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"What wouldst thou be found doing when overtaken by Death? If I might choose, I would be found doing some deed of true humanity, of wide import, beneficent and noble. But if I may not be found engaged in aught so lofty, let me hope at least for this -- what none may hinder, what is surely in my power -- that I may be found raising up in myself that which had fallen; learning to deal more wisely with the things of sense; working out my own tranquility, and thus rendering that which is its due to every relation of life..." - Epictetus

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Gongol.com Archives: July 2018

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July 1, 2018

The United States of America The Supreme Court isn't the only guarantor of rights

If you don't trust most of the people most of the time with most of the things they do, you don't have a political problem -- you have a people problem.

News Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador wins Mexican presidential race

A leftist takes over south of the border

Computers and the Internet A lamentation for Google Reader

Gone five years and never suitably replaced, Google Reader was the catalyst that made RSS feeds work.

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