Oliver Wendell Holmes was an openly acknowledged, outspoken atheist.
I never knew that. But it's won't happen today. And not for decades. Not with the politicized evangelical movement so prominent. Man. That is depressing that we have actually... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by haltingproblemsolved
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which they presumably have for some good reason
Oh. They have reasons. But not sure I'd call them good reasons. I mean one doesn't have to look too hard to find much better and more compelling reasons for not holding such beliefs.... [
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5 ½ hours ago
Yes, let's argue about atheism rather than discussing the impact of religious affiliation on the Supreme Court.
What if, huh. What if the Supreme Court had openly acknowledged Atheists.
Never happen. And that tells all you need to know about... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by IAmBroom
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10 hours ago
Vorfeed the word you are looking for is Areté. To strive and compete is to learn that ones self is our only true opponent.
The ultimate paradox is that physical strength is not merely tied to the physical. In crossing thresholds and riding... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by shelbaroo, vorfeed, Smedleyman, ignignokt, jason's_planet
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more than 12 hours ago
Yes. The leaders of the free world should be forced to take sailing ships across various oceans, taking weeks of valuable time, and then finally when they make landfall either bike, hike, or gallop on horse back to Copenhagen.
Then, 19 months... [
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favorited 17 times, recently by papafrita, Mental Wimp, phaedon, axon, zarah, mkdg, ShawnStruck, Secret Life of Gravy, Gamien Boffenburg, hincandenza, General Tonic, PhoBWanKenobi, five fresh fish, scrump, lord_wolf, designbot, greasy_skillet
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I've been wearing the same pair of Chuck Taylors for 14 or 15 years (yeah, they're in pretty sad shape). I was going to buy a new pair maybe 5 years ago, but they were $40 or something. No way.
Truly. When Chubby & Tubby went out of business... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by papafrita, filthy light thief, rokusan, josher71
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2 days ago
I just want to know if tkchrist got his money back. Seriously, people, that's a great story.
Well. You know. I did not.
I know Rollins and I talked a bit more but I don't remember because I was moon-walking through the fog of valium and... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by ignignokt
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3 days ago
Actually, despite his supervillaniousness, he is not opposed to gay marriage.
He's "not opposed". Well excepting for creating, sustaining, and promoting an entire political machine that is.
By "not opposed" he means the... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Caduceus
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3 days ago
Trotskyists advocate permanent revolution. Leninists advocate the seizure of power by the proletariat.
And Marx advocated shooting an elephant in his pajamas. How it got in his pajamas I'll never know.
I hear that some of the victims of the... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by bakerina, Surfurrus
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4 days ago
We can prosecute seditious and traitorous actions,
These T-shirts and billboards are not plans or a call for specific actions. They are political speech.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Ouisch, bakerina
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5 days ago
These Premises Are Alarmed is right. These are simply re-mix permutations of what we did in the 1980's.
And the 1970's and 1980's were awesome. I was young. It was before AIDS so I got laid a lot. Weed was cheap. I could travel to Europe for a... [
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favorited 11 times, recently by mkdg, spoobnooble, Sangermaine, ltracey, sonascope, dbiedny, The Light Fantastic, Mr. Merkin, ShawnStruck, tighttrousers, These Premises Are Alarmed
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5 days ago
Step 1: Remove science funding from the Pentagon and put it directly into colleges and universities (in return for which, they accept all students for free).
Step 2: Cut the remaining Pentagon budget in half. Use proceeds for
Step 3: increasing... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Skorgu, ShawnStruck, jb
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5 days ago
Yeah. It's hard not to agree for the most part. But. Wow. Talk about a complete cynical misread of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. At least in what I saw in that movie/book.
Meh. Hollywood is a pretty easy target. Kinda lazy analysis over all... [
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5 days ago
Yeah. I'm gonna go ahead and say I'd take a tailored Armani suit as a personal expression over super-sized aviator glasses and fixie and day of the week.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by Lentrohamsanin, Baby_Balrog
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5 days ago
Additionally, shit rusting in Iraq has less tangible social utility than a bridge or a mass transit system (or even the infamous Bridges to Nowhere.) If you really want to put money into industry as a method of supporting jobs, build or rebuild... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by aeschenkarnos, haltingproblemsolved
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6 days ago
I'm gonna start wearing fedora ON TOP of my jet pilot helmet and altitude mask. That, BTW, I wear with an aluminum kilt. And cowboy boots. [
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favorited 1 time, recently by subaruwrx
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6 days ago
Fashion is cyclical, and the 80s riffed plenty on the 60s.
Sure. Look. I'm 47 years old. I rememebr the 1960's.
But I'm not speaking purely of fashion. But of youth culture in general, specifically alternative youth culture. When you see film... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by zardoz
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6 days ago
How about we start cutting military spending by defunding the mercenaries and cracking down on waste and corruption, then?
Obviously that's a good idea. And think there is a serious movement in that direction in the Pentagon itself right now.... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by wuwei
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6 days ago
Whoa. If you're a soldier in a war doing your job is supporting a cause.
Probably. But the alternatives are not to join at all, desert, or go to the stockade.
My old man was one of the original Special Forces advisers in Vietnam in the early... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by white_devil
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6 days ago
To be fair LeBell is notorious for choking out everybody. A buddy of mine was MASS (Martial Arts SuperShow) in Vegas a few years back and LeBell came to his BJJ seminar. Afterward some young kid, about 17, comes up to LeBell hands him a sharpie and... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by blueberry
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7 days ago
The reality is Charles Johnson is not, and never was, representative of the Republican base.
People just don't get it. Or they don't want to. Everyboyd got so pissed when I said this before. Becuase they don't understand, or don't want to... [
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favorited 16 times, recently by GamblingBlues, Civil_Disobedient, BrotherCaine, titus-g, zardoz, psmealey, JHarris, jim in austin, Mick, tippiedog, magstheaxe, Senor Cardgage, Pope Guilty, amuseDetachment, MeatLightning, Joe Beese
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7 days ago
AIKIDO WINS AGAIN!
This is what you shout in BJJ when you get a wrist lock on somebody. On the ground. Usually accidentaly beuase the guy has an incorrect grip entangled in the lapel of your Gi. I have subbed lot's of experienced guys this way.... [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ignignokt, BrotherCaine
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7 days ago
Personally, I would love it if international brigades roamed the world toppling despots and tyrants, but for that to work you'd have to have an alternative ready to replace them and the active support of the people you were liberating. neither of... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by wires, Abiezer, Joe Beese
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8 days ago
Maybe Bush doesn't, but 60% of Republicans do. Creationism isn't a wacky, fringe belief, it's something that a huge majority of the party believes in.
Exactly right. Pastabagel is simply not seeing reality here.
The right wing moved so far... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by titus-g, Epenthesis, perilous
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8 days ago
Thank you Sarah Palin.
Oh. And Sarah? Please run for president. Your country needs you. [
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favorited 16 times, recently by titus-g, Snyder, zardoz, Phatty Lumpkin, Squid Voltaire, Skygazer, perilous, etaoin, JHarris, Big_B, Mick, Brandon Blatcher, vbfg, ShawnString, suedehead, DU
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8 days ago
$42,000 is actually slightly more than median income for people who work full time in the US. Be reasonable.
Median income. God. That's is so sad. Like I said this isn't 1979.
Jesus. I swear you people have been brainwashed.
Be reasonable?... [
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favorited 13 times, recently by bitter-girl.com, voronoi, cass, Ladysin
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8 days ago
I've trained a lot of people who have started where you are right now. And. I have joint damage from many years of high-impact sports. Let me tell you what I've learned.
You eventually need some impact. It will build bone density and connective... [
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9 days ago
It goes without saying that if the police suited up and started creeping around drug corners blasting away at suspected dealers on sight, or if they caught anyone with more than one small baggie of weed/coke/pills/etc on them and just drew down and... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by NicoleyDarko
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9 days ago
Greenwald Quote: Bush ran for re-election by vowing to prosecute the war in Iraq, keep Guantanamo open, and "reform" Social Security. When he won and then did those things (or tried to), did you refrain from criticizing those policies on... [
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favorited 3 times, recently by Doublewhiskeycokenoice, HyperBlue, MeatLightning
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9 days ago
I don't think 30K more troops will do it. 300K, maybe, but what really needs to happen is the Afghani people need a reason not to go back to where they've been.
The effective number of troops to stabilize Afghanistan is zero. Becuase a military... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by nola
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9 days ago
Crap. Accidentally hit post on that last one.
The surge in Iraq worked because it provided the when the militants had the momentum, it was in the self-interest of the locals to cooperate with them
You assume the surge "worked." It... [
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favorited 1 time, recently by Joe Beese
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9 days ago
Is there a way for men to indicate to other men that some behaviors are not okay, without being directly confrontational?
Take good ten long steps away from them. And then yell "Hey, is everthing okay over there! Howz it going! Be nice!... [
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favorited 18 times, recently by iamkimiam, Korou
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9 days ago
My brother works for Florida Corrections. He's one of the head Parole Officer trainers. You know what you don't hear people who work in the prison system say "Boy, these guys really have it too easy."
I've never had discussion about... [
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favorited 5 times, recently by ShawnStruck
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9 days ago
Many years ago when I was still doing Karate the school I went to found out there was a Dux seminar in Tacoma. I didn't know anything about the guy. Except for his name was associated with the movie Bloodsport. But I agreed to go. We get like 10... [
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favorited 8 times, recently by longbaugh
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13 days ago
Ok. So about three months later... actually maybe longer i forget now. I do remember that he kept canceling and we had to re-set the date a couple of times. This should have been a warning sign.
So we get all these people into our school. A... [
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favorited 9 times, recently by longbaugh
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13 days ago
But if I were Sparkman's defense attorney, I'd want a thorough search of the scene and surrounding area performed, and I'd want those items found, or I'd have to say the absence of this physical evidence raises reasonable doubts.
You guys.... [
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favorited 4 times, recently by HFSH, Kadin2048, the other side, Dr Dracator
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2 weeks ago
See. This is the core of the right wing. The base.
Sure a couple of these fetal alcohol babies have a few operating neurons, a modicum of ambition, and manage to slither their way past a gate keeper or two and get a talk show or a senate seat.... [
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