Back in 1974 Dave Arneson co-created Dungeons and Dragons with Gary Gygax. Unfortunately, Dave Arneson died on tuesday after suffering from cancer for several months. Arneson was to some degree the unsung and unrecognized creative mind behind the role playing game. He helped to popularize the fantasy genre and created a huge hobby that continues to ( Read more... )

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Does anybody know good online sources for the military history of non-European nations? I've been trying to get specific information about tactics, weapons, armor, etc. of various nations through out history but it seems like details of non-Western is a little slim. Its easy to find out about Macedonian pikemen or Welsh longbowmen, but its a lot ( Read more... )

Your result for The Sorting Hat Test...

Slytherin

You scored 29% Order/Chaos, and 23% Moral/Rational


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Merry Christmas to all of my friends and readers!

Lehman Brothers Holdings has gone bankrupt. Here is a firm that was founded in 1850. It survived the Civil War and the Great Depression. It did not survive the current breakdown. Anyone who thinks this crisis is some minor affair is not paying attention.

- Dr. Gary North

Andrew Sullivan says, "This economic crisis does not prove the policies of Noam ( Read more... )

On saturday night, Saturday Night Live did one of the most insightful and substantive political skits I think I've seen them do. They took some serious shots at the Democratic party for their role in the financial fiasco and the corrupt nature of the bailout. They also targeted billionaire George Soros and his ties to the Democrat party along with ( Read more... )

Edit : very scary, its been censored. It must have pissed off some of the high ups who own NBC.

Your result for The Presidential Capacity Test...
Chief Justice


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