ericbarbour: He's the philosopher who, in 2003, put out the serious idea that we live in a giant computer simulation. (Before that it was kicked around by science fiction writers like Philip Dick, but only their fans took it seriously.) Unquestionably Bostrom is a smart fellow, but there are some t...

Anyone care to place a bet that the High Oompa Loompa will either invade a Middle Eastern country, or a major terrorist attack will occur on U.S. soil, within the next six months? And that a surge of blind patriotism will raise his approval figures? I would not be surprised if Mr. Bannon is trying ...

Border Town (1969) - This was the single album by Fusion, a short-lived group run Gary "Magic" Marker, who had been with Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band. 8VosM9kki9I LINE-UP: Rick Luther — clavinet, vibes, piano, drums, vocals Harvey Lane — tenor sax, soprano sax, alto sax, clarinet,...

http://www.pcmag.com/article/351839/the-best-tools-to-improve-your-wikipedia-experience Lol, whatta pile of shit. Where's the tool that makes the tool admins disappear? The Register had a way out last year, but it involved the ideas of Andreas Kolbe; namely either pay editors for their work (while ...

Trump had his month, now let's start tearing into him. Vic Berger's re-edit of the first Trump press conference: pZDuvZc5jbg Ted Rall on why it would be a bad thing if the Republicans impeach Trump: Link. Quotes: "....This is speculation, but I bet Republicans with presidential ambitions — Ryan...

From The Independent in the UK: "Wikipedia bans the Daily Mail as a source for being 'unreliable'; 'Sensationalism and flat-out fabrication' are given as reasons for the move." Link . Quotes: ....A fiery debate on its suitability as a source ended with a consensus view that the Mail, and M...

They had the moxie to put a "original research" tag on this one!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_skateboard

Before that post there was a long break too. Wikipediocracy is toast. The brand is ruined. The brand is "ruined" because they let themselves fall apart. Call me a hopeless optimist, but if the principals (Greg, Graybeard, "Monty" Burns) found people to replace them* and pay the ...

I tried to post this before but the site rejected it: the pdf of "meet Charles Koch's Brain" , the story of Robert LeFevre, the former "I AM" cultist, Depression-era flim-flam man, leader of a sex cult, Red-baiter, FBI stooge, friend of Willis Carto, and repeated failed businessm...