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Archive for April 10th, 2008

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

You just figured this out NOW?

By Thoreau
Some reporter on CNN was just gushing about how insightful Petraeus was during an interview (he also said, BTW, that the most insightful parts were the parts not aired, making me wonder why they picked the less insightful parts to air).  According to the reporter, one of the great insights offered by Petraeus was [...]

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Pan Ben Stein’s Movie

By Thoreau
Scientific American has just given Ben Stein’s movie on intelligent design 2 panda thumbs down.
I have to admit, despite all this, I like Ben Stein.  Thanks to him my savings account has $850 more than it would have had otherwise, and I have a fun story to tell.  So maybe I’ll cut the guy [...]

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

MTV is shrill

By Thoreau
Really shrill. Really really shrill. And some people are clearly outraged by that. (Go 5 min 35 sec into that last video.)
I mean, who could possibly think that any sort of tyranny could fall upon a country like this one? Obviously, that is a ridiculous proposition. If we were [...]