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The LJ database is terribly confused as to the status of my account.
Having deleted my account multiple times, yet finding it back, I am greeted with the standard "Getting started" interface for creating a new account, yet the edit/post new entry stuff seems to work. -
PDF to spreadsheet (oh, say, Excel)
Perhaps a pdf contains a table you really want to extract into something real ( Read more... ) -
Original sin
People have patterns to which we all adhere.
We have limits, beyond which we quit trying. We have hot buttons that anger us. Such foibles are undeniably human, but they can lead to terrible things.
All mankind will, inevitably, choose to do something wrong. We can choose to do right, but we won't always. That choice makes the guilt ours to bear ( Read more... ) -
Walk in the Spirit
If you walk in the spirit of God, you can overcome your personal weakness.
( Luke 18:25-27, Galatians 5:13-18 ) -
Confidence
Psalm 27:1 ( Read more... ) -
Legal theory in brief.
Salus Publica Suprema Lex : The good of the public is the greatest law. ("Salus"has been translated "safety," before, but that overly limits what it means.)
Summum Ius Summa Iniuria : Increasing rules decreases justice.
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Human dignity
Human dignity requires choice. One cannot be dignified if one cannot choose, in their own mind and for their own self, what changes they wish to make to the world. Liberty and dignity are inextricably linked. We owe no debt of allegiance to any government that imposes on our freedoms rather than staunchly protects them ( Read more... ) -
Rich and reckless
Bill Gates probably just got away with over a thousand felonies at once.
Lessee:
Publicly threatening bioterrorism
Felony assault (Threatening death) x Attendees not aware of the joke
Reckless endangerment and battery for those attendees allergic to mosquitoes