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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

The internet was that way once as well, for a very brief period.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Heinlein, <i>Beyond This Horizon</i>

Prolly had the Swiss in mind. The Afghans, ehhh, not so much.

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

Who do you toss into the drink, then, if your four wins a race?

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𝔅𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔷𝔢𝔟𝔲𝔟𝔟𝔞's avatar

We always got the most yardage out of our cox.

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TundraGrifter's avatar

As fake as Ann Falter's accent - and Sheer InSannity's laugh?

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TundraGrifter's avatar

ID: I think a horrific event such as the American Civil War would drive an intelligent person into either an utter belief in religion or an absolute rejection of it.

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fuflans's avatar

right. pointy heads engaged and enraged and the vocabulary!

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fuflans's avatar

fuck that. we won gold. we are back baby! USA! USA!! USA!!!!

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Vienna Woods's avatar

Yes, those were a great read. (Looks for them on bookshelf).

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Monsieur_Grumpe's avatar

Between the three of them I found Buckley the most punchable.

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Vienna Woods's avatar

This news saddened me. He is one of the greats in my book. I was lucky to see him at an event in Toronto several years back. Just listening to him for an hour discuss the current state of the United States was an incredible experience. Okay... time to pull out my copy of Burr and start reading.

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Mahousu's avatar

"Decline" implies it existed once. The evidence on that is mixed. Quite mixed.

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TundraGrifter's avatar

My favorite Gore Vidal book is "Lincoln." His "warts and all" presentation just made Old Abe even more impressive.

While reading it I visited the Chicago Historical Society, and there was the chair Lincoln sat in when in the Illinois legislature. The front of each arm was worn down to the wood.

I looked around - no guard. I turned around, bent my kness a bit (NO - I didn't sit in the damn thing - that would have been too much!) and put my hands were Lincoln had put his.

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chascates's avatar

"Whenever a friend succeeds, a little something in me dies."

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Mahousu's avatar

Culture always exists, but civilization requires more than the odd individual here and there.

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