Category: Varia
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From Way Back in 2006: A Question for 9/11 Revisionists
Thanks to Vlastimil Vohanka for digging this up and linking to it. Excellent ComBox discussion.
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Yes, I Repeat Myself
Leftists constantly repeat their lies in the hope that they will be eventually taken for truths. So we of the Coalition of the Sane need to constantly repeat truths. Not our truths, for there is no such thing as 'our' truth or 'my' truth or 'your' truth.' Truth is not subject to ownership. If you…
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Typo Man Salutes Two Eagle-Eyed Readers
C. P. and J.I.O. warrant my gratitude for catching errors. Platonizer that I am, my mind goes directly to the trans-sensible sense and is appropriately inattentive to its mere material embodiment. I try to catch all my typographical errors but I am regularly surprised at how many I miss. I probably missed one in the…
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Prandial and Post-Prandial Pleasures
With Brian B. and Mike V. at Los Locos Gringos, my favorite local Mexican eatery. There is nothing better than a good meal and good conversation with like-minded friends. After Mike sped away on his iron horse, Brian and I spent the rest of the afternoon playing chess at Gecko Espresso. Mike, on the right,…
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Of E-Mail and Doing Nothing
I do appreciate e-mail, and I consider it rude not to respond; but lack of time and energy in synergy with congenital inefficiency conspire to make it difficult for me to answer everything. I am also temperamentally disinclined to acquiesce in mindless American hyper-kineticism, in accordance with the Italian saying: Dolce far niente Sweet to…
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Facebook
For my commentary on the passing scene, go to my FB page. Friend requests are welcome from those with a broadly conservative outlook.
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A Little Unsolicited Advice for the Mature Members of the Distaff Contingent
Warning: 'Sexist' content up ahead! Snowflakes to your safe spaces! ……………………… Your sag and bag Won't hurt your charm But no man wantsA hag or nag Upon his arm.
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Happy Thanksgiving
To all Stateside readers, and best wishes of the season to the rest of you. Let's make it a politics-free day, shall we? I'll do my best, and you do yours. I am indeed grateful for your readership! If you care to read my Thanksgiving homilies and such, go here.
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Facebook Update
Some of you have messaged me to say that you are unable to send me a FB friend request. That was my fault. I had the software set to accept friend requests only from friends of friends. I have fixed that. You should be able to get through now. I apologize if I don't get…
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Amazon Pricing
Bezos and the boys are asking a paltry $3,214.79 for a hardbound copy of The Incarnate Lord: A Thomistic Study in Christology, but a whopping $34.95 for the same book in paperback. Now I'll grant you that hardbounds are superior to paperbacks in point of longevity, but 100 times better? There is something screwy about…
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Note to Correspondents
Please don't take it amiss if I fail to respond to your missives or do so in a cursory manner. I must be selective. Philosophia longa, vita brevis. The clock is running, and I have a lot to finish before the flag falls.
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Madonna to Portugal
That's the good news. The bad is that she'll probably come back. Here she is in her pussy hat talking about blowing up the White House. If Trump were Stalin the sleazy singer would be in a concentration camp.
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Dale Tuggy’s Letter to a Former Student
A remarkable document. A former student is fixing to swim the Tiber, and Dale is "mildly discouraged." Note to Professor Tuggy's students: you are lucky to have such a sharp philosopher and good man as a teacher.
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The Big Unplug 2018
The 2018 Big Unplug starts now. I hope to be back in about three weeks. I will be incommunicado during this period so please don't send me any e-mail or leave any comments. Bang on the link below for a little of the 'theory' of the Big Unplug. Sick of politics? Take a gander at…
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As I Have Been Saying For Years . . .
Related: Misattributed to Socrates Once More on the Bogus Aristotle 'Quotation' Bogus Camus Quotation