Author Archives: ehurst

Worth Doing

Posted on September 27, 2011 by ehurst

My frequent attacks on Aristotelian epistemology do not mean the whole thing is utterly useless. I’ve often said it has its place, however limited. I’ve also said the ancients would recognize it if they had encountered it, because it was … Continue reading →

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Climatic Recompense

Posted on September 26, 2011 by ehurst

We spent the entire summer in drought, with temperatures above 100° F (38C) more than 50 days (our previous record). It was rough, but not dramatic. Rare is the summer we don’t see such temperatures at least some days, so … Continue reading →

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New Series for Prophecy Students

Posted on September 25, 2011 by ehurst

For those who follow my Prophet’s Academy training stuff, I’ve started a new series on marriage and the family household on my other blog.

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Watching Economics News This Weekend

Posted on September 24, 2011 by ehurst

Because most people know so little about economics, TPTB don’t knock out the alternative econ-news sites so quickly as the others. That’s a good thing if you know economics, but it’s opaque to the sheeple. What little they do know … Continue reading →

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Google Censorship

Posted on September 24, 2011 by ehurst

You can Google for censorship and get a lot of information, but you aren’t likely to find much about Google’s own censorship actions. No one should be surprised effective political dissent will get results, and those results aren’t the political … Continue reading →

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Music and Self-Deception

Posted on September 23, 2011 by ehurst

I’m not a real musician. I just happen to be able to sing some, and can almost read music — I can pick out the correct notes on a keyboard, but can’t actually play. People tend to like my singing, … Continue reading →

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Womanhood: The Big Western Lie

Posted on September 22, 2011 by ehurst

Fundamental to our modern Western notion of what men and women ought to be to each other is the Western Medieval Mythology of Mariolatry. Please note: I don’t attack revering Mary as the mother of Jesus, and this is not … Continue reading →

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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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