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Tuesday, Apr 11, 2006

crash bang boom

new york review of books reviews a book! its that daily kos thing that nobodys talking about.

via sir digby


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wild bore

this bit of political theatre is wildly embarrassing. poor scotty, it must be hard to make such an ass of yourself every day. beats working at blockbuster, i suppose.

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Monday, Apr 10, 2006

demiurgency

word of the day - demiurge

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jay okay

"Like a feeble magician practicing misdirection, the government is attempting to get us to look at all the wrong things. We have serious medical problems in our country but if they can keep us looking at "the wrong hand" they can get away with their tricks."

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*grunt*

"From 2000 until October 2002, I was a Marine Corps lieutenant general and director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After 9/11, I was a witness and therefore a party to the actions that led us to the invasion of Iraq--an unnecessary war. Inside the military family, I made no secret of my view that the zealots' rationale for war made no sense. And I think I was outspoken enough to make those senior to me uncomfortable. But I now regret that I did not more openly challenge those who were determined to invade a country whose actions were peripheral to the real threat--al-Qaeda. I retired from the military four months before the invasion, in part because of my opposition to those who had used 9/11's tragedy to hijack our security policy. Until now, I have resisted speaking out in public. I've been silent long enough."

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Sunday, Apr 09, 2006

swing set

still sports-viewing free since november but i did take a peek at the masters leaderboard this morning. pretty sweet. looks like the top 5 players in the world (last time i checked) are all within 4 strokes of the lead, and fan favorite, fred couples, is one shot behind phil mickelson. almost makes me want to watch.....

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Friday, Apr 07, 2006

the gospel truth

et tu, judas?

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day-o

"While the Romans have directly given us the names of the months, we have immediately derived those of the days of the week from the Saxons. Both among the Romans, however, and the Saxons, the several days were dedicated to the chief national deities, and in the characters of these several sets of national deities there is, in nearly every instance, an obvious analogy and correspondence; so that the Roman names of the days have undergone little more than a translation in the Saxon and consequently English names."

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Wednesday, Apr 05, 2006

my wrist still hurts

meet the new toy, same as the old toy.

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Monday, Mar 27, 2006

orange-aid

"While the United States constitutes 5% of the world's population, this “land of the free” holds 25% of the world's prisoners – a third to a half are there for drug offenses . With all the talk of Guantanamo and extraordinary rendition, many overlook that we have a Gulag Prison System here at home, fueled by our drug laws."

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