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APPETIZERS The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination — Voltaire (D&S: Not in our neighborhood!) After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn’t do it. — William Burroughs, 1992 What, sir, would the people of the Earth be without woman? They would be … Read more

APPETIZERS America can cease to be the wealthiest nation on Earth and remain America. It can cease to be the most powerful nation on Earth and remain America. It cannot cease to be the land of the free and remain America. —Charles Murray, Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission,  CATO’S LETTER (CATO Institute) Vol. 13 No. 2 … Read more

APPETIZERS He who has learned, unlearns with difficulty. —ancient Greek proverb The more laws, the more offenders. —ancient Latin proverb Even a hare will insult a dead lion. —ancient Latin proverb Small favors conciliate, but great gifts make enemies. —ancient Latin proverb (Source of proverbs: There’s a Saying for That: PROVERBS from Around the World,edited by … Read more

APPETIZERS “Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.” — Anatole France, The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard “You seem … to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed, and one which would place us under the … Read more

NEW TECHNOLOGY DOESN’T HAVE TO BE EXPENSIVE OR COMPLICATED REDUCE CALORIES IN COOKED RICE BY UP TO 60% USING SIMPLE NEW COOKING METHOD Although this article for the Durk & Sandy Life Extension News was written on April 1st, it is NOT an April Fools Day joke. This is a very real, very exciting method released by the American … Read more

APPETIZERS Fools need Advice most, but only wise Men are the better for it. — Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted. — Jules Renard It is perfectly okay to write garbage— as long as you edit brilliantly. — C. J. Cherryh Ah, you miserable creatures! You … Read more

APPETIZERS Every time you spend money, you’re casting a vote for the kind of world you want. — Anna Lappe The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax. — Albert Einstein No man ever listened himself out of a job. — Calvin Coolidge If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster. — … Read more

APPETIZERS Theory guides; experiment decides. — motto of analytical chemist Izaak Maurits Kolthoff Theory is a good thing, but a good experiment is forever. — Peter Leonidovich Kapitza, Soviet physicist The future is already here—It’s just not very evenly distributed. — William Gibson, science fiction author   IFOIA, NEW RESOURCE FROM THE REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR … Read more

APPETIZERS But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single State, or of a few States only. They would be signals of general alarm … But what degree of madness could ever drive the federal government to such an extremity. — James … Read more