Tuesday, September 23, 2003

IQ test. I took the Emode.com online IQ test. I would have to pay to see detailed results but it told me that my IQ is 136 and that my intellectual type is Facts Curator, about which it says: This means you are highly intelligent and have picked up an impressive and unique collection of facts and figures over the years. You've got a remarkable vocabulary and exceptional math skills. :bookish: [Al-Muhajabah's Islamic Blogs] I tried it, and got an IQ of 135 and an intellectual type of "visionary philosopher." I think it's important to keep in mind that although IQ is often considered an measure of intelligence (and it stands for "intelligence quotient"), it is really more a measure of knowledge--which is not at all the same thing. Warning for people who want to take the test: you have to give personal information and an email address to get the results. 7:03:28 PM    comment () Neocon Iraqis Suppress Free Press. Why, we can't have anyone criticizing Sultan Bremer and his court (though at least they aren't bombing the Arab free press, as their US masters are wont to do).... [LewRockwell.com Blog] Another example of what the Crusaders mean by liberation: the press is free to say exactly what the puppet government wants it to say, and nothing else. 9:35:12 AM    comment () Larken Rose at KeepAndBearArms.com - Why Fear an Armed Public? - unless you're a tyrant who routinely does things that would make the average Joe want to shoot you. Like the i.r.s. agents who raided Mr. Larken's home last May. At some point the same agent asked me if my guns were "registered." I wasn't sure what he meant, so I answered that they were all purchased legally. He asked again if they were "registered." When I told him that we don't register guns in Pennsylvania, he arrogantly mocked my claim. His arrogance faded, however, after the local cop confirmed that we don't register firearms here. (That convinced me that this agent was another import from the left coast.) But the agents conveyed more to me than what their words literally said. They were quite visibly disturbed at the idea of a mere peasant like me being armed. Why? I have never threatened them (or anyone else) with violence. I walked away from my firearms to get to the door to let them in. So what was the problem? The answer is quite simple: they were doing things that they thought were likely to result in someone shooting them. The local cop wasn't scared of my firearms. (He even asked where I got my nifty little combination safe for my handguns.) He wasn't the one whose idea it was to pull a Gestapo stunt on me. He wasn't doing anything which might make him fear my guns. [End the War on Freedom] 9:23:38 AM    comment ()

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