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Giving The Economist More Grief

Yesterday I left this comment on this article from The Economist: A “new normal” for the world economy: After the storm.  I love how for years Economist decried any sort of government intervention as the macro-economy deteriorated, but as soon … Continue reading

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North Korea

Why are they the enemy? Why is it wrong when they test missiles? The act of developing missiles itself is not wrong, because we ourselves do it. But when a poor nation tests weapons, this is wrong. An example: less … Continue reading

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A Portrait

New Buffaloes Album – A Portrait Buffaloes – BC Shuffle Buffaloes – Quebec Lions Buffaloes – Minaret Buffaloes – The Inevitable Malaise of Serious Youth Buffaloes – Girl’s Got That Love Buffaloes – Letter To Maputo Buffaloes – Mbira Stomp … Continue reading

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Jellyfish

What is life without a brain like? Does it move with blissful equanimity? Or does it feel frustratingly on the verge of something?

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On Fear of One Another II

This blog is in response to Fear of One Another Which is a follow up to the debate started in the posts On Science, Religion, and Nationalism On Science, Religion, and Nationalism II I will also admit that I was … Continue reading

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Faith

This blog is a response to Existential Crisis One thing that I have been recently inspired by is a multi-faceted approach to life. It seems that life (obviously?) is a concoction of many angles, situations,events, thoughts, etc. and the only … Continue reading

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This Guy Knows What’s Up, For The Most Part

Does it matter?  I ought to read his book but his notion of capitalism seems a lot more intelligent than our current form.  He gets going at 7:06. What’s the over/under on America being the driving empire in future history … Continue reading

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Why the Fuck am I Doing This? – Addendum, Pt. I

“While the majority of people living in the West do not consciously feel as if they were living through a crisis of Western culture (probably never have the majority of people in a radically critical situation been aware of the … Continue reading

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Revolution

People don’t think about it much, it doesn’t seem to have boiled over into the general discussion, especially in the United States, but our lives have changed immensely in the past thirty years.  People think that revolutions apply only to … Continue reading

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