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The London transit system was hit by terrorist attack this morning. I awoke to the news this morning and quickly went into coping mode. It’s a moral outrage that civilians are intentionally targeted by Islamist forces. It’s a shame that religion brings otherwise rational individuals to commit atrocities such as this. The same forces that led Christians to carry out the inquisition are leading Islamists to carry out their own conquest of the world. Nothing short of the fall of modern civilization will satisfy the thirst of the Muslim world. The rhetoric in the press and the politics is all missing the point. We’re all dancing around political correctness and trying to be tolerant, but as Sam Harris says, “some propositions are so dangerous that it may even be ethical to kill people for believing them”.

No more words. Hear only the voice within.
~ Jalal ad-Din Rumi

I am going my own way
And I meet myself
Which includes everything I meet.
~ DÅ?gen

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it’s on your plate–that’s my philosophy.
~ Thornton Wilder

Acquiring possessions is a simpler challenge than acquiring meaning. As Western society moves from material want to meaning want, we must always be aware that acquiring meaning is harder to come by than a car or house.
~ Gregg Easterbrook

So I got up early (for a Saturday) today to accompany Ted and Jon to a “scratch and dent” beer sale at Western Distributing in Commerce City. Doors open at 8:00 for four hours every Saturday. We arrived there right at 7:00, and there were already more than 100 people in line in front of us. They are a distributor for Miller and other sundry brands. Domestics are $10 per case and imports were $15 per case. I went mostly on a reconnaissance mission — just to see what the deal was. I came out with a case of Fosters, a case of Newcastle Brown Ale, and a case of Boddington’s Pub Ale. I’ve not had any of the latter two, and I’m hoping to be pleasantly surprised. For the return trip (whenever that might be) I think I’ll focus on Sam Adams for $10 a case.

O’Connor to Retire From Supreme Court - Yahoo! News

Bush is going to have some fun now.

Rachel McAdams, as she appears in this weekends LIFE weekend magazine…