Author: JLB

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‘The Spellbinders Plastic Strawman’ by ShadowTiger

What if somebody told you that the greatest threat to mankind in the year 2019 is the plastic straw?

Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and how has she skyrocketed to become the new leader of the environmentalist movement?

And what is her relationship to the former U.S. Vice-President Albert Gore?

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JLB MDC | S2 E7 | The Futility Hoax (30-Jun-2019)

Did an obscure novelist really predict the sinking of the Titanic in 1898, more than a decade before the 'real' event took place?

If some of the humans around us are like 'non-player characters', what kinds of 'Turing tests' can we apply to determine who is more than a mere robot?

The permaculture scene has many useful insights to share about healthy living and eating, but does it suffer from the same ego-tripping elements we see elsewhere in the ACT realm?

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‘Alfred The Great Hoax’ by daibpdaibp

He was ranked #14 on BBC's poll of the 100 great Britons of all time, placing him ahead of Margaret Thatcher (#16) and even Sir Paul McCartney (#19).

He is one of only two Kings to have received the Epithet 'Great' (along with Cnut the Great, and I promise you, that is not a typo).

One of our several British correspondents here at johnlebon.com, daibpdaibp, put together this remarkable piece of research and exposition about Alfred the Great.

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JLB Chats #11 ‘Contrarian Clues’ (17-Jun-2019)

Do some people argue about things purely for the attention? Even on topics as important as War and History? Is it possible that anybody has ever weighed the entire earth with heavy balls in a shed, and if not, why was JLB the first person in all of recorded history to point this out? Is the progress of technology something to worry about, or are TV shows like ‘Black Mirror’ sending people down the wrong path?

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