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So do your children. So obey, prole, or get ready for a SWAT raid.  Actually, getting ready for a SWAT raid is probably an additional felo...

Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy held that a Categorical Imperative was an unconditional requirement for all people, at all times.  It ...

Back in the days when Her Majesty's (Victoria's, not EIIR) Army was stationed over one fifth of the Globe, the Lee Enfield rifle was...

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. ...

Complaining about being stuck at cheerleader tryouts. Heh.

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair : I happen to believe that you strip a man of his dignity and humanity when you treat him like a...

This is perhaps the most hauntingly lovely music ever written.  As Beethoven announced the beginning of the romantic era, this was its end -...

Memorial Day 1969 saw us drop Dad off at JFK Airport.  He was a history professor, and was going to spend four months in Paris chasing the s...

I'm thinking about doing Appleseed next weekend, and they recommend a standard web sling for your rifle.  I went in search of one, alas,...

It sure will be fun watching progressive's heads explode when their Lightbringer loses the election to some dude from Texas . Sort of ...

From Theo .

Virtue comes from the Latin virtus , the manly traits.  As you would expect from a society that ground their enemies down until the ancient...

Toaster has it.   It's so full of Win it made me squee. Well played, sir.  So very, very well played.

I'm busy/lazy/(fill in the blank), so here's something from a long time ago for your edification.  About 20 of you have been reading...

It's almost like life is a balloon filled with suck.  You can squeeze some of the suck out of part of your life, but it just seems to go...

Well now : TEHRAN: Iran urged Britain on Tuesday to show "restraint" in dealing with rioters, the state television website repor...

ASM826 introduces a couple folks who are very likely a lot like some people you know.  Who may be a lot like you.  But who are people whom...

And the Groomsmen can cut it up pretty well, too ... Well done, gentlemen. Via the indispensable Theo Spark .

  Try looting here, and he'll treat you ruff ...

Via Foseti , we find this example of how Brave Sir Robin ran away: It was posted at a site that had a very interesting analy...