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    When the nihilist mobs break into my bunker for...

    When the nihilist mobs break into my bunker for what’s left of my canned beans and toilet paper after the predicted collapse, they will find it decorated in taupe and puce.
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    That’s an excellent suggestion. Having...

    That’s an excellent suggestion.

    Having updated some estate planning documents this past week, the suggestion was made we write our own obituaries to save our survivors the trouble.
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    We subscribe to our local paper. My wife has a...

    We subscribe to our local paper. My wife has a strange fascination with obituaries. She thinks of them as little biographies.
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    Every post is unnecessary.

    Every post is unnecessary.
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    Think nothing of it. That epithet has been so...

    Think nothing of it. That epithet has been so overused I see it more as a sort of bookkeeping designation than a personal insult.
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    Don’t worry. I was just dealing with some stuff...

    Don’t worry. I was just dealing with some stuff in what we jokingly call the real world.
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    If you don’t like it, just don’t go there.

    If you don’t like it, just don’t go there.
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    BLM has scrubbed their website of pretty much all...

    BLM has scrubbed their website of pretty much all the manifesto stuff from the early days. It looks like now it’s pretty much press releases and merch sales now.
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    Once again, I don’t see that one party acting...

    Once again, I don’t see that one party acting irresponsibly is any kind of defense for the other party acting irresponsibly.
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    There is no shortage of blame on both sides, not...

    There is no shortage of blame on both sides, not that the excesses of either excuses those of the other. But if only a fraction of the planned new spending materializes we will see levels of new debt...
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    Until you run out of straw.

    Until you run out of straw.
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    There seem to be fashions in education that ebb...

    There seem to be fashions in education that ebb and flow. I remember as an undergraduate biology student in the 70s a case where a lecturer had things thrown at him for saying that intelligence and...
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    I think like many other influences on our...

    I think like many other influences on our behavior, there is a combination of nature and nurture at play. Our evolutionary history probably had good reason for most of us to be repelled by snakes or...
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    Is that some primordial fear of snakes at work?

    Is that some primordial fear of snakes at work?
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    I do, but only a part. But then again, I’m a...

    I do, but only a part. But then again, I’m a racist.
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    Despite the cogent arguments of t-shirt based...

    Despite the cogent arguments of t-shirt based analysis, I still think you’re wrong.
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    I think it’s probably a mistake trying to explain...

    I think it’s probably a mistake trying to explain complex events with a simplistic race reductionism. There are too many political and cultural moving parts to think you can understand or address...
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    There’s a great piece in National Review that...

    There’s a great piece in National Review that argues that the cure for Trumpism is Reaganism. I’m inclined to agree. IL is absolutely right about NR. If it weren’t for Bill Buckley, Russell Kirk and...
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    The streets paved with gold could be attached to...

    The streets paved with gold could be attached to an infrastructure bill. While a chicken in every pot might offend vegan constituents, pot in every pipe would seem to be doable. Now that modern...
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    I don’t think, and I didn’t say, this was normal....

    I don’t think, and I didn’t say, this was normal. Neither were any of the other violent incidents around the country. I think violence should be deplored, whether committed by wretched deplorables,...
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    Looks like the second seat will go to the...

    Looks like the second seat will go to the Democrats as well. We’ll get to see what wonders they can perform.
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    I said I was opposed to political violence by any...

    I said I was opposed to political violence by any name. You seem to think by not sharing your heated rhetoric I am somehow “defending” something.
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    I heard they had to detonate a bomb at the...

    I heard they had to detonate a bomb at the Republican National Committee HQ.
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    What is it you think I am defending?

    What is it you think I am defending?
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    I don’t. Nor do I think the US government can be...

    I don’t. Nor do I think the US government can be overthrown by a group of protesters in DC. Predictably, people’s outrage here seems to vary by their political position.

    For the record, I think...
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