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    Hey, I Live Here, Too!

    I was on a conference call 20 minutes ago and embarrassed myself by blurting out, “COYOTE!” as I grabbed my camera. This time the memory card was in it.*

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 11, 2016
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    Sunday Sermon: Why Not?

    Before long they saw the towers and flags of Dictionopolis sparkling in the sunshine, and in a few moments they reached the great wall and stood at the gateway to the city.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 11, 2016
    • Philosophy, Sunday Sermon

    Trump On Clinton As A Shooter

    In a rally address that veered off frequently from prepared remarks, Donald Trump suggested Friday that if Hillary Clinton were to shoot somebody “right smack in the middle of the heart,” the former secretary of state would not face charges.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 10, 2016
    • Click Bait, Guns, Politics, Silliness, Totalitarianism, Trolls and Trolling

    “Rule of Law”? What’s That?

    There’s an important piece being published at The Guardian, regarding the CIA’s attempt to conceal its torture program, and how congressional investigation was stymied (and allowed itself to be).

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 9, 2016
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    On Power

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 9, 2016
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    Aleppo

    Allepo, before and during “regime change.”

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 8, 2016
    • Militarism, Totalitarianism, War is a Racket

    Argument Clinic: Some Terminology

    I frequently use fencing terms in Argument Clinic. That’s because fencing has a lot of

    Is this the right room for an argument?

    Is this the right room for an argument?

    the same properties as a battle of words. There are a lot of useful words from the school of the rhetoricians, but I would feel weird saying, “nice anadiplosis.” Because my opponent might reply, “gesundheit!”

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 8, 2016
    • Argument Clinic

    Did Someone Say “Soap”???!?!?!?

    After reading Caine’s post about the Standing Rock Camp, I felt kind of frantic: I want to do something but my instincts are not the right ones for this situation. Other than throw money in the money-bucket, which I’ve already done, I … ugh.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 8, 2016
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    Alternative History

    Chiitaanibah Johnson of California State University, Sacramento says she was disenrolled from her U.S. History class for disagreeing with her professor over the existence of North American genocide.

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 7, 2016
    • Argument Clinic, Philosophy, Politics, Propaganda, Totalitarianism

    Making a Soap Mold

    Caine wrote about a tragic incident in which a cop shot a volunteer to death, because they used a real gun in a training exercise, and – it was loaded. That’s incredibly stupid, especially since you can get really nice poly rubber training guns on Amazon.com for $25.

    And then I remembered stories about prisoners carving guns out of soap to try to fool guards into freeing them.. ..

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    • Marcus Ranum
    • September 7, 2016
    • Art
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