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Wait 'til you get to the histories and a few of the comedies.

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Last night's snow is melting. Poor, poor Zero.

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*shrugs* I liked it. It's Scott , for heaven's sake. His writing is like pizza. Or sex. Even when it's bad, it's good. It's not his best work, but it's not as terrible as everyone seems to be making it out to be. Is it worth the fifteen bucks I dropped to have a signed copy? Sure. I've spent more on...

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AVG has always been good to me, and it tends to score much higher in comparison rankings than most commercial ones (Norton, McAfee, etc.).

I've also never had a problem with Avast, though the actual software looks kind of like a cheap computer game from the late 90s.

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It's not xkcd, but it's totally their bag.

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There's also this extensive guide on Bel Air Rolling.

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Fetus, I don't recall Locke ever arguing that it was the government's responsibility to ensure equality in every aspect of its citizens' lives. Regardless, I never said that libertarian ideology is strictly and completely Lockean. You can't expect three hundred years to pass without adapting here an...

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While i am sure you are right, still, it isn't hard to arrive at libertarianism for an anarchist, if he matures his political ideology enough to realize that the complete absence of government would quickly degenerate in forms of oligarchic feudalism (the rule of the strongest). I suppose you could...

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Fetus, you seem to be the only one in the world who has a problem with it. I don't think you can play the "poor definition" card simply because you have a personal definition that is vastly different from the rest of the world's. How can you measure liberalism? On every issue, there are th...

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See, I hold that it can be measured. Most things can be measured. You're free to disagree that she's a liberal all you want. But, the fact of the matter is that you're all alone in your assessment, with absolutely nothing in terms of support for your opinion than perhaps a "gut feeling." O...

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Finishing up: Time Traveler's Wife. It's absolutely amazing.

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She's not a liberal because he doesn't want her to be. There's no actual basis for his claims, but that's okay; I'd venture a guess that nobody here really takes anything he says seriously, anyway. Nevermind the dozens of studies done by think tanks that evaluate her as a liberal. Nevermind that her...

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Mmkay, sweetie. Whatever it takes to get through the night, I guess. Don't worry, though. I didn't expect much in terms of a response. Just keep plugging your ears and saying "lalala!" One day you might try to include a little more than opinions with zero substantiation (that directly cont...

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*shrugs* Suit yourself. Like I said, though, if their behavior isn't going to drastically change, I don't see how its relevant. As far as Dubya goes, he didn't have a voting record (he was a governor). But, looking at what kind of legislation he supported and signed in Texas gives a pretty clear ind...

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In any case, i wouldn't try to deduce a politician's true alignment from their voting record in the senate. You often vote what will net you (or you think it will) a bigger political profit. You vote what you think people will approve of (at least the people you think will vote for you), or you vot...

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You can deny its truth all you want. Every single study (done by liberal, conservative, and non-partisan think tanks) upholds the belief that Hilary is liberal. When you vote along the party line 96.7% of the time, you lose all right to say that you're a moderate, that you're one of the more conserv...

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She can claim to be whatever the Hell she wants. Her voting record shows that she's far from moderate, far from being a conservative Democrat, and far from anything other than an everyday liberal. Calling her anything else is as silly as me labeling Tom Coburn, Jim DeMint, John Ensign, James Inhofe,...

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Zero should be happy. If my weather is any indication, he's enjoying a nice blanket of snow right about now.

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I guess I can join that club too.

I can grow hair everywhere else, but the hair on my head is slowly going the way of the buffalo.

Going bald is the new "in" thing.

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Too bad Scott himself didn't pick the story.

Anyway, I read it when it was released. Loved it. A female friend of mine insisted that she would, at some point, make babies with you and Tim Pratt.

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What about losing? That's about all I'm capable of doing with mine anymore.

Join the club. Although, to be fair, I've been capable of making it a more silvery color, the past few years. Josh, we're far too young for this crap to happen. Has the world gone mad?

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September 7th is an amazing birthday. Of course, it would have been even more amazing if it were September 7th of NEXT year, as it falls on Labor Day (as it does every eleven years). This completely random bit of trivia is exactly the reason I come to P-Web. Thanks, Syphon. Thanks. Heh, well... I w...

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I can't do roll-over text when I link it, for some reason. Anyway, I added it under the strip.

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Don't forget this one:

ROLLOVER TEXT: Bean actually sabotaged it just to give Dink the excuse to make that joke.

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*lays claim for nickname that stuck best with "Fred"*

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September 7th is an amazing birthday. Of course, it would have been even more amazing if it were September 7th of NEXT year, as it falls on Labor Day (as it does every eleven years). Congrats!

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We clearly have very different views on what constitutes governing a nation for many years. You'd say that winning the majority of votes here and there constitutes having governed those nations for many years. I disagree. With so many multi-party systems in Europe, most of them don't even get a majo...

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You said they've governed Europe for many years without leading them farther down the road to communism. I say they haven't governed Europe for many years. You say it's through the evolution of socialist ideology that they haven't abused the power they have in these nations. I say that they don't ha...

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(Double post) Actually, Jota, if you go back and read what I actually wrote (I know it's hard; but, give it a try, for old time's sake), you'd see that I was disagreeing with your assertion that socialist parties were overwhelming powerful. They aren't. They don't have a lot of power to begin with a...

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I'm just worried that you're setting up a specific ideology to knock down, and that that ideology doesn't really show up in reality. In other words, a straw man. In other words: you haven't been paying attention and just couldn't wait to throw out the same baseless accusation. Good work, cupcake. M...

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You still don't get it, Jota. You can sit there and pretend that you're defining socialism in a way that the world agrees with all you want; it doesn't change a thing. You're still arguing from points wherein the definition you choose to use is different from the points you're trying to refute. I do...

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Ali, I guess I just hadn't thought of that. I mean, for most of the years I've been alive, I haven't had someone to spend Valentine's Day with. But, I've never really felt bitter about it, nor have I felt the strong desire to do something special. I fully expected to be working this year and didn't ...

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Yes; I am.. I'm arguing that we can't be working from two or more definitions of terms to argue the same set of issues. And I'm arguing that his definitions are -- in several cases -- faulty. There are, of course, other things we've been arguing; but, the main obstacle is that (1) he insists on rede...

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I never understood why people feel so strong about this holiday, be it in support or in protest. If you don't want to celebrate it: alright, you don't have to. If you want to celebrate: go ahead. Who cares what everybody else does? Does it really matter? Do you feel better about yourself protesting ...

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And I'm simply commenting on the fact that your unsubstantiated blanket statements are little more than worthless drivel. You can label my actions whatever the hell you want, but don't think for a second that they're not going to be challenged if you can't offer a single iota of support for the labe...

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