The various modes of worship, which prevailed in the Roman world, were all considered by the people, as equally true; by the philosopher, as equally false; and by the magistrate, as equally useful.—Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireHoisted by their own petard.Sometimes when we dream the sound of the waking worldContinue reading “To Awaken, Perchance to See”
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UNTETHERED, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE EGOTISTICAL YEAR ENDING 30 AUG 2006 (EY 2006) Dennis Dale, Owner, Founder, CEO Letter to Blogreaders The weblog, Untethered, established on 31 Aug. 05, states as its institutional goals: “The furtherance of the egotistical gratification of its founder by maximizing attention accrual through the manufacture and distribution of cultural analysis, satire, political commentary,Continue reading “UNTETHERED, FIRST ANNUAL REPORT”
Pilgrimage
It’s funny how the colours of the like real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen.–Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange You are a little soul carrying about a corpse.—Epictetus There are no bystanders in life.Dignity is an aloofness from passion. It is the essence of the civilized individual. Yet civilizationContinue reading “Pilgrimage”
Nothing’s Going to Change My World(view)
Stephen Cox is a self described libertarian who makes a sensible argument against open borders here (courtesy of Tory Anarchist). His isn’t a libertarian argument so much as an appeal to his philosophical fellows to recognize that they live in a world that is nowhere near being guided by their principles, and will be noContinue reading “Nothing’s Going to Change My World(view)”
Live Blogging the Apocalypse (for real this time).
16:02Only just now realized the date: Aug 22. It’s on. A full-scale assault from waves of Iranian suicide bombers could come at any minute.16:12Dug up some old body armor, pre-Iraq invasion but it’ll have to do; thank God I invested in that pallet of surplus MREs last May. Who’s laughing now?16:40Does anyone out there knowContinue reading “Live Blogging the Apocalypse (for real this time).”
Not a Cloud (in the sky).
Here’s an interesting tale of free love. Via Arts & Letters Daily. Steve Sailer’s Sunday VDare column reminds me why it’s Steve’s World, and I’m just living in it. I don’t really know why this little throw-away rant from the master of articulating righteous indignation at affrontery, aesthetic and otherwise, Udolpho, made me laugh outContinue reading “Not a Cloud (in the sky).”
The Brave and the Bogus
The Christian Science Monitor is running a series by Jill Carroll that chronicles her time as a hostage of terrorists in Iraq. Carroll was pilloried by the usual suspects among the keyboard commando forces earlier this year for making a video critical of the occupation and praising her captors for their treatment of her (underContinue reading “The Brave and the Bogus”
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I came to laying on my side on a concrete bench. My head was at such an extreme angle and my neck so stiffened by this unnatural position that I knew raising it would be a painful, if not impossible, affair; I opted to roll over onto my stomach and slowly push myself up intoContinue reading “…”
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A Soldier, and Brave
…the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot, an eight week college for the phony tough and the crazy brave.–The Short Timers, Gustav Hasford Behold a Marine, a mere shadow and reminiscience of humanity, a man laid out alive and standing, buried under arms with funereal accompaniments…–Thoreau, Civil Disobedience I’ve just finished talking to a kidContinue reading “A Soldier, and Brave”
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