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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 12h

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 · 12h

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 · 12h

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

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 14h

"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

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 14h

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 · 15h

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.

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 16h

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

Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 16h

"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 · 16h

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 · 16h

"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 · 16h

"…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

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 22h

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 · 22h

"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...

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 22h

Loras College Library: Banned Literature: Index of Forbidden Texts

Research and information on censorship and banned literature

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 22h

”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 · 23h

"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 · 23h

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.

Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

Friedrich Nietzsche Quote

He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you.

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

"…they can put on Aiery bodies (as a garment) to make them Visible when they will to our bodily Eyes; and others say, are Bodies, and living Creatures, but made of Air, or other more subtile and aethereall Matter, which is, then, when they will be seen, condensed."
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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

"Jesus said, Forgive, forgive not once or seven times, but without limit; love your enemies, do good to them that hate you—but tribunals do not forgive, they punish; they return not good but evil to those whom they regard as the enemies of society."

Chapter 3 - My Religion, by Leo Tolstoy

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

"But me, I need the nanny State, to protect me from market discipline, so that I’ll be able to rant and rave about the marvels of the free market, while I’m getting properly subsidized and defended by everyone else, through the nanny State."
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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

Elizabeth Kolbert Quote: “If control is the problem, then, by the logic of the Anthropocene, still more control must be the solution.”

“If control is the problem, then, by the logic of the Anthropocene, still more control must be the solution.” — Quote by Elizabeth Kolbert

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · 1d

”And what is the result of such crusades? Gambling is increasing, saloons are doing a lively business through back entrances, prostitution is at its height, and the system of pimps and cadets is but aggravated.”

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Robert Vinson @robertvinson.bsky.social · Apr 24

”Jefferson also had strong feelings about women's hygiene. He was deeply offended by a lack of feminine cleanliness. "Nothing is so disgusting to our sex as want of cleanliness and delicacy in yours."”

Jefferson's Views on Women

It is with some trepidation, therefore, that the author explores Jefferson's views concerning women. His opinions should not be gauged by today's standards,

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