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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
I have to occasionally wonder when seeing such reports if they are analogous to this scene in The Truman Show:
SCHOOL MISTRESS: “What about you, Truman?”
(Truman rises to his feet, gathering his nerve.)TRUMAN: “I want to be an explorer…
(with reverence) … like Magellan.”(The School Mistress smiles benevolently.)
SCHOOL MISTRESS:…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
… could we possibly add another “twist” to this situation? Isn’t there a German presence in the immediate area? The following url is for the Coat of Arms for the German Air Force Tactical Training Center.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
Oops … apologies Bethenny. Meant to reply directly above you. Welcome to Giza! We are all glad when new members arrive.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
… could we possibly add another “twist” to this situation? Isn’t there a German presence in the immediate area? The following url is for the Coat of Arms for the German Air Force Tactical Training Center.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FlgAusbZLw.jpg -
Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
… maybe I just don’t understand … is there not a connection between insurance and risk? If it were not for “risk” would there be any need for insurance companies? Oh … wait … now I understand … the connection is not between insurance companies and risk it is between insurance companies and casinos. The “house/company”…[Read more]
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Scarmoge and
blakecosmos are now friends 7 years, 7 months ago
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Scarmoge and
Katie B are now friends 7 years, 7 months ago
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
Braw! Dave.
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Scarmoge posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
“To be a philosopher, or a scientific man, you must be as a little child, with all the sincerity and simple-mindedness of the child’s vision, with all the plasticity of the child’s mental habits.
What are the exercises conducive to this? Extensive reading to begin with. A hundred volumes a year or 3 2/3 days per volume does not sound like hard…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
After one studies the Engel book it is truly startling to see how many of these fallacies are out there in “our everydayness” (Walker Percy’s term for the background of assumptions within which we operate and that we unknowingly absorb osmotically not from the original clear Aether but instead from its unclear replacement) in what we read and…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
Yes, reading several books simultaneously is an excellent strategy for acquiring the skill of “connecting the dots” by osmosis. 🙂
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Ditto. I’m reading Wall St &FDR, War and Society in Renaissance History and The South China Sea at the moment.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
Another resource or two to recommend … S. Morris Engel’s – With Good Reason. The earlier editions can be found very reasonably on Addall.com. The other would be An Illustrated Book of Bad Arguments by Ali Alsomossawi. The latter here a kind of “graphic comic” introduction to the fallacies for those who have no background.
This might serve…[Read more]-
Yes, logical fallacies was the expression I wanted!
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After one studies the Engel book it is truly startling to see how many of these fallacies are out there in “our everydayness” (Walker Percy’s term for the background of assumptions within which we operate and that we unknowingly absorb osmotically not from the original clear Aether but instead from its unclear replacement) in what we read and…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Another portion of the Braden piece.
Cheers
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Perhaps “combat” does not describe the relative strengths brought to battle. For we started with nothing but the truth. Yet within three years we had made solid accomplishments. Few of them would have been possible without undercover methods.I remember…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
The full post of Braden’s piece is in the FORUM under Articles and Links if you are interested.
Cheers
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Scarmoge posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
For some reason the system will not allow the posting of the remaining portion of the article. I’ll continue to attempt to post the last section.
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Scarmoge posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
I’M Glad the CIA is Immoral
By Thomas W. Braden
Former President of California’s Board of Education, trustee of California State Colleges and candidate for lieutenant governor, the author is editor and publisher of BLADE-TRIBUNE at Oceanside, Calif. During World War II, he served with both the British infantry and with the OSS as a…[Read more]
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Scarmoge posted an update 7 years, 7 months ago
Interesting article titled “I’m Glad the CIA is “Immoral” by Thomas W. Braden published in The Saturday Evening Post, 20 May 1967, page 10 – 14
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“Did You order the ‘Code Red?” … “DID YOU ORDER THE CODE RED?”
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
Could this be the “real” reason behind the repatriation demand? Given that there has really been no gold standard in play for 40 years or so this seems as legitimate as any other reason for the repatriation demands not only from Germany but from many other countries as well. Also I seem to recall that when the repatriations of gold became “known”…[Read more]
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It’s always useful to regularly check those official resources like central banks and national mints; wherever all this “cashless” talk may lead, coins and medals remain a major vehicle for officialdom to convey symbols, Or send messages regarding things like “gold marks” or “gold euros”.
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Scarmoge posted a new activity comment 7 years, 8 months ago
What can one say but “WOW!”
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Could this be the “real” reason behind the repatriation demand? Given that there has really been no gold standard in play for 40 years or so this seems as legitimate as any other reason for the repatriation demands not only from Germany but from many other countries as well. Also I seem to recall that when the repatriations of gold became “known”…[Read more]
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It’s always useful to regularly check those official resources like central banks and national mints; wherever all this “cashless” talk may lead, coins and medals remain a major vehicle for officialdom to convey symbols, Or send messages regarding things like “gold marks” or “gold euros”.
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Scarmoge posted an update 7 years, 8 months ago
Hello All,
Given Dr. Farrell’s post “Digital Reading vs. Real Reading” there may be some interest in the following piece
“How the Human Eye Reads a Website” from Creative Blog, November 2014.Enjoy!
https://www.creativebloq.com/ux/how-human-eye-reads-website-111413463
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Wow. THERE is some food for thought!!! Thanks, Scarmoge!