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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1h

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1h

"We might as well say that the Newtonian system of philosophy is a part of the common law, as that the Christian religion is. The truth is that Christianity and Newtonianism being reason and verity itself, in the opinion of all but infidels and Cartesians…"

To Dr. Thomas Cooper Monticello, February 10, 1814 < The Letters of Thomas Jefferson 1743-1826 < Thomas Jefferson < Presidents < American History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1h

https://ifstudies.org/blog/does-sexual-history-affect-marital-happiness

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1h

How Did Judith Barsi Die? Inside the Harrowing Murder of the 'All Dogs Go to Heaven' Child Star

Child actress Judith Barsi was murdered by her father in 1988. Here's what to know about 'The Land Before Time' star's death.

people.com

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 2h

146. He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.

Beyond Good and Evil — Ch 4

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 2h

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2016/02/23/u-s-religious-groups-and-their-political-leanings/

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 4h

“The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind’s judge on the last day” (CCC 841).

The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Islam

In the wake of 9/11 it has become more important than ever that Catholics have an accurate view of Islam. A starting point, though not the ending point, is read...

www.catholic.com

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 17h

Leo Tolstoy Quote

I cannot recall those years without horror, loathing, and heart-rending pain. I killed people in war, challenged men to duels with the purpose of killing them, and lost at cards; I squandered the frui...

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 17h

Paulo Coelho Quote

At a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 17h

Aaron Bushnell was my friend. May he never be forgotten | Levi Pierpont

Aaron did not die in vain. He has already inspired so many to stand up for truth and justice

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 19h

"Is this doing to them as we would desire they should do to us? If they could carry off and enslave some thousands of us, would we think it just? One would almost wish they could for once, it might convince more than Reason, or the Bible."

Thomas Paine / American Slavery in America -- 1775

cooperative-individualism.org

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 20h

Peter Kropotkin Quote

Knowledge is an immense power. Men must know. But we already know much! What if that knowledge — and only that — should become the possession of all? Would not science itself progress in leaps and cau...

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 20h

Surah Al-Ma'idah Ayat 14 (5:14 Quran) With Tafsir

Read Surah Maidah Ayat 14 (5:14) with translation. Included verse by verse commentary with tafsir for those looking to learn about this ayah in detail.

myislam.org

Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 21h

https://dakotastudent.com/7449/opinion/help-addicts-legalize-drugs/

Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 21h

"It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in the United States is closely connected with this."
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Albert Einstein Quote

The prestige of government has undoubtedly been lowered considerably by the Prohibition laws. For nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws wh...

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 21h

The ACA Is Making Health Insurers Much Richer

As we approach the 14-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the law is quite different from what Congress originally enacted

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 21h

"Interested parties write that the aim of the [Marihuana Tax Act of 1937] was to reduce the hemp industry through excessive taxation largely as an effort of businessmen Andrew Mellon, William Randolph Hearst, and the Du Pont family."
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https://www.techdirt.com/2011/12/22/mapping-out-revolving-door-between-govt-big-business-venn-diagrams/

Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 21h

"…in this matter the good are a law to themselves, and the coarser sort of lovers ought to be restrained by force; as we restrain or attempt to restrain them from fixing their affections on women of free birth."

Symposium, by Plato

www.gutenberg.org

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

Mahatma Gandhi Quote: “Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to...”

“Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher’s knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs....

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

"A world contrary to God must be kept within bounds by the world's sword.

But true Christians love God and their neighbors as themselves; they commit no evil by the grace of God. It is not necessary to compel them to goodness since they know better what is good than the law-imposing authority."

The Net of Faith

The way of life taught by Jesus Christ is one of nonresistance, nonviolence, and peace. Christians who justify their violent actions pervert the gospel and vainly try to recast Jesus in their own ima...

nonresistance.org

Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

Loras College Library: Banned Literature: Index of Forbidden Texts

Research and information on censorship and banned literature

library.loras.edu

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

”Nero watched the destruction from the Tower of Maecenas, and elated by what he called ‘the beauty of the flames’ he donned his tragedian’s costume and sang a composition called 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘺 from beginning to end.”
www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/...

Third Eye Blind - Slow Motion

YouTube video by thirdeyeblindVEVO

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

"For all good poets, epic as well as lyric, compose their beautiful poems not by art, but because they are inspired and possessed."

Ion, by Plato

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

https://theweek.com/speedreads/564651/stagnant-wage-1-eyepopping-chart

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

A Russian and an American get on a plane in Moscow and get to talking. The Russian says he works for the Kremlin and he's on his way to go learn American propaganda techniques.
"What American propaganda techniques?" asks the American.
"Exactly," the Russian replies.