Meyers
A man in Florida has been sentenced to six months in prison for stockpiling
weapons at a compound just 11 miles from Disney World. Eleven miles from Disney
World? So . . . in the parking lot?
Eric Scheske
GKC Wednesday
Background: When I was the editor of Gilbert Magazine
[http://www.chesterton.org/explore-the-acs/gilbertmagazine/], I was responsible
for the "Tremendous Trifles" column. It was occasionally hard to find a
sufficient amount of interesting GKC material to fill the page, so John Peterson
sent me a file full
Wow
This story
[http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/11/10/aca-architect-the-stupidity-of-the-american-voter-led-us-to-hide-obamacares-tax-hikes-and-subsidies-from-the-public/]
simply astounds: the arrogance that breeds such contempt for everybody else, the
dishonesty, and the knowledge that this kind of thinking is the sine qua non of
every pro-government thinker today (or else the guy wouldn't
Paul Johnson's Intellectuals: A Micro-Review
If you're interested in biography, perversion, and modern ideas, I highly recommend Paul Johnson's Intellectuals. I read it on my honeymoon (heh, heh), so it's been awhile, but I remember greatly enjoying the min-bios on Rousseau, Shelley, and Sartre.
I later read E. Michael
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The following Tweet reminded me: TDE earns 80% of its annual revenue from sales
this time of year. If you could remember to access Amazon through TDE this
holiday season, it would be great appreciated.
> Cyber Monday will continue to be the biggest online shopping day of the year
Monday Miscellany
Miscellaneous Rambling
I'm on vacation this week. Actually, it's a bizarro
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro_World] vacation: Whereas work piles
normally grow during a vacation, on this bizarro vacation, I plan on work piles
shrinking. I packed a bunch of big files and took
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> St. John Paul II was a Marvel comic book character in the '80s
http://t.co/28tdpxjyuz (HT @TitoEdwards [https://twitter.com/TitoEdwards])
> — Jason Barker (@AncientStream) October 28, 2014
[https://twitter.com/AncientStream/status/527073033383452672]
Interesting
H.I.F.
"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence
clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of
hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." H.L. Mencken.
Juxtapose that with this blog post: If You Really
Frustrating
H.I.F.
But a bit comical, too: "In an effort to help transgendered people feel more
comfortable using public restrooms, Cleveland City Council is considering an
ordinance that would require businesses to make their restrooms, showers and
locker rooms available to both sexes. And barring one gender from
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> Andy Warhol ”“ a Celibate Catholic? - Aleteia http://t.co/g9BdzCLeNb
> — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) November 8, 2014
[https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/531073749135921154]