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Archive for November 26th, 2007

Monday, November 26th, 2007

No Time!

Sorry to go all 24 on your asses with the title, but while I would love to blog about BSG: Razor – pretty good, with the climax a bit rushed and the metaplot reveal flapping awkwardly off the end of it – corporate liability limitations and all that other stuff, I’m down to the wire [...]

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Self Esteem Boost

By Thoreau
You know the great thing about academic committee work?  I realize that there are people even more long-winded than me.  So then I don’t feel so bad about myself.  Puts it all in perspective.

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Shot through the heart and you’re to blame

By Thoreau
In this morning’s LA Times, there’s an interesting article by a single Iraqi in search of love in Baghdad. Sectarian divides add a whole new dimension to it. If she’s late for the date, it could be that she’s brushing you off, or it could be that the local militia killed her [...]

Monday, November 26th, 2007

A threat that rises to the level of flag burning

By Thoreau
Male terrorists are now getting “married” to each other.

Monday, November 26th, 2007

For Neocons Like Power Line, Lying is a Feature, Not a Bug

By Mona
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Power Line’s Paul Mirengoff comes right out and admits he figured candidate W lied, and is glad the lies turned out to be such. (No, Mirengoff doesn’t use the word “lie,” but that’s what his euphemistic BS reduces to.) The dumb schmucks who took Bush seriously about the “compassionate conservatism”* thing, [...]