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[cdrsalamander @cdrsalamander]

Now and then I have to conduct family business in my ancestral homeland in very rural southern Mississippi where my family has been for 216 years. In the course of such things, I have to interact with the county courthouse, tax assessor, etc in county seats in cities with populations well under 2,000 souls.

The same wonderful people I run into in person when there IRL, I find when I call or email.

Unfailingly, the response is prompt. The people are unfailingly polite and helpful—friendly to a high degree.

Per Capital Income in this part of Mississippi is about $23,551.

Per Capital Income in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area is $96,000.

Money does not buy you a civil society.

[Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry @pegobry_en]

This is the problem with Hobbit Nationalism

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@KKriegeBlog Yes, but you should respond with "OK, but understand that by 'Star Wars' I mean one movie released in 1977, for which there have been 2 sequels. And that's it." And see what happens.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@johnkonrad On a lot of the vending or office machines, you have to run the "Espresso" cycle like 8 times to even get a full cup of coffee.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@ChowdahHill Birthplace of the proximity fuse.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@NickJFreitas And do it as zero-base budgeting. That is, don’t take what’s existing and start trying to cut - but start with nothing at all and build based on what’s Constitutionally allowed.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@CynicalPublius @TaskandPurpose ...and those are just the INTENDED consequences.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@cdrsalamander @TimDocChoi Most of the others have flags on their hats but this one's indistinct. Some kind of light spot on dark field, so maybe ROC (blue sky with a white sun)?

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@cdrsalamander If you do one of these for the Hoover building, there's also "Salt the Earth"

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@johnkonrad All decorations and medals established post-1945 are hereby cancelled and further wear is prohibited.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@cdrsalamander And my first two sentences here are just inelegant thumb-typing, not trying to one-up Mr. Konrad’s description. Sorry ‘bout that. Anyway, you’ll love the book.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@cdrsalamander Mr. Konrad's "beyond description" is a good way to put it. Maybe the best way to put it is that it's "about" information theory. It will impact the way you think about information streams around you; I do the Bible and Cryptonomicon every year.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@cdrsalamander It's historical fiction (WWII and a contemporary-to- 1999 timeline), and nearly as big as the whole LOTR. Note that when you get into it there's a section where you'll want some diagrams that are in the paper version, but that's easily handled - or you can get the paper one.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@LudwigNverMises Modern Progressivism is what you get when you take the actual/biblical Christian parts out of cultural Christianity. See Machen's "Christianity and Liberalism" for a contemporary (1923) critique of it.. And (it's fun), Mencken's obit of Machen called "Dr. Fundamentalis".

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@cdrsalamander Feature, not a bug. The credibility loss, that is. It's not an accident.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@VivekGRamaswamy Love your writing Vivek. But to be a bit picky about something important, we don't elect leaders. We elect servants.

[JOR @J_O_Rocker]

@cdrsalamander @ColPotter59 Well it's an honest mistake if you're 12 years old - or an adult adolescent, I guess. And this is one more case of "the issue is never the issue - the issue is the revolution". This is a continuation of the kulturkrieg we've seen going on for awhile (renaming, etc.).