January 2012
10 posts
The Evolution of God - by Robert Wright →
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Wikipedia blackout: The site’s SOPA shutdown is a... →
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Jon Huntsman Family Concerned About Comparisons To... →
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How Many Stephen Colberts Are There? - NYTimes.com →
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Zelda, Nintendo and the Curious Case of Perfect... →
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Debate Reveals Republicansâ Incoherent Foreign... →
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The Dumbest Idea In The World: Maximizing... →
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December 2011
9 posts
The (Actual) Best Game Music of 2011:... →
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NYT: In Cornell Deal for Roosevelt Island Campus,... →
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Cyber-intruder sparks response, debate - The... →
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Jen: Dead bird on the deck…eeww
Justin: Maybe neighborhood cats will take care of it
Jen: …or my HUSBAND!
Raining in sheets.
November 2011
6 posts
Why Israel Is Likely to Bomb Iran's Nuclear Sites... →
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Review: Skyward Sword Slashes Zelda’s Sacred Cows... →
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Joe Paterno and Penn Stateâs Code of Omerta in... →
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Occupy Wall Street and the global trend against... →
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October 2011
4 posts
America's two-class tax system | Philadelphia... →
Last April, Bartlett and Steele wrote about the push towards a two-class tax system in America. Rick Perry’s announced tax plan has made it explicit!
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Newsweek: Steve Jobs Basically Introduces 'Siri'... →
newsweek:
In another of the many amazing quotes in that 3,500-word NEWSWEEK interview with Steve Jobs, which appeared in a 1984 special issue of the magazine, the Apple co-founder totally envisions Siri—the virtual personal assistant the company announced earlier this week.
Look!
I’ve always thought…
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The White House on Jobs →
September 2011
4 posts
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The U.S. federal government is the greatest force for good in human history....
– Paul Begala http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/09/11/paul-begala-why-now-is-the-time-to-defend-big-government.html
Obama Aide Discusses 2012 Campaign Strategy →
More generally, White House and Democratic strategists will try to portray the GOP as a ruined party in thrall to pre-rational thinking: a tribe of the willfully ignorant that rejects modern science, modern teaching methods, modern research and social science, all in the name of fealty to a static (and in that sense anti-American) society in which God’s word is the one and only answer.
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August 2011
4 posts
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Thirst
from Wikipedia’s article on Jewish humor
An old Jewish man riding on a train begins to moan: “Oy, am I thirsty; oy, am I thirsty”, to the annoyance of the other passengers. Finally, another passenger gets a cup of water from the drinking fountain and gives it to the old man, who thanks him profusely and gulps it down. Feeling satisfied, the other passenger sits down again, only...
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The Giants, however, were not happy. Apparently the defending world champions...
– On the Phillies: Baseball got suspension all wrong | Philadelphia Inquirer | 08/09/2011
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American McCarver: About that stolen base... →
It was a six-run lead, but still.
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Much has already been made of Friday night’s Giants v. Phillies skirmish. But today’s New York Times interview with MLB disciplinarian (and former Dodger!) Joe Torre is taking it as a given that Rollin’s stolen base is the de facto cause.
Let’s review the facts: Top of the 6th, Phillies…
July 2011
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Had Republicans wanted to amend the Constitution to require a balanced budget,...
– Debt Ceiling Crisis: GOP Has Double Amnesia on Deficits, Regulation - The Daily Beast
June 2011
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May 2011
7 posts
This is the end of Al Qaeda – Global Public Square →
But the truth is this is a huge, devastating blow to al Qaeda, which had already been crippled by the Arab Spring. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the end of al Qaeda in any meaningful sense of the word.
Fareed Zakaria on the end of al Qaeda.