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All I Need

Posted in Posts, tagged , on June 23, 2008 | Comments Off

Is just a little more time / To be sure / What I feel / Is it all in my mind? I think so, Jack. The ladies are correct, you have got some extreme levels of Botox going on. (On a related note, that girl’s hair should be blonde, no? Disconcerting appearances for both of [...]

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Interesting

Posted in Posts, tagged , on June 23, 2008 | Comments Off

As a lifelong (so far) renter with no plans to buy (as the average house in my n’hood is about 10x my annual salary(!), I find this an interesting read. Esp. the commenters who are so upset by it. ‘Someone who doesn’t buy a house?! Perish the thought!’ Dudes, that 10x figure means that if [...]

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First Obama general ad

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on June 19, 2008 | Comments Off

I especially like the ending:  “I approved this message because…” rather than simply tacking on a speedy “iaprvthismsg” at the end.  It gives me the same warm fuzzy feeling that I got when I saw ads before the VA primary which exhorted the viewer simply to “Vote February 12″.  I mean, obviously, it meant, “…for [...]

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Take the light saber, leave the cannoli

Posted in Posts, tagged , , , , on June 18, 2008 | Comments Off

Best simile and metaphor I’ve heard in a long time. Iglesias … suggested it might be possible to go after the Justice Department … by “using the model we used against the Mob in the 60’s. You find a small fish, you threaten prosecution, you roll them, they give up the bigger fish.”“It’s fascinating to [...]

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Too true

Posted in Posts, tagged , on June 18, 2008 | Comments Off

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. What always amazes me is that the same folks who always advocate for density, urbanization, walkability, etc., are the same folks who advocate things like plug-in cars. Which is fine, except that the two don’t meet up very well! I mean, is their answer, “You live in [...]

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Terrifying

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on June 17, 2008 | Comments Off

If John Yoo weren’t so terrifying, he’d be hilarious.

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Dept of Kids Today

Posted in Posts, tagged , on June 16, 2008 | Comments Off

It is like that FOR. A. REASON. people. For Pete’s sake. Via. Now, the political structure of this country is not particularly favorable to urban areas. There are plenty of ways (the Senate, and relatedly the Electoral College) that rural areas receive disproportionate political power.

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War on drugs, summarized

Posted in Posts, tagged , on June 12, 2008 | Comments Off

Afghan officials find 260 tons of hashish from 03.FP Passport – blogging on global news, politics, economics and ideas by Blake Hounshell Here’s a question for all you expert readers out there. What happens when you burn 260 tons of hashish? Afghan counternarcotics officials said Wednesday that they uncovered 260 tons of hashish hidden in [...]

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Mullet rock is hilarious

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on June 4, 2008 | Comments Off

HOW it knows I’m a mullet-rock lover, I can’t tell you….but it KNOWS. ============== What is Your 80′s Song? Source: apps.facebook.com My result: Your 80′s song is: Wanted Dead Or Alive by Bon Jovi

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The English, they hate the Irish…

Posted in Posts, tagged , , on June 3, 2008 | Comments Off

…the Americans, they hate the Reds. The punks, they hate the mods. ah, thanks kev. Put in mind of that fantastic work by the ModLog by this: Joshua Keating “Anti-Emo Riots in Mexico: ¡Pánico en el Disco!” by Joseph Contreras in Spin. Newsweek‘s Latin America editor examines the bizarre epidemic of violence against Mexican emo [...]

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