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Thanjavur – Brihadeeswara temple architecture
Ubiquitense | November 21st 2009 by ubiquitense
I once visited my friend’s house – an apartment built by one of the most famous builders in South India. It was 7 years old then, and I could see a lot of cracks running along the walls, the bathroom ceiling marked with seepage water-mar read more
It Seems Common Sense Has Died. Why?
Opinion Press | November 21st 2009 by beamsdoorway
Not too long ago people living in the United States had common sense. Today common sense is rare. If someone is endowed with common sense they are hated by those that lack common sense. Those that lack the common sense gene find careers in media and read more
The best place for socialism
nostate.com | November 21st 2009 by Mike Gogulski
The Star Fraction by Ken MacLeod See, what we always meant by socialism wasn’t something you forced on people, it was people organizing themselves as they pleased into co-ops, collectives, communes, unions. Now look at this place. Look at spac read more
Why it’s Bad to Soak the Rich
The Tax Lawyer's Blog | November 21st 2009 by Peter
I found a wonderful article on confiscatory taxation over at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute website. Today the main instrument of confiscatory interventionism is taxation. It does not matter whether the objective of estate and income taxation is the read more
Hugo, I Don't
Football on the Wire | November 20th 2009 by Yanni
The controversy about France v Ireland's World Cup play-off, took the focus away from a possible star of next year's World Cup. Hugo Lloris was brilliant. His decision-making was outstanding throughout both legs of the play-off. The game always ne read more
What does it mean to be a gnostic?
a worm in the mud of the earth | November 20th 2009 by Jim B.
What does it mean to be a gnostic? First, let’s ask: What does Gnosis mean? Gnosis is a Greek word meaning knowledge. Can we define it any further, or do we need to? I talked about the differences between ideas and knowledge a while back. read more
Free Philosophy Gingerbread Shower Gel
Freebie Fox | November 20th 2009 by Kim Rowley
Free Sample of Philosophy The Gingerbread Man Foaming Shower Gel and Bubble Bath read more
Man chasing naked woman
Funny illustrations about life | November 20th 2009 by Frits Ahlefeldt
Early communication, using body language Communication before the internet Download the free print version here read more
Black markets vs. free markets
nostate.com | November 20th 2009 by Mike Gogulski
On a private mailing list, someone asked: Aren’t Black Markets and Free Markets mutually Exclusive? Free markets don’t exist in any real sense anywhere today. State prohibitions, subsidies, taxes, regulation, privilege and the rest make read more
Politics and Ontology CFP
form-of-life | November 20th 2009 by joshua j. kurz
For the Society for Social and Political Philosopy’s meetings to be held in conjunction with: SPEP (Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy) in 2010. The SSPP invites papers for two conference panels. We are seeking papers that address read more
Pokemon Confusion
highDEAS - the best ideas (while you're high) | November 20th 2009 by nowfal
Are there normal animals in the Pokeverse? Do Pokemon replace the normal wildlife? If so, what does that make humans? And what did they do to survive in this world filled with monsters containing unimaginable power BEFORE this modern age of prosperit read more
Robert Fisk on Stones and Semantics in the Occupied Territories (…
Little Alex in Wonderland | November 20th 2009 by Little Alex
Today, at Strike the Root, I posted an article by Jonathan Cook at The Electronic Intifada of an Israeli judge’s “historic ruling… when he decided that an Arab teenager needed ‘protection’ from the justice system and ord read more
blunt rides
highDEAS - the best ideas (while you're high) | November 20th 2009 by nowfal
so al in all i would have to say that theres nothing like smokin an l with friends family ect, and going for a blunt ride. in the city or the woods, theres nothing better. the music sounds amazing, and all you can do is laugh with everyone. night tim read more
Traveling With Mannerly Kids (Part 2): Thanksgiving Travel Tips
Seriously McMillan's She So Ghetto | November 20th 2009 by Seriously McMillan
Part two of two: Seriously dishes out more tips on traveling with children this Thanksgiving and Holiday season. Kids are kids, not little adults, so how can we get kids to be on their best behavior, yet still act their age? Seriously tells how. How read more
SHAME OR GUILT : WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
Reason, Commerce, Justice & Free Beer | November 20th 2009 by Balthazar Oesterhoudt
AN ESSAYI tried to answer this question during a conversation I had with one of my best friends. We often talk about philosophy and power, and we both agreed that "shame" and "guilt" are "kindred spirits." They are both strongly negative words. No read more
"Humor is the affectionate communication of insight." -…
WcP Blog - World Culture Pictorial | November 20th 2009 by WcP Blog - World Culture Pictorial
Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. — Ralph Waldo Emerson read more
How to Make Your Lips Smooth & Kissable
Makeup4All - Makeup and Beauty Reviews and Swatches. Tips an… | November 20th 2009 by Marina
It is already cold and the lips are getting very dry and need extra care. So how do you take care of your lips in cold windy weather? In this post I will tell you about some scrubs, lip balms and some of my tips. I would really love to try the lip read more
Listening to the voice of my heart
Lovely Purses | November 20th 2009
It is not a nice feeling sitting in a cold and austere room at the clinic, while the (lady-) surgeon discusses the rather radical (in my opinion) removal of certain body tissue with her assistant as if I wasn't there. Turns out my 'lump' is an athero read more
River Rocks
Solar Wind | November 20th 2009 by Harold Boulette
Stone is much harder, much tougher than water. Yet the gently flowing water of a stream or river wears down the sharp edges of the rocks over time. In a few decades, or maybe centuries, those rough rocks become sm read more
Modern communication
Funny illustrations about life | November 20th 2009 by Frits Ahlefeldt
Working from home… modern communication - after the internet Download the free illustration here read more
Deplorable victory
The Mammoth and Me | November 20th 2009
Mea maxima Culpa. I was wrong! There are times when the système D does shame the nation and never has this been so evident than over Thierry Henry's lightening conversion from football to handball.Too late for France's honour read more
Book Review: The Sculptor And The Sandman By Sandeep Gautam
Picks and Picks of Life | November 20th 2009 by Prateek Gupta
The Sculptor & The Sandman Author: Sandeep Gautam Publisher: Lulu Price: $10.80 for Print, $2.5 for downloads. Can be directly ordered through Sandeep @ Rs. 300/- One of my favorite genre of books is philosophical fiction, and the latest in the read more
my philosophy
Nihilistic Poetry | November 20th 2009 by Pablo Saborio Vargas
I am no longer immersed somewhat buried or submerged but closely tied or floating with those immediate things we call by words I am that I am my most irrelevant philosophy closest to the light bulb the breathe on my nostril to the plan and the hope read more
Dr. Craig Keener – Gospel Reliability
Southern Bread | November 19th 2009 by Dave Jones
I’m at the EPS(Evangelical Philosophical Society) conference today, Friday and Saturday so I’ll do sparse blogging. JP Moreland kicked off the conference tonight with a good keynote address that was very thought provoking. He talked abo read more
Review of The Lost World Of Genesis One, Part Eighteen
Exploring Our Matrix | November 19th 2009 by James McGrath
Proposition eighteen of John Walton's The Lost World of Genesis One takes the stance that science education should be neutral when it comes to questions of purpose. A science course should by its very definition "discuss material origins from the per read more
Flavours Of Neutral – Focussing On Alignment, Part 4 of 5
Campaign Mastery | November 19th 2009 by Johnn Four
In part one of this 5-part examination, we presented a guest article by Garry Stahl, The Conundrum Of Alignment. In Part two, I discussed the justification for alignment being part of the rules, looked at the arguement against oversimplified moral ar read more
Dark Shadows – Focussing On Alignment, Part 5 of 5
Campaign Mastery | November 19th 2009 by Johnn Four
This post is the end of a long road! It started with a guest article by Garry Stahl, The Conundrum Of Alignment. Parts two and three highlighted what I believe to be the causes of the problems Garry identified, and provided an alternative perspectiv read more
Glass Half Empty Half Full or…?
The Uniblog - A Geek-Centric Pop Culture Blog | November 19th 2009 by The Uniblogger
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Nietzsche, Heidegger, and the Affirmation of Being
Great Literary Works | November 19th 2009 by farhan
Why is there something and not rather nothing? Or, as Heidegger posed the question more precisely in his lecture Existence and Being, “Why is there any being at all and not rather Nothing?” (221). In fact, Heidegger grants this question as the read more
Excellent logic.
highDEAS - the best ideas (while you're high) | November 19th 2009 by nowfal
Practice makes perfect, but no one's perfect. So why practice? read more
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