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Sunday May 19, 2013
Today in 1958, the United States and Canada formally ordain the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).

It takes two to speak the truth, — one to speak, and another to hear. — Henry David Thoreau, [A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers]


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1. The Single Most Valuable Document In The History Of The World Wide Web

NPR.org | Twenty years ago this week, researchers renounced the right to patent the World Wide Web. Officials at CERN, the European research center where the Web was invented, wrote: CERN relinquishes all intellectual property to this code, both source and binary form and permission is granted for anyone to use, duplicate, modify and redistribute it.
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Posted: May 11, 2013 in Articles

2. The Eleventh Of November 1887

AngryHateMusic | Let me begin my address with a confession. I make it sorrowfully and with self-disgust; but in the presence of great sacrifice we learn humility, and if my comrades could give their lives for their belief, why, let me give my pride. Yet I would not give it, for personal utterance is of trifling importance, were it not that I think at this particular season it will encourage those of our sympathizers whom the recent outburst of savagery may have disheartened, and perhaps lead some who are standing where I once stood to do as I did later.... - [More]

Posted: May 5, 2013 in Articles, Recommended

3. 9/11: A Conspiracy Theory

CorbettReport | Everything you ever wanted to know about the 9/11 conspiracy theory in under 5 minutes.... - [More]

Posted: April 26, 2013 in Articles

4. Public Pensions: Welfare For The Middle Class

RealityBloger | I often hear complaints from the well-to-do about how their hard-earned taxpayer money is drained from their paychecks so as to pay for the welfare system of government. Ironically, many of these middle and upper middle-class people are on a public pension system of some sort as government workers, from military to police and firefighters, judges to teachers, and mayors to laborers.... - [More]

Posted: April 24, 2013 in Articles

5. Just Say No . . . To Cops

EricPetersAutos.com | Few of us like to interact with cops – like scabies, they are best avoided entirely. But when do you have a choice – and when don’t you have a choice about interacting with a costumed enforcer? When are you legally required to identify yourself? To produce ID? Laws vary, state to state, but here are some general things to know:... - [More]

Posted: April 21, 2013 in Articles

6. What’s a Bad Quaker?

BadQuaker.com | To answer that, lets look at what a good Quaker is.... - [More]

Posted: April 14, 2013 in Articles

7. Get A Job?

PeaceFreedomProsperity.com | Get a job I hear you say.... - [More]

Posted: April 13, 2013 in Articles

8. Ten Ways To Confuse A Child

DemandEuphoria | “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” — Frederick Douglass... - [More]

Posted: April 10, 2013 in Articles

9. The Whole Problem (And Solution) In Two Minutes

LarkenRose | Most conflict, violence, and injustice is the result not of individual malice but of people imagining an obligation to obey a perceived authority, usually government. In their daily lives most people accept the non-aggression principle, it’s not OK to rob or attack other people. But they’ve been taught that government has an exception from that rule and that legalized theft and thuggery, taxation, and law enforcement, are moral, legitimate, and necessary for society.... - [More]

Posted: April 2, 2013 in Articles

10. Six Dangerous Miseducation Lessons You Should Unlearn Immediately

SurvivalSherpa | Schools teach many things. These dangerous lessons may not be explicitly taught, but they are definitely ’caught’ by every student – even parents. Good or bad depends which side of the desk you’re on.... - [More]

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