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exador23!q My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. ~ Harry S. Truman
about 8 days ago from web- exador23
!q Tsunami warnings are coming from scientists at NOAA. So all conservatives should ignore them! ~ @KagroX
about 13 days ago from web - exador23
!q "Real" is a distinction of a naïve mind, I think. We're getting beyond that. I mean, naïve empiricism worked well enough, until the discoveries of quantum physics seventy or eighty years ago revealed the hideous secret that the bedrock of reality is a funhouse basement! ~T. McKenna
about 14 days ago from web - exador23
!q For monkeys to speak of truth is hubris of the highest degree. Where is it writ large that talking-monkeys should be able to model the cosmos? If a sea urchin or a racoon were to propose to you that it had a viable truth about the universe, the absurdity of that assertion would be self-evident
about 15 days ago from web - exador23
!q the truth of the matter is far more terrifying, the truth that dare not speak itself is that no one is in control, absolutely no one. This stuff is ruled by the equations of dynamics & chaos. There may be entities seeking control, but to seek control is to take enormous aggravation upon yourself
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!para You're on your own, Captain. Still wanna go on? Like this Popular Tab: we build it every night. Spammers blow it right back up again. Just so the generals can say the road's open. Think about it. Who cares? ~ Chief
about 16 days ago from web - exador23
!para by the time a child is 2 or 3 they have completely created a cultural mosaic of words interposed between them and reality. Reality from that point on is only an unconfirmed rumor...and every #culture accentuates different parts so, in a sense, every culture is a different reality. ~T. McKenna
about 16 days ago from web - about 16 days ago from web
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!q The Athenians, alarmed at the internal decay of their Republic, asked Demosthenes what to do. His reply: "Do not do what you are doing now." ~ Joseph Ray
about 17 days ago from web - exador23
!q My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what’s really going on to be scared. ~ P. J. Plauger
about 17 days ago from web - exador23
!q I don’t mind what Congress does, as long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses. ~ Victor Hugo
about 18 days ago from web - exador23
!q While we did not always see eye to eye on methods to solve the race problem, I always had a deep affection for Malcolm and felt that he had a great ability to put his finger on the existence and the root of the problem. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. on the assassination of Malcolm X 45 years ago today
about 19 days ago from web - about 19 days ago from web
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!q Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things. ~ Hereclitus
about 19 days ago from web - exador23
!q This universe, which is the same for all, has not been made by any god or man, but it always has been, is, and will be an ever-living fire, kindling itself by regular measures and going out by regular measures.~ Hereclitus 535 BC - 475 BC
about 20 days ago from web - exador23
...The code ~codes~ for space, time, matter, and energy. Its much more like we're in a #simulacrum...The universe is a puzzle. Life is a problem to be solved. It's a conundrum... ~Terence McKenna !q Notes on Planetary Intelligence http://www.lancerules.com/terence/notes.mp3 [12minutes]
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!q Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~ Doug Larson
about 20 days ago from web
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