January 2011
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“As noted here earler, this is the week that Philadelphia cleaned up its...”
– Last week Sarah Palin accuses the left of “blood libel”. This week the purge begins. It’s like we’re living in a Woody Allen farce. Only with even less historical perspective.
“A man should read as his fancy takes him, for what he reads as a chore will do...”
– Samuel Johnson (via Marginal Revolution: How to become sophisticated?)
We bought Antje three Pokemon graphic novels yesterday, and she took six other comics out of the library the day before, along with two books about bugs. She’s the best reader in her class, in my biased opinion.
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“One of the verbal tics that’s most in evidence now is the catechismal...”
– Who Is IOZ?: Purity of Essence
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“I’m on the one mission
To get a politician
To honor or he’s a...”
– PUBLIC ENEMY | Lyric Pages
“To the extent that the state systems resist privatization by becoming more...”
– No Booze for You - Reason Magazine
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“As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead trying to kill me....”
– George Orwell (via hipsterlibertarian)
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When I hear someone say that soldiers “defend our freedom,” my immediate response is to gag. I think the last time American soldiers actually fought for the freedom of Americans was probably the Revolutionary War — or maybe the War of 1812, if you want to be generous. Every war since then has been for nothing but to uphold a system of power, and to make the rich folks even richer.
But I can...