Here is a rigorous analysis of the weighty matter of rock, paper, and scissors.   In a moment of weakness, I allowed myself to consider that perhaps it is ridiculous to break a long silence with something so pointless...  until we ask:  "Pointless" as opposed to what? For those who insist on . . . (More)

  I remain very interested in persuasion as a mode of power, and as one of the engines of history.  For the moment, I have little of my own to offer on this topic, but I am persuaded that like-minded souls may appreciate this psychological warfare site. I particularly enjoyed the psyops bl . . . (More)

  Moses supposes That Moses has gnosis; What Moses supposes is wrong. What Mo supposes, Sid diagnoses; Siddhartha's dharma is strong. Jesus would please us If all were like Jesus And pharisees had Jesus' logos. But Constantine constantly Cons the constabulary; Beloved in Christ, t . . . (More)

DISCLAIMER:  A wise man once said that Beer + Coffee = Removing the Volume Control.  You have been warned.DISCLAIMER THE SECOND:  I am going to attempt an invasion of the South over the next week, so I will be on hiatus during this time. DISCLAIMER THE THIRD:  Jesus was way cool.  Leave me al . . . (More)

WARNING:  DON'T CLICK ANY LINKS IN THIS POST.  IN FACT, JUST DON'T CLICK ANY LINKS, EVER AGAIN.  IF YOU ARE OVER 18, IT'S PROBABLY LEGAL FOR YOU TO CLICK THESE (AND POSSIBLY OTHER) LINKS, BUT, LISTEN, JUST DON'T, OKAY? So, what is a troll, really?  And why are you dressed like a memb . . . (More)

 At the risk of appearing to beat a dead horse with a lame duck, this: seems like a good idea.  Sadly, but inevitably, my gonadless compatriots and the quislings who rule them will never grow the requisite pair, or brain. (Though I can honestly say that I didn't write this simply as . . . (More)

 Friends, and regular readers (if any) may know that I am sympathetic to Buddhism, though I am not a Buddhist.  (I'm not much of a joiner.)But, sometimes, it seems to me that the Buddhist dhamma is something like what parents do when they've taken a small child to see a scary movie.   Seeing t . . . (More)