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"I would like to say 'This book is written to the glory of God', but nowadays this would be the trick of a cheat, i.e., it would not be correctly understood."--Ludwig Wittgenstein

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards."--Soren Kierkegaard

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Please move immediately to a place of safety.

This is not a drill Or a pipe.

Why I don't like to quote scripture

I bet we can weaponize this thing! in an argument, or in any non-liturgical or non-scholarly context. After House GOP leaders capi...

Friday, September 20, 2013

What's orthopraxis got to do with it?

Editor's Note: This is NOT Rick. Nor is he even in this picture. Nice orthopraxis, though. Rick speaks , we listen: The probl...

Hope is not a plan

Which fly into your home and turn themselves into BLT's! Once again, coming at this through Charlie Pierce , I have to wonder why t...

Hungry?

A Modest Proposal Shorter Randroid:* The Walton Family didn't get rich by selling cheap crap in their stores. They got rich by b...

The Political Education of Ted Cruz

You know that cartoon about the scientists standing at a chalkboard covered in equations with a big blank spot that reads "AND THEN A...

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of all that....

I have a feeling even this Lucy is more complex than the one we're going to talk about. Did Jefferson have any idea what a bur...

I got yer privilege right here....

Making the world safe for democracy since 1776 Hasn't that horse already left the barn? Jesus H. Christ on a 4000-euro claimer,...

Back to those heady days of post-Vatican II

In honor of the new Pope, who recalls the heady days just after Vatican II (the days for which Pope Emeritus Benedict was responsible):

Ecclesia semper reformanda est

Hello! Again, I'm sure Pope Francis and I would disagree on details (church doctrine still insists on not recognizing gays and lesb...

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The more things change....

Closest that clown is ever gonna get.... The only problem with this: the blog is right in its long-held belief that an elected judici...

The love that dare not speak its name

Do I look crazy to you? The question about the Navy Yard shootings has already settled on: "How did this man keep his security cl...

First thing we do is make all the journalists redundant....

Pretty much. During a segment on "Morning Joe," former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) speculated that most opponents of t...

The 2nd Amendment is the Only Protection We Have!

NOT an assault rifle! So don't you call it that! Uh-UH! So, it was just an accident: In late August, WKBT reported that ...

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

On the other other hand....

Not Stephen Fry (mostly) TC gives me the words I was referring to earlier : But on the other hand we must remember the point that...

Oh, that you would rend this keyboard

Sorry, I think I left my keys over there. Won't be a minute... and make me step away from it! Something I read over the weeken...

Monday, September 16, 2013

At least the 2nd Amendment was not harmed....

So am I the good guy or the bad guy this time? Word tonight is the shooter at the Navy Yard maybe came into the secured base with a s...

Isn't this where I came in?

Peace, love, woodstock, y'all The funny thing about this is, I heard it in the late '60's and early '70's, when th...

I know the feeling

Can a blank be considered a ding an sich? MOSCOW (AP) — An argument in southern Russia over philosopher Immanuel Kant, the author o...

Sunday, September 15, 2013

D'ja ever notice....?

Portrait of the Blogger as an Old Man.* *Not Actual Size The only thing that bothers me about this headline: Syria Conflict Indicat...

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