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Brian Blackwell
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Freedom does not have degrees; only slavery does.
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bbblackwell
communication
2019-11-26 16:18
Everything We Say Only Means One Thing…
“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.” – Eckhart Tolle The brain is much like a computer: It accepts programming via our
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life
2019-04-22 20:11
Meaningful Insights in Unlikely Places
“If the Pokemon I liked were there, I’d go anywhere. That’s what a real trainer does.” - Ace Trainer Emma (Pokemon Gold/Silver) In furtherance of the ideas presented in my first-ever Steemit article, Seeking
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life
2019-03-07 16:18
A Holistic Approach to Social Issues
”That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, but charting the unknown possibilities of existence.” - Leonard Nimoy The public discourse is segmented along innumerable
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philosophy
2019-03-05 18:07
Morality - Subjective or Objective?
”A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.” - Thomas Jefferson Morality is a controversial topic, with opinions varying widely between
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politics
2019-02-18 22:59
The Conspiracy Theory of "Social Engineering"
“It must be remembered that the first job of any conspiracy, whether it be in politics, crime or within a business office, is to convince everyone else that no conspiracy exists.” -- Gary Allen In a broad
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anarchy
2019-02-05 17:16
A Message To Anarchists
Ok people, so here's where I vent some steam that's been held back in dealing with statists; and in the process, risk losing half the audience amidst cries of "Now he's gone too far!". As true
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informationwar
2018-11-19 18:50
The Cat in the Hat has a hand up his Back?
Hey kids, is your mind clogged with thoughts of your own? Don’t worry, we’ll help, you needn’t go it alone! We’ll clean up that grease and that grime, and that soot, With this super-fantabulous new
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life
2018-11-19 16:20
Flu Shots, Grape Soda, and Self-Respect
“You're turning over your whole life to him… And if it means so little to you that you can just give it away, hand it to him, then why should it mean any more to him? He can't value you more than you value
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life
2018-11-01 15:23
Let Go of Your Dreams – It’s the Right Thing to Do
“Last night I lost the world, and gained the universe.” ― C. JoyBell C. We’ve all got things we want out of life – hopes, dreams, bucket lists, etc. – and it’s generally recommended that we remain steadfast
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life
2018-10-10 17:41
The Jack of All Trades is Master of One
"The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety." - W. Somerset Maugham It’s no secret that society has increasingly moved toward specialization over time. The exponential complexity innate
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motivation
2018-10-03 16:50
“Other as Self” Morality
“Human beings, by nature, want happiness and do not want suffering... from the viewpoint of real human value, we are all the same.” - Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama A while back, I was eating a bag
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politics
2018-09-11 19:51
What’s With This Flag???
”Homo sapiens is the species that invents symbols in which to invest passion and authority, then forgets that symbols are inventions.” - Joyce Carol Oates I started seeing this flag about two years ago
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psychology
2018-08-15 19:44
Reward and Punishment
”Should one be shallow enough to view existence as a system of rewards and punishments, one soon learns that we pay as dearly for our triumphs as we do for our defeats.” - Tom Robbins There’s been much
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fitness
2018-08-03 18:31
Building a Better Body (Part 8): How We Learn
In the previous installment of this series, we spoke about how fitness myths get started and come to be accepted. This may seem to imply that people naively believe anything they’re told, but this is not
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life
2018-07-24 18:21
Playing the Game of Culture
“Popular culture is a place where pity is called compassion, flattery is called love, propaganda is called knowledge, tension is called peace, gossip is called news, and auto-tune is called singing.” ―
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politics
2018-07-13 23:26
Should Imprisoned Drug Offenders Be Released Upon Legalization?
With the recent trend toward legalization of marijuana in many areas, the question has been raised, ”Should those imprisoned on marijuana-related drug charges be released?” I’d like to briefly consider
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writing
2018-07-11 22:11
Lamentations of Lethargy - A Fictional Fireside Monologue
Being both a man of reason and of limited energetic capacity, it would be unfitting to suppose me mad or morose when I reveal that I'd rather be struck dead this very instant than to spend another solitary
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fitness
2018-07-09 14:31
Building a Better Body (Part 7): Common Knowledge
The last two articles in this series explored the role of science in our effort to build a better body; but even if we accept that science is capable of providing a reasonably sound description of reality
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life
2018-07-04 16:47
The Nature of Needs
“The art of our necessities is strange, that can make vile things precious.” -William Shakespeare The concept of need gets beat up pretty badly. It’s stretched and contorted, or crushed down into a tiny
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fiction
2018-06-27 19:55
"The Night Mother" - A Short Story by Brian Blackwell
Gradations of gloom marbled the hallway leading to the destined chamber. Why anyone would choose to inhabit such a dwelling was beyond his reckoning, but the caprice of his host was ever-appalling and
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