gabeofthorns

People, Karzai's remarks about the U.S. colluding with the Taliban should not be taken at face value. The fact is, he's trying to unite portions of his country and delegitimize the Taliban as being foreign puppets. If this offends you, then please think a little deeper at the game that's being played here. I don't mind being demonized if that's what will win the war....
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Woohoo, I finally found some good, local, Panshjir emeralds! Time to set these puppies and find some rich white folks to sell them to

I'm just going to start posting workouts from Crossfit. I won't actually do them. Just post them.

Another good day.

I'm thinking about writing an alternative history story. In it, George Lucas casts Heath Ledger to play Anakin Skywalker in the prequels. This would have been a logical choice, as Ledger had just made a name for himself after A Knight's Tale and The Patriot. This also would have changed the plot for Episode I to accommodate Anakin being around 19-20 (the same age as...
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I just had a long argument about gay rights with a friend on Facebook. Unfortunately he deleted my posts and unfriended me. I still think that's a victory, but not the good kind.

Recently I got the following as a reply to an online discussion about what forms of religion or belief pre-homo sapiens practiced.

"Well, a lot of Christians have a lot of theories on this. However, the one I subscribe to because it most closely aligns with both the Bible and the science I've seen are that macro evolution never happened. Also, the Bible does have...
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Ive often marveled at how political and economic experts try so hard to continue minor course corrections that just serve to ignore the major problems. There are two factors that are unarguably the most important factors in the future (and present) of global economics, which have widespread effects on our entire system to produce and acquire goods and services. Those two factors are automation and...
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