outward, he locked his elbows. “At this point, ladies, I really have to focus on the guys, but the principles would be the same either way. You’ll grasp … Continue reading →

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