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- 31 May 2008
- 7:33pm EDT
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I still don’t understand the point of hunger strikes. Aren’t you basically killing yourselves, thereby eliminating your opponent’s political problem? I only hope that my future political opponents use this method often.
- 30 May 2008
- 7:34pm EDT
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I particularly liked “Rockwell Horror Picture Show”. To say nothing of my everlasting love for Helvetica.
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Tiny Mix Tapes NEWS: Legit torrent site Revision3 catches RIAA-MPAA’s hired hacking thugs in the actMaybe both organizations will actually try to put that time and money into, oh, adapting their business models. I know, such a brazen idea. It would never work.
- 29 May 2008
- 7:36pm EDT
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Land of Opportunity? Not if it interferes with Congressional plans.
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The line “Is your watermelon not utiliatarian enough?” makes me laugh every time.
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The beverage provides moisture, mostly (that is, Nico, it makes the bird moist), but it does contribute to the flavor.
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In this exhibit, photographer Matteo Ferrari photographs people with their cars, recreating the proud poses they assumed when they were first pictured in their then-new cars.
- 28 May 2008
- 7:35pm EDT
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- 27 May 2008
- 7:35pm EDT
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“…[W]hat primarily defines independents is that they are all ‘cynical about politics and politicians.’ They aren’t ideological in any particular way…[t]hey are ‘pragmatists,’ says Mr. Ayres. ‘They want solutions to problems.’”
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Through begging-innovations and learning how to use the crosswalks, Moscow’s dogs live like Putin’s cronies. Probably because they’re the only ones in Russia still allowed to maintain private enterprise.
- 22 May 2008
- 7:39pm EDT
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A man beat his 70yo mom to death because she told her relatives that he was not treating her well. That’ll show ‘em. Not to be all Thomas Frank, but what the hell is wrong with Bihar?
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Omit tiny details to make headlines? Yes we can! (via Jeremy H)
- 20 May 2008
- 11:40pm EDT
- & Cetera, Society (or \"the social\")
twenty-one accents
Sure, her southern accent is a little rusty, and her Texan and Brooklyn are sketchy, but it’s far better than I could hope to do.
h/t: the sister.
addendum Click here for an interview with Amy Walker and an answer to just which of those accents is the real one.
- 15 May 2008
- 7:44pm EDT
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Chicago opens the new MFI, in honor of one of the greats of 20th laissez-faire political writing.
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“. . .puppy dogs and college girls will never grow old.”
- 14 May 2008
- 7:47pm EDT
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“See Brooklyn’s own Siberia! Take the Manhattan-bound Q train from New York’s “Little Odessa,” Brighton Beach, all the way to Manhattan’s Chinatown!
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Emily’s List v. NARAL, for almost no reason. Hotline’s cute headline: “And they’re eating their young.”
- 12 May 2008
- 7:43pm EDT
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links for 2008-05-12
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As if on cue, the UPA government wants to focus on trying to subsidize better retail displays instead of, oh, say, worrying about the horrendous infrastructure that holds food out of the market longer. Does no one in government actually know what their j
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Hinduism could learn a lesson or two. But that would require unity and focus, neither of which have been Hinduism’s strong points for the last couple of millennia
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As the Economist’s “Gulliver” travel blog says (and as I’ve noted publicly for a while), Amtrak could destroy the airlines in the northeast corridor if it only offered wi-fi. But hey, why bother competing when you’re begin subsidized out the wazoo?