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Unaccountable Hell

When any given system begins too much to favor one party or another, no one should be surprised when the victims start shedding blood. That could be literally or figuratively. For an example of the latter, modern Western marriage is … Continue reading →

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No Golden Age

In the Old Testament book of Judges, we are told there was a cycle of behavior which characterized the tribes and Nation of Israel. During the judgeship of some charismatic leader, they would behave rather justly. After the judge died, … Continue reading →

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Predictions for 2012

Things will get worse than they are now for most humans on this earth. That’s about as close as I can come to a real prediction. If you ask me what I’m doing to prepare as the new year comes … Continue reading →

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Game Propaganda

I don’t keep secrets. When I write fiction, I confess openly it’s propaganda, wherein I promote a particular world view and set of values. If I could devise or design games, I would be even more blunt about it. With … Continue reading →

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Revealed As Black Ops (Updated)

Updated at bottom… The amorphous hacker collective “Anonymous” can now be regarded as controlled opposition. When it was just a matter of information and cracking servers, that was simply part of the Internet. I’ve always said, if you digitize information, … Continue reading →

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No Holiday for Some

I’m going to ruin your day. On this Christmas Day, I’d like to ask one small gift of you. Take just a moment to think about the private prison industry in California. I’ll make it simple: Virtually every human in … Continue reading →

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The Real Enemy

I’m not going to help you much with fixing what’s wrong with the world. We are at war. Only a fool would deny it. Bad things are going to happen and your life will be afflicted with unwanted changes, and … Continue reading →

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The Final Defense of Sanity

According to the basic guidelines of civility, the proper response to impertinent questions and suggestions is to laugh. For quite some time, innocence has been no defense in the US. On the one hand, there are enough intentionally confusing and … Continue reading →

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Losing the Race

We don’t even have a good definition for “race” as it pertains to humans. Racism is neither good nor bad; it is a human instinct. It simply is. As with any instinct, it can be coupled with conditioning to produce … Continue reading →

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The Shape of Oppression

Around here, I’ve seen very little harassment from the government. As noted previously on this blog, I was under some kind of bumbling surveillance at one point around the turn of the millennium. It included tapping my phone, some ham-fisted … Continue reading →

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