"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Civil Disobedience
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Scientists obviously can’t know for sure, but Platybelodon’s vocalizations may have sounded something like “herp a derp derp."
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Get Shot!, a California punk band that bills itself as "the sleaziest punk band in the world" and "the first band ever to start a porn site," is particularly proud of its latest release: A porn "film" shot entirely on the front lawn of the Westboro Baptist Church.
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"“Diminishing Superpower” -This was the headline streaking across the weekend edition of the Jakarta Globe, one of the largest newspapers in Indonesia."
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"No government committee decided one day 'let there be Bitcoin'. Instead a couple of computer nerds created the currency for the sheer fun of it. In the meantime, it has evidently become a serious contender in the world of currencies. Its rising exchange value suggests that it is widely regarded as a better money than the monies issued by States."
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Now I've heard everything - the Federal Reserve being likened to John Galt! The unmitigated gall!!!
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Nuclear Expert: Rods in the spent fuel pool may have melted...breached during the explosions...and their contents may be in contact with groundwater at Fukushima
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“Does not this remind you of the Nazis’ rhetoric before and during World War II? They considered themselves the chosen race, the superior race, etc. Such words and ideas pose extreme danger,” Correa told RT Spanish.
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"Always question authority / Control my own destiny / Forcing change, breaking free / From the gears of the machine"
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"John Galt REALLY sticks it to the poobahs when he takes his pre-Timothy Leary dropout roadshow to the people. He convinces the movers and the shakers one-by-one that there is no way to fix the terminally cancerous social order from within, and that it needs to collapse from its own internal inconsistencies before the people can be free again."
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"Though most Americans are completely unaware, the US is one single spark away from another civil war. If the shutdown should continue, the US will default on its debt. The US has never defaulted, and it could lead to catastrophic consequences for the US economy. With an armed insurrection at home, a crumbling economy, and a collapsing empire, the United States faces the very real possibility of blowing itself up."
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Idle speculation, or sensing desperation for Yes Men from the Powers That Be...
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"The protestors who included veterans of the Korean, Vietnam, WWII, Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan wars, took those barricades and carried them about 3/4ths of a mile to a side walk in front of White House and piled the barricades there."
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"Five months ago, Lew announced that the government was taking the unprecedented action of avoiding governmental default through this summer by including tapping into and suspending investments into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund and halting the daily reinvestment of the government securities (G) fund, the most stable offering in the Thrift Savings Plan's portfolio..."
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"According to CBS, representatives from the EBT Hotline said the glitch in the system does not appear part of the government shutdown. However, the Federal EBT website was offline due to the government shutdown. The officials were not able to comment on when the glitch would be fixed."
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