Sander Houk prepared a Chinese dinner for us at the
Linesville farm tonight. We watched a documentary titled Guns, Germs, and Steel. Don charged up the Massey Ferguson tractor
and the Thomas Skid Steer, took many pictures inside and outside of the pole
barn, including carpentry and electrical work recently done there. Don also
removed a load of wood and steel (door, trim, scrap wood, bed frame, etc.) from
the Suburban and stored it in the pole barn. Don, Lynnell, and Sander have
mainly been working on SALT projects and ideas for developing and marketing
SALT overall. Lynnell finally got around to taking down the Christmas tree
today. Sander was making some pleasant sounds on his mandolin this evening.
We were all saddened today by the news of the suicide death
of Aaron Swartz. This represents a miscarriage of justice and a reprehensible
move on the part of MIT and the U.S. Attorney Generals Office. This 26-year-old
man was not a felon. He was not a criminal. He was terrorized and abused by his
own government. He was actually providing a commendable service to ordinary
Americans. The big ruthless and bullying agents of the system (the partnership
of government and corporate evil) have struck again and slaughtered an innocent
lamb. Do you really wonder why this nation has so little credibility when it
comes to human decency? When are we going to join hands and demand an end to
citizen abuse by the system?
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