First Principles

…and it sure is tiny.

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I don’t know.  But if it does, sign me up. During his captivity, US marines forced Saddam, who was executed in 2006, to repeatedly watch the movie South Park: Bigger, Longer And Uncut, which shows him as gay, as well as the boyfriend of Satan. Sweet.

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Awesome!  Pirates, you messed with the wrong country.  And your exploded heads, courtesy some sharp-shootin’ Navy SEALs, is your reward. Good on President Obama for authorizing it.  He correctly recognized that these are not people you can negotiate with, and acted accordingly.  This is a great day for America. Now let’s hope Obama can learn […]

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(Updated – see below.) I don’t understand the problem with the current pirate standoff in the Gulf of Aden.  The situation is relatively simple.  The American merchant ship is safe, as is most of the crew.  The pirates have one hostage, but are themselves stranded in a lifeboat with no gas, and limited provisions.  Sitting […]

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Oh, perfidious North Carolina, rolling like a ruthless steamroller over all who stand in your way!  Who could have known you’d be so unstoppable after losing in your own conference tournament!?!  I was all set to crow about the brilliance of my Badassiest Mascot method, and you had to go and ruin it!  You, a […]

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What do you call it when a gift is forced on you, “for your own good” as well as the good of your family and neighbors? And then what happens when you try to give that gift back, and aren’t allowed to? What happens when the response to the attempt to give that gift back […]

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