September 2010
14 posts
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“Obama is arguing the executive has the power to execute American citizens...”
– Radley Balko
I’ve often thought of Obama as a technocrat in the most positive sense — meaning intelligent, capable of effectively guiding the vast and complex machinery of modern government — but I’m afraid that I’m increasingly seeing him in the more negative...
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“If you’re not worried about the actual jack-booted thugs staging actual midnight...”
– Timothy Lee, “The Actual Road to Serfdom”
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“I asked the river
About its destination
And came out lucky:
It babbled about...”
– Gyosen, from paynehollow & yama-bato (via crashinglybeautiful)
Compare with William Stafford’s “Ask Me”.
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“No actual policies; no media accountability; repeated statements of demonstrable...”
– Sullivan: The Palin Model, Ctd
In response to this thinkprogress post: “Christine2010.com, O’Donnell’s website, now resolves to nothing more than splash page asking people to donate. There is no content, contact info, or biography.”
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“Wisdom, health, life and love cannot be found in trying to control the wind, but...”
– Martin Laird, “Into the Silent Land” from Anamchara-The Website of Unknowing (via crashinglybeautiful)
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“Movie Day at the Court owes its philosophy to the justices of the Supreme Court...”
– shimes, Movie Day at the Court’s Philosophy of Criticism.
Possibly the most interesting “About Us” page I’ve ever read on a website. It goes on from there, and gets even more intriguing — especially considering it’s a movie review blog. (Hat-tip to Sullivan for...
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“When autumn winds blow
not one leaf remains ...”
– Togyo (from Waking Up)
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The case for meat eating →
Kottke: “From the Guardian, a review of a book called Meat: A Benign Extravagance by Simon Fairlie. In it, Fairlie argues that meat production isn’t actually that inefficient when done properly and veganism as an ethical response leaves something to be desired.”
As a onetime semi-vegan of dubious ethical commitment, I feel it’s only fair to link to this rebuttal of one...
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“And this [ruling] means almost certainly that torture will return. The GOP base...”
– Andrew Sullivan, “The Untamed Prince”
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“I have a friend who feels sometimes that the world is hostile to human life - he...”
– Gary Snyder (from the impeccable Whiskey River)
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