Daily Archives: September 18, 2006

RNS Quote of the Day: Robert A. Heinlein

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Alaska

From the Master’s semi-autobiographical To Sail Beyond the Sunset: “Gratitude”: An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior, “altruism.” Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion. Long ago Mr. Clemens demonstrated in his … Continue reading →

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It’s About Time…

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Alaska

…we started seeing some good offensive plays from Our Men In the White House. I’ve posted before about my fears that a Republican focus on the immigration issue — which I believe was a trap set by the Democrats — would be … Continue reading →

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Book Review

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Alaska

The other day Michael Bane gave a positive review to Matthew Bracken’s Enemies books, so I thought I’d check out Enemies: Foreign and Domestic. Since Phil doesn’t read fiction, the dirty work falls to me. Anyway, it’s pretty good. It reminded … Continue reading →

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Ultimate SHTF Vehicles

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Alaska

Over at survivalblog, there was a recent post about a tricked-out (for survival purposes) camper rig, the “Earthroamer,” built in this case on a Ford F-550 chassis, with solar panels and all sorts of other well-thought-out survival touches. It seems … Continue reading →

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