And that's another one.

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Well, I'm supposedly coasting a bit, sort of trying to do work and such. Need to keep at it, though. Otherwise it'll be zOMG ASSIGNMENTS again, and that's just not cool. So maybe tomorrow... maybe Friday... maybe I'll get work done? Maybe?

Leading off tonight's strange things, someone with sixteen children. Actually, that's not very strange. Some people couched the news in terms of someone trying to bring in more children who fear God and vote neoconservative, of which there may be a grain of truth. Maybe they'll all receive these toys for Christmas? (Here's some people playing with this toy).

Standing against the sorts of values that toy produces is someone who wants to see if there is such a thing developing as a second superpower of peace activists across the country and the globe. In slightly more militant terms, they are of the opinion that patriotism is a menace to the free society, and that America has the potential to be the best fascist nation ever.

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Generally, the stated argument to this is that bright people have as many kids as they know they can support - moronic people have many kids.

There's holes in it (big ones, probably, as well) and several people might claim that population control is already a necessity, that sixteen-child families are not good things, even if there is enough support to raise them...

...also, that there are plenty of children already here that need parents and families, so if size is all you want, then why not adopt a few people in?