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Born on the Fourth of July

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The Crab Nebula was born to humanity on July 4th in the year 1054 with the observance of a supernova by Chinese astronomers.

It actually happened 6,500 years before that, since the star that exploded was 6500 light years away from the Earth and took that long to get here.

People are still surprised to look up at the sound of a jet aircraft only to find that it isn't there, having moved on to

TEOLAWKI returns again!

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The End Of Life As We Know It:

No matter where I turn, I am met with another barrage of imminent doom.

TEOLAWKI revisited

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Once again, we learn we are doomed: "Hope dims that Earth will survive Sun's death."

The slim chance our planet will survive when the Sun begins its death throes has been ruled out. ...

TEOLAWKI looms again

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TEOLAWKI - The End of Life as We Know It - threatens again.

Folks, the news from outer space just keeps getting worse and worse.

First, the supernova and galactic-attack scenarios.

Then the predicted return of the comet Genondahwayanung, which pretty much annihilated most life in North America when it

Go West, Young Man …

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I’ve been writing and thinking about Socialism of late and I realized, while running down a mental rabbit trail, that Socialism only functions if there is a strong, large central government. I’m unaware of any Socialist government that developed naturally. All examples I can think of came about when an existing central government was co-opted by Socialists and its power and resources were twisted to fit the new agenda.

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