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onager

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9. We're incredibly well-behaved, for a bunch of godless nihilist assholes.
Fri Jun 20, 2014, 02:56 PM
Jun 2014


Maybe most of us get enough drama at other places on the internet. I sure do.

Every once in a while in here I'll start to say something contrary and stop myself. That can probably be seen as "cowardly self-censorship." But it's often a poster otherwise I like and respect. I tend to shrug and say "Nobody's ever going to agree with me on everything and they shouldn't." So it's a form of cowardly self-censorship I can live with.

Totally off-topic: I'm sitting here watching Al-Jazeera America, which is showing the 2012 documentary "Money For Nothing: Inside The Federal Reserve." Fascinating. Mostly an analysis of the 2008 crash and the historical Fed policies that led to it.

Well, maybe not totally off-topic: Alan Greenspan is often described as a "disciple" of Ayn Rand.

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That's why our AA group is so valuable! JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #1
I thank god every day for the A&A group... Jokerman Jun 2014 #3
lol JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #4
You'll be in my prayers, buddy. mr blur Mar 2016 #16
We're incredibly well-behaved, for a bunch of godless nihilist assholes. onager Jun 2014 #9
I hear you on that! JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #10
too bad Al Jazeera America is going off the air soon RussBLib Mar 2016 #20
This is just getting started skepticscott Jun 2014 #2
Yep, you are right. trotsky Jun 2014 #5
Yeah, I've noticed Ron Obvious Jun 2014 #6
So true. Jokerman Jun 2014 #7
Nah, we have plenty of authoritarians onager Jun 2014 #14
Spot on mate, spot on. Exultant Democracy Jun 2014 #8
I think it's a little early in the election cycle to be assuming it will be Hillary. AtheistCrusader Jun 2014 #11
I'm sure you remember they tried the same shit in 2008 Shampoobra Jun 2014 #12
Gah! uriel1972 Jun 2014 #13
Shameless kick of my own thread from 2014. Jokerman Mar 2016 #15
This is amazing. beam me up scottie Mar 2016 #17
Dude... Lordquinton Mar 2016 #18
What beam me up scottie and Lordquinton said! Gore1FL Mar 2016 #19
Everything old is new again! progressoid Mar 2016 #21
Since we're thanking god and all on this resurrected thread mountain grammy Mar 2016 #22
Incredible foresight, here. bravo! JonLeibowitz Apr 2016 #23
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