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Free Tibet to theocratic feudalism?
04.08.08 | Permalink | 13 Comments

No matter how cute and goofy the Dalai Lama is, the Tibet his predecessors ran was a theocratic feudal society. I’m not certain that the Daiai Lama isn’t a democrat, but I don’t remember him ever advocating for a Tibetan democracy. Tibetan Buddhism certainly isn’t democratic. (If there is anything out there connecting the Tibetan […]
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Fundamentalism is new
04.07.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Karen Armstrong says pretty much the same, but here it is from a guy who went to Harvard to study fundamentalism. Brett Grainger sees fundamentalism as an entirely modern phenomenon, one that was born as a reaction against the modern world, but that has also been shaped by it. “Contrary to conventional wisdom, fundamentalists are […]
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Optimus Prime docks with space station
04.03.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Optimus Prime docks with space station

BBC said it was a “robot space truck,” and I can’t imagine what else that could mean. Robot space truck, more than meets the eye.
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Richard Dawkins is smarter than you
03.29.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Richard Dawkins is smarter than you

Beware the unbelievers! They are among us!
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What Obama should have said
03.28.08 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Even ministers sin.
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Cheeto Jesus
03.27.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

It’s Cheesus! (Hat tip to my fundy plant.)

Free Tibet to theocratic feudalism?