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    It’s Not an F-35 But It Sucks Pretty Hard Anyway!

    Some of the servicemen hurt/killed in Yemen during the special forces raid were heroically wounded by their own airplane, a CV-22 Osprey.[fox]

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 31, 2017
    • Militarism, Propaganda

    The War on Authenticity: Update on Amy

    Amy, the perky robo-shill, called me again yesterday. This time I actually listened to the pitch.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 31, 2017
    • Burn it to the ground, Cyberwar

    Pants Pants (*pants*)

    Over at Affinity, Caine’s been working on a pair of freethought pants. I approve. But when I read the title, I burst out laughing for no reason that would have made sense to anyone, except the people at a company where I used to work back in 1997…

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 30, 2017
    • Art

    Sunday Sermon: On Voluntary Human Servitude

    Étienne de La Boétie

    Étienne de La Boétie

    This is not the first time, nor probably the last, that I will take you to visit the words of Étienne De Boétie. In 1549, De Boétie wrote one of the great essays in political philosophy[text] – a self-admittedly meandering piece that pondered the question why people follow dictators.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 30, 2017
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    Monday Meslier: 178 – An Atheist Has More Motives For Acting Uprightly, More Conscious, Than A Religious Person

    Jean Meslier Portrait

    Jean Meslier

    It is asked what motives has an atheist for doing right. He can have the motive of pleasing himself and his fellow-creatures; of living happily and tranquilly; of making himself loved and respected by men, whose existence and whose dispositions are better known than those of a being impossible to understand.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 30, 2017
    • Monday Meslier

    Ask The Strategic Genius: Pizza

    Talleyrand, Napoleon Bonaparte’s chief diplomat, could have taught Trump’s team of motley fools a thing or two thousand. One of his famous observations: “Never interrupt your opponent when they are making a mistake.” Sun Tzu would have nodded.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 29, 2017
    • Politics, Propaganda, Totalitarianism, Trolls and Trolling, TrumpUS

    Full Burner

    What’s the best way to burn incense?

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 29, 2017
    • Art

    A Slightly Cheerier Topic

    I just made a large-ish batch of incense!!!11!

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 28, 2017
    • Art

    Black Sites

    It’s unsure whether the Trump administration was or was not thinking about expanding black sites and rendition, so I was doing a bit of research about them – mostly out of my own interest. What is known about these sites?

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 28, 2017
    • Burn it to the ground, Totalitarianism

    An Impeachable Offense

    phoenixApparently the Trump administration is drafting an order to review the usage of “black sites” abroad.

    In plain English that’s called “conspiracy to commit torture” which is a crime under Section 18 of the US Code, chapter 113c.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • January 27, 2017
    • Burn it to the ground, Propaganda, Totalitarianism
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