tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38364922009-03-01T20:40:41.387-05:00These Autumn Dreams...Russet Shadowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16209093483312914859noreply@blogger.comBlogger277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3836492.post-72219754447326885542009-03-01T20:37:00.002-05:002009-03-01T20:40:41.423-05:00

I said that I would post a link to my new endeavor, and I am a man of my word. Here is my new site: Scintilliarium. It is a serial fiction site that will feature all of my serial fiction writing. If you are interested, stop by. This is the last post. Farewell, goodnight, and God bless.

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Thoughts move at different paces, some like the speed of rivers, others like the shifting of tectonic plates. I've wondered what blogging was really all about for me, and I've always wanted it to be more than just a witty observation or a well-photographed dismemberment. I wanted it to be a rarified discussion of the great ideas, but alas that's not what it became. Those moments of intelligent,

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As you may know or not, I am an anime` fan. One of the series that I had a passing interest in was Claymore. The first season resolved some plot threads but left a lot hanging, and so I was curious if there was, or if there was going to be a second season. Looks like some folks beat me to the punch. Over on the Fansub TV site, some rather ardent Claymore fans filled up seventy-five forum

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The next time that you read help, manual, instructions, directions, or anything of that sort that makes sense, you can thank God that someone took care to not only spellcheck it, but read and edited it for content. The spell-checker is a wonderful tool, but if a word exists, it gets the green light -- even if it's the wrong word. And in this harried business culture that most of us work in, a

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Latest news on the FLDS case in Texas -- the Texas CPS has admitted that the call which prompted the invasion of private property and the separation of children from parents was -- are you ready? -- a hoax. WHAT DID I TELL YOU? The FLDS members and every Texan who cares about civil liberties ought to band together and sue the CPS straight out of existence. To invade private property at the

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One thing that disgusts me is when people rush to judgment. Take the case of Joe Barron, who was arrested for attempted pedophilia -- soliciting a minor for the intention of engaging in sexual activities, among other things. However, one of the fundamental precepts of our legal system is that we ALL, no matter how heinous the accusations, are innocent until proven guilty. That means even the

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The reason why most voters will not pull the lever for Obama boils down to one word: trust. Leaving aside the hoopla and the hype, and forgetting for the moment the dissatisfaction with Bush (both of which are more reactions to than positive endorsements of Obama, it should be noted), what does Obama bring to the table? We've heard the sound bites and the slogans. We know about the

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I've always thought that what I wrote was good enough, in that it pleased me and captured, no matter how crudely, what I wanted to say. Lately I have come to understand just how unable I am able to communicate using the written word. I've looked back at my own life and seen time and time again how after about three exchanges of text, people stop listening. I've seen so many times where I'm

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Obama has changed positions on Iran, while accusing others of lying about his flip-flop (and as much as it pains me to link the LGF, they have the goods here). I have seen Obama supporters perform mental contortions at spin factor seven, which is always morbidly fascinating. How, exactly, do you support Obama's statement that he would meet directly with the leaders of rogue states, and then

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I admit it. For a while, I lost hope in the 2008 elections. McCain = illegal-loving liberal. Baldwin = fever-swamp terrorist-loving nutjob. But it looks like Keyes is still in the running, looking to capture the American Independent Party nod, or possibly be on the line with the Reform folks. That's sweet. Anyhow, check out the pledge. If it hits you, go on and take it, but make sure you tell '

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These are moments of clarity that I recently experienced, in dealing with liberals. Liberals have a monstrous collective guilt complex that effectively paralyzes them from any sort of moral action whatsoever. They think that because Americans held slaves, waged war on Indians, dropped the A-bomb, whatever, that they as individuals cannot stand up for America now. They view those actions in the

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I just finished reading Daycare Deception: What the Child Care Establishment Isn't Telling Us, which chronicles the origins and the effects of daycare. Most folks don't realize that an active lobby pushes for "professionals" to be responsible for the raising of children, so that parents can work. These professionals are the soft hands of the corporate state which wants one thing -- an army of

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Freedom is the birthright of only a deserving people, for only those who have demonstrated responsibility can ever handle to challenges of self-mastery. As we raise children, are not nations raised the same? When a child no longer needs a baby sitter, when a child can be trusted with money, when a child can drive himself, when a child can be trusted to set his own curfew, how are these

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The plot sickens (hat tip: Defiant Infidel). All available evidence points to the phone number used to report the abused 16-year old in the FDLS compound as belonging to Rozita Swinton. Miss Swinton has disappeared and has a long history of similar hoax calls. Not only that, she's a state delegate for Barak Obama. (For the gory details, see My Pet Jawa). A delegate for a socialist candidate

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I'm writing for ZardozZ, now -- short, satirical news articles. Feel free to stop by. (P.S. They are also accepting applications so if you want in, let them know that you heard about it here.)

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The aftermath of invasion and forcible separation of "families" can be read here. Regardless of the repugnance of polygamy, that fact should not be an excuse for government to separate women from their children. Behold the power of the state! Due process, innocent until proven guilty, being charged with a crime -- all of these are ground underfoot due to one call, which the state used to declare

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The Left learned nothing from Mai Lai, and they have no compunction about creating the very sort of massacre that they deplore, as long as the victims are "out of the mainstream" (and I thought the Left was all about caring for the misfits of society?). In short, to save children from abuse, they massacred them. Waco -- CS/MC gas killed 41 women and children, and two of the women were pregnant.

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I was at my public library, browsing through the nonfiction section, and I saw a book titled: "Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press." I almost laughed out loud. There was the book, published by a major book company, about how there is no free press, written by leading journalists (who have not been killed or fired), in a public library, that I could check out and

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First of all, you really have to question the intellectual perspicuity of anyone who believes what Al-Jazeera is selling when they come knocking at the door. That's what Dave Marash did, and now he's having second thoughts. To sum up the reaction of many non-brain-dead people, Dave, DUH! He deftly plays off their anti-American bias as a result of national loyalties in the region, but strangely,

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Isn't it time for LGF to eat some humble pie? It turns out that Lionheart wasn't lying about facing arrest after all. Amazing, that. Now can we agree that the nations of the world have their own native citizens and that Muslims are foreigners that bring in a wholly alien culture, law, and religion? Can we agree now that our own way of life is worth preserving? Or will LGF continue to whine and

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One of the fundamental political messages of the cross is that the followers of Christ do not regard the civil authorities as having ultimate power. Think on that for a moment. The cross was used to kill criminals and anyone who opposed Rome. The vias were strewn with examples of empty crosses stained with blood, with their numbers increasing as you approached a city. The message of death was

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Liberalism is a mental disorder, it is oft said, and I am starting to understand how the disorder manifests itself, and at least some of its attendant symptoms. One of the primary symptoms of liberalism is a hatred of America. Now this serves a useful psychological medicine for people who dwell in nations of failed empires; hating the stronger allows them to wear a badge of honor. They and all

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For a moment of surrealistic absurdity, stop by Robin Johnson's blog, where he declares that he'd rather be a poor Cuban than a poor American. (Yes, he hates Americans that much.) He is also convinced that Cuba's health care system is one of the best in the world. You cannot make this stuff up, folks, and even if I could, I sure wouldn't want to.

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Reminisce with me, if you will. It is the bitterly-contested 2000 presidential campaign. Democrats are picketing the streets of Palm Beach county, screaming for election officials to "count every vote" (well, except the military votes, that is). Rumors of revotes and recounts swirl through the state. One thing that the Democrats wished everyone to think was that the common person mattered. No

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Habitually I shake my head whenever I cross paths with those who claim that there are many ways to God, and that all such paths are equally valid, especially in our post-9/11 world. Whether such heresy pushers (like those who peddle drug-laced ice-cream to children) are of the fuzzy-headed "interfaith" school, the hipper-than-Jesus emergent movement, or the Focaultian "local truth" school of

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