Common Sense

30 Wednesday Nov 2016

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Sometimes after a forest fire we get pictures of cougars befriending fawns and fawns befriending cougars as they cohabitate in cuteness in the wildlife burn recovery ward. These pictures capture our imaginations because if two animals who normally try to eat each other in the wild can manage to find peace and friendship, there might be hope for humanity.

We’re living in a massive political forest fire. If you thought that electing Donald Trump would put it out, you are wrong. Continue reading →

Choosing an Arch-Nemesis

23 Wednesday Nov 2016

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The decision to pick an arch-nemesis is not one to take lightly. As you work to defeat them, you will study their knowledge and philosophy, and absorb their thinking into your psyche. It is how the “know your enemy” part of the “know your enemy, know yourself” portion of Sun Tzu’s Art of War military philosophy works. By the way, Sun Tzu would make a terrible arch-nemesis for anybody today, because Sun Tzu died around 500 years before Christ was born. You do not want to absorb the essence of a decaying corpse via an intimate arch-nemesis relationship, or you will end up like George Soros. His arch-nemesis is Machiavelli.
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Pitchforks vs Torches

17 Thursday Nov 2016

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Some people are pitchfork people. They like the heft, the balance, and the soothing calm that comes from polishing evenly-spaced sharpened tines. Pitchforks look cool. They are a tool of the people, organically working the land, who are unjustly set upon by legally-elected thieves and sheriffs. The cartoon-like leap-n-butt-grab is as humiliating as it is effective, as pitchfork-wielders drive miscreants before them, the way that God intended. Continue reading →

Who is Rachel Griffin?

16 Wednesday Nov 2016

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From a recent official Tempest in a Teardrop Book Club Irregulars meeting transcript.

Q: Christmas is rapidly approaching, and rather than recommend useless items such as the “I’m With Her Election Night Victory Commemorative Boxcutter,” I think we should focus on books, video games, or movies we like and think our readers might be interested in.

Codex: Good idea! We should start with the Rachel Griffin books by L. Jagi Lamplighter.

The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin (Books of Unexpected Enlightenment Book 1) by [Lamplighter, L. Jagi]
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