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  • In recent years the event has been held in Ad Absurdum, under the tutelage of Judge Joseph Force Crater.

    Robert Weller: Scottish Terrier Wins 2011 World Cold Nose Contest Robert Weller 2011

  • In recent years the event has been held in Ad Absurdum, under the tutelage of Judge Joseph Force Crater.

    Robert Weller: Scottish Terrier Wins 2011 World Cold Nose Contest Robert Weller 2011

  • In the book that can be considered her farewell to the short story, Bliva ingen Become No One, 1949 she summarizes and anticipates all her themes within one short tale, called 'In Absurdum'.

    Mirjam Tuominen - 3 David McDuff 2010

  • Amy, you're employing a Dicto Secundum Quid ad Dictum Simpliciter, a Reductio ad Absurdum, with a False Equivalency argument as well as both a Petitio Principii and an Argumentum ad Hominem, all in just a few short lines.

    TEXAS FAITH: Tim Tebow's Super Bowl advertisement | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2010

  • In the book that can be considered her farewell to the short story, Bliva ingen Become No One, 1949 she summarizes and anticipates all her themes within one short tale, called 'In Absurdum'.

    Archive 2010-05-01 David McDuff 2010

  • Because Malcolm takes the politically correct conventional wisdom (you can't make useful predictions about people, heredity doesn't matter, just environment and effort, etcetera etcetera) seriously enough to apply it in all sorts of situations where a more prudent hack would shy away, making him the a One-Man Reductio ad Absurdum of fashionable thought.

    Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009

  • Sam uses the first floor and basement to house reptiles, rats, chickens and miscellaneous mammals and until recently a close friend rented the third floor apartment; Sam and her cats live on the second floor, a bright and sunny 2 bedroom apartment decorated with animal posters and all manner of cat-like Decoratus Absurdum.

    Tate Gunnerson: Open House: Samantha Martin's Animal House 2009

  • Ad Absurdum rather helpfully linked to a recent public opinion survey showing that most Americans (when asked about the specific provisions of the FISA "compromise") did not like them.

    Hillary Explains Vote Against FISA Cave 2009

  • He tells me, to my surprise and indignation, that arguments based on “Reductio ad Absurdum” are not admitted in Spanish law.

    Intelligent Design explained: Part 1 Introduction - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • I included Ad Absurdum for a bit of CanCon, but it's not law-related.

    On Podcasts a blawger 2005

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