The picture is of my 150-pound Kangal/Anatolian Shepherd. The background is terrible but I like the picture and I haven't gotten around to taking another one. His name is Titus.
When Aristotle wrote his Categories and De Interpretatione the coat went by the Latin nameMediolanum Tunica Stricta Lana Fun Ludo, of which the English given above is a more or less precise translation.
I understand a joke is being made, but I thought I would point out that Aristotle didn't write in Latin or title his workDe Interpretatione.
When Aristotle wrote his Categories and De Interpretatione the coat went by the Latin nameMediolanum Tunica Stricta Lana Fun Ludo, of which the English given above is a more or less precise translation.
I understand a joke is being made, but I thought I would point out that Aristotle didn't write in Latin or title his work De Interpretatione.
Robert Lux: One has to understand liberals in three ways:
--how they understand the state.
--how they try to think about morality.
--what is driving them temperamentally.
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This list (I deleted for word limit) is fine as long as we're talking about intellectuals but I don't think it's that complicated when it comes to your garden-variety liberal. I think in the latter case it's simply a matter of self-image. Smart, compassionate and fashionable people are liberals. Mean people and squares are conservatives. The "thinking" really is this simple.
Excellent post. I agree with the general point, but I think that Bush believed that there were WMD in Iraq in 2003. It turned out to be false, but at the time there was a broad consensus that they were there. The "Bush lied, people died" thing is false in my opinion.
this is precisely the moment to tackle disputes such as the right to self defense, or whether a government which can't deport a dangerous radical can be trusted to implement an 844-page immigration bill that promises (yet again) to secure the border in 5 to 10 years while simultaneously legalizing millions of illegal immigrants.
Gouverneur Morris: If only there were a way to foresee problems with a bill that was 2700+ pages long, that restructured 1/6 of the economy, and that no one in Congress read before voting for it! · 3 hours ago
All coitus is undignified. Prostitution has the virtue of being frank about it. · 3 hours ago
I hope you're joking, it's hard to judge tone online.
If we've lost the ability to differentiate between a couple making love on their honeymoon and a hooker servicing a dozen johns in one night, if we consider these actions equally undignified, then our culture has degraded even further than I feared. · 1 hour ago
There is an obvious distinction, a moral one. What I'm getting at is that I don't see that there's a difference other than the moral one. That is, assuming that the couple in your example is not trying to conceive a child.
Douglas: There IS a hookup culture, and it is thriving, unfortunately. And girls are very, very active in it, so it's not a one way street. But the one thing that hasn't changed is that it's the attractive people doing the hooking up. Rich nerds are paying hookers because they're nerds; they're typically unnatractive, shy, computer-centric guys that don't exactly exude testosterone. The difference between rich nerds and poor nerds is that poor nerds have to settle for porn. · 57 minutes ago
True. But also:
You work 60-80 hours a week, you don't have time or energy to go out and try your luck in a bar. Easier to pay for some relief and be done with it.
Fake John Galt: @dudley#21: minimum service is about all you can get now days and they expect 20% for it. Tipping is supposed to be for when people go beyond the call of duty not when they can't be bothered to correct their mistakes since they are busy chatting up the bartender. If employees have a problem with their compensation they need to take it up with their employer and leave the customer out of it. · 10 hours ago
If you object to the way we do things in this country then by all means take a principled stand. Eat where you receive your food at the counter and take it to the table yourself. Don't demand a service you're not willing to pay for.
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The picture is of my 150-pound Kangal/Anatolian Shepherd. The background is terrible but I like the picture and I haven't gotten around to taking another one. His name is Titus.