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Roborant:
rob"o*rant, n. A roborant drug; a restorative or tonic.
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About Roborant
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How this site has evolved and what I think it's about.
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Yuri Bezmenov and Look magazine
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Yuri Bezmenov claimed that the KGB had, in essence, taken over Look magazine. Was he crazy?
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Life Magazine, 1964, Part IV
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One more installment of the Life Magazine, 1964 series.
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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The image of Diem has evolved over the years. From Karnow's judgement to Moyar's we see a distinct pattern emerge.
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Second Treatise On Government
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This is Locke's most important work, in my opinion. It is the blueprint for a democratic government made up of multiple branches, with checks and balances between them.
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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
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The ultimate Calvin and Hobbes compendium, comprised of every strip that was ever published. It doesn't get much better than this.
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Understanding the Basenji
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Basenjis can be quite fun to own, but you have to understand the breed and, above all, be smarter than the dog.
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No god but God
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Reza Aslan's book does more than explain the history of Islam. It explains a lot about the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East today.
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Ancient Greek Information Technology
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You never know what you're going to run into when you start reading the classics.
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Push Button Cooking
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In the 1950's, GE promised us a push-button future. To give us an example of that world, they advertised a push-botton oven. After nearly sixty years, my grandmother still has one of these and I've photographed it.
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Intelligent Design Refuted
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I can refute Intelligent Design with a single snapshot.
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First Treatise on Government
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A screed against the monarchy that any modern blogger will recognize as a first-rate fisking.
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Hobbes' Leviathan
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Hobbes' attempt to put philosophy on scientific grounds and "prove" that the idea of monarchy is good for us isn't very convincing.
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AJAX and the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern
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The Model-View-Controller design pattern never seems to fail me.
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Life Magazine, 1964, Part III
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Part three in the series about evens of 1964 as portrayed in Life Magazine.
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Intelligent Design
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Intelligent Design is a joke. Nature is full of severely unintelligent design.
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The 1960's: you can have them
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These days, the 1960's are remembered with nostalgia and fondness. If you really look back, however, you see that it wasn't really a fun decade.
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John Locke
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John Locke was one of the fathers of modern democracy. His writings were some of the seeds that started the United States.
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McCaul Votes For Pork
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Here in the 10th Congressional District of Texas, we're represented by Michael McCaul, a solid Republican. Perhaps a little too solid, really.
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Voltaire
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Voltaire had it all: he was rational, successful and witty.
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