Here is some stuff I have been reading that I thought folks might like: February 22nd – Facing Up To It – “If you want to argue that “whatever” happened in the “war on terror” was necessary because of the magnitude and novelty of the threat, then you had better be willing to face what the “whatever” entailed.” February 22nd – Yogurt, Perfected – Oh! Goddess I might need to try this again! February 22nd – Utah Bill Equates Miscarriages With Criminal Homicide- REALLY. – “A bill in the Utah state legislature that has passed both the House and Senate [...]
Linky things February 17th through February 22nd
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Feb 232010
I really like this piece, I agree with some of it and I disagree with some of it. But I particularly like this segment: Ho hum. We’ve seen this all before in the United States of Amnesia (Gore Vidal’s brilliant phrase). Remember Geraldine Ferraro — tarred with the brush of her Italian-American husband, whom they claimed was a mafioso? Remember Bella Abzug, attacked for her hats (which covered too large a brain)? Remember Eleanor Roosevelt, attacked for her teeth? Remember Victoria Woodhull (the first woman to run for president) “hanged” as a whore? Remember Emma Goldman rode out of town [...]
The last best hope for . . .
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Oct 222007
Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics) created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn’t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you’ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone. Serenity (Firefly) 81% Babylon 5 (Babylon 5) 81% Moya (Farscape) 75% Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica) 75% Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy) 69% Nebuchadnezzar [...]
UnHappy Meals – Archive
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Jan 302007
Unhappy Meals Illustration by Leo Jung * E-Mail * Print * Save * Share o Digg o Facebook o Newsvine o Permalink By MICHAEL POLLAN Published: January 28, 2007 Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. That, more or less, is the short answer to the supposedly incredibly complicated and confusing question of what we humans should eat in order to be maximally healthy. I hate to give away the game right here at the beginning of a long essay, and I confess that I’m tempted to complicate matters in the interest of keeping things going for a few thousand [...]
You might be interested in the following just written by Charley Reese of the Orlando Sentinel. If you know the writer and his strongly conservative reputation, you should find it eye opening. The conservative journalists Robert Novak and William Kristol happen to be saying the same things. Vote For A Man, Not A Puppet Americans should realize that if they vote for President Bush’s re-election, they are really voting for the architects of war – Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz and the rest of that cabal of neoconservative ideologues and their corporate backers. I have sadly come to the [...]
