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Dunbar and the ANE Lifestyle
Sometime near the beginning of my clerical training in the 1970s, I learned a single pastor could be supported full time beginning around 50 members, and was pretty solid at 75. But as the congregation grew, he would not be … Continue reading
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Tagged family, science, scripture, survival
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Election Grumbling
Part of me wonders if we will even have an election. It could easily be halted by a declaration of martial law. The probability of it grows incrementally every day. But just in case we do have an election, here … Continue reading
Silly Disputes over Jobs and Apple
Go ahead and use your favorite search engine. You’ll find many tributes to Steve Jobs, and a growing number of slams. Dig a little deeper, and you’ll see a somewhat finer division among the tributes. Most say he did big … Continue reading
Complexity of Reality
We shall have a staged revolution. While I confess to a preference for natural gardening, that doesn’t mean there’s no place for effective shortcuts. To avoid having to use pesticides, I try to grow stuff which has few natural enemies … Continue reading
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Tagged government, oppression, propaganda, psychology, resistance
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Less Than a Month?
Even the MSM is now admitting the current banking system of the West is just two or three weeks from collapse. The focus of attention is on Greece. Ever met any Greeks? I have. The national pastime is gaming the … Continue reading
Profits of Sin
The CEO of Bank of America says, regarding the new fees he’s charging debit card users, that his bank has the right to make a profit. So far, so good, but he’s trying to ignore one little problem: [P]eople aren’t … Continue reading
Radical Stability
radical (Latin: radix) The root, pertaining to the source or foundation of things; a political position which advocates removing everything and starting over. The word is typically used as an adjective suggesting dramatic and wholesale change in the current situation, … Continue reading
Recapitulation of Intuition
So my timing was a little off, but not by much on the scale of things. Back in April I wrote I felt things would be significantly worse here in the US before my birthday, now two weeks past. I … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, government, oppression, propaganda, war
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Myth of Lothario
It’s not that there are no Lotharios out there, but they are rare. When you begin to collect facts and use them to displace mythology, it’s amazing how it can change your understanding of things. Your reflexes and instincts shift … Continue reading
Watching Economics News This Weekend
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