November 2009
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Conservative Senators Embrace Putting Off Health... →
jonathan-cunningham:
The policy debate in Washington is currently focused on two topics: a possible escalation of the war in Afghanistan and health care legislation. Both a troop escalation and health care reform carry significant price tags — roughly $100 billion and $80-$100 billion a year respectively. (It should be noted that health care reform, unlike a troop surge, would cut the deficit.)
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An honest fortune cookie (pic)
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Eddie Izzard - Learning French
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Professor advises underwater homeowners to walk... →
Brent T. White, a University of Arizona law school professor, says that it’s in the homeowners’ best financial interest to stiff their lenders and that it’s not immoral to do so.
“Religion in this country is protected by a wall of silence. You cannot argue...”
– P. Z. Myers: Mild-mannered scourge of creationists - opinion - 25 November 2009 - New Scientist What do you think? Is disrespecting ideas always good, or are some sacrosanct?
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“You are not at all like my rose,’ he said. ‘As yet you are nothing. No one has...”
– From ‘The Little Prince’ by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Everyone should read this book.
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“Bayh wants to send other people into every proposed war he can find and keep...”
– Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
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Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh — who was one of the most vocal cheerleaders for the invasion of Iraq, talks excitedly about punishing, and even bombing, Iran, and is now demanding full-scale escalation in Afghanistan — was on Fox News yesterday and highlighted what a fraud most so-called “fiscal conservatives” and “deficit hawks” like him really are:
WALLACE: Senator...
“We are so submerged in the details of this debate—whether the bill will include...”
– Obama is having the best first year of any president since Franklin Roosevelt. - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate Magazine
“These groups have a lot to lose in these kinds of debates. When you adopt...”
– Culture & Society Articles | Looking at Link Between Religion, Prosperity at National Level | Miller-McCune Online Magazine
“Popular religion,” Paul proposes, “is a coping mechanism for the...”
– Culture & Society Articles | Looking at Link Between Religion, Prosperity at National Level | Miller-McCune Online Magazine
Who Needs God When We've Got Mammon?
The world's... →
Comparing the two scores, he found, with little exception, that the least religious countries enjoyed the most prosperity. Of particular note, the U.S. holds the distinction of most religious and least prosperous among the 17 countries included in the study, ranking last in 14 of the 25 socioeconomic measures.
Amazon Lady model - seriously bizarre modeling...
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No names, no links: Writers give themselves a pass...
jayrosen:
Mark Cuban: Rupert Murdoch to Block Google = Smart
I love to tweak all the internet information must be free bigots. They get so damn religious about information on the net that they lose what little objectivity and awareness of the real world they had in the first place
Wherever it’s found, bigotry deserves to be called out— say, with a link?
eweek, When Legal Strikes—Chaos...
“This team has stepped in and helped Wall Street rebound thanks to massive...”
– Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – The Faux Deficit Debate - True/Slant
“Rubin is the quintessential “new Democrat,” a Wall Street oligarch who believes...”
– Matt Taibbi - Taibblog – The Faux Deficit Debate - True/Slant
Matt Taibbi - The Faux Deficit Debate →
Anyone who was paying attention might have noticed that almost simultaneous to these pronouncements from the White House came a series of releases from Democratic congressional leaders like Nancy Pelosi promising just the opposite — another deficit-fueled jobs program planned for launch next year. Pelosi openly dropped a turd on all the White House fretting about deficits:
“The American people...
Screaming kids and airplanes: Mayday! Mayday!... →
More and more, we’re all victims of these many small muggings every day. Our perp doesn’t wear a ski mask or carry a gun; he wears Dockers and shouts into his iPhone in the line behind us at Starbucks, streaming his dull life into our brains, never considering for a moment whether our attention belongs to him. These little acts of social thuggery are inconsequential in and of...
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“What is a law of nature for us at all? It is not known to us in itself but only...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche
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WatchJimmy Fallon does Neil Young covering The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon: Neil Young performs a haunting cover of the Fresh Prince theme song and, just like that, my life is complete.
Also: A rift in the spacetime continuum.
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Viggo Mortensen, King of The Road | Mother Jones →
Interview: Hollywood’s renaissance man on fame, fatherhood, activism, and edible insects.
—By Michael Mechanic
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“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They...”
– Kurt Vonnegut (A Man without a Country)
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“The best use of bad wine is to drive away poor relations.”
– French proverb (via vinzen)
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WatchSNL Disaster Movie Parody
“As a recent college graduate, just beginning my career, I can corroborate many...”
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The extreme secrecy of the federal courts
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