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Advertising and Marketing Are Utterly Evil

When I need something, and have some money to spend, but don’t know where to find something suitable, I ask someone I trust. Should I find something advertised, I will tend to think it’s probably the worst there is. If … Continue reading

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Christian Mysticism and Poverty

I’m poor. It’s popular to say that, but I could show you the numbers indicating my household income is just above the point where I qualify for food stamps. We have been pretty much exempt from state and federal taxes … Continue reading

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Gulf Oil Disaster: Does Anybody Really Know?

Obviously, since I’m not an expert on petroleum extraction on any level, there is nothing here which will uncover anything really new. There are some people who know, but we can’t be sure if all those yakking about it really … Continue reading

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It’s Not Racism

I won’t bother defining the word “racism.” No matter what I say there are too many who will castigate me from any one of several sides on this issue. What? You didn’t know there could be more than two? The … Continue reading

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Wild Abundance

This year the blackberries were wildly abundant. I went out every day for a week and picked as much as I could carry, and left even more behind. I could afford to be selective in taking only the biggest and … Continue reading

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Open Source, Closed Mind

This is a rant aimed at the Open Source Software Development Community as a whole. We recognize in the Social Sciences we have no choice but to make generalizations and stereotypes; otherwise, we get nothing done. Every grouping of humans … Continue reading

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Inherently Broken: Government Employment

Not just military, but every arm of government bureaucracy is utterly anti-human. In this case, we have this universally despised Census Bureau, which has no clue about the US Constitution and the limits of their authority. They apparently also have … Continue reading

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Debt Is Death

More specifically, debt which is not 100% personal and private is what God hates. Once you break the personal bond, debt is inherently sinful. Christians have completely lost their way on this one. We still have one major institution in … Continue reading

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You Never Know

When it comes to survival skills and preparedness, there are some things you can never anticipate. Sure, you probably already know it’s getting where police are worse than the crooks. But unless you have access to something like an M2, … Continue reading

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Data Mining on You

You should visit Spokeo. Type in your legal name, or the one you use most online. Lots of people are getting the creeps about this. They don’t dig up the information so much as aggregate what is publicly available, mostly … Continue reading

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