March 2009
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“I have a history of “not taking care of things,” as well as a bad case of “not...”
– Run, run, run, runaway | homo superior blogs
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“What’s more, what is the assumption here? That if people have loveless...”
– Another comment on : Obsidian Wings: Rod Dreher Says Strange Things
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“Legalized homophobia is the only thing keeping him [Dreher] on the straight and...”
– From a comment on: Obsidian Wings: Rod Dreher Says Strange Things
“I am not addicted to sex. I am addicted to the Queen’s head…”
– The secret double life of a male prostitute
“Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God.”
– How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously)
“This record is stuck.”
– President Obama tries to halt a ticking time-bomb
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“Be not afraid, as Pope John Paul II kept telling us. Of what should we not be...”
– Be Not Afraid, Rod
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“James, I don’t know how long it’s been since you’ve been down and out amongst...”
– No Pun is Adequate
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“The bill as currently drafted would still grant “the right of every person...”
– Venezuela: Same-sex unions are NOT being considered by Assembly despite reports, says legislator (via feedly)
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“I hate to break it to you, but the people who think that God’s will is...”
– How some military rabbis are trying to radicalize Israeli soldiers.
“If a big footed bitch, a pitt bull in lipstick, and a fat moron with a...”
– We Have A Dream « Margaret and Helen
“Honestly, why is your neighbor’s bedroom any of your business?”
– We Have A Dream « Margaret and Helen
“Euthanasia. If it’s good enough for a dog, then it’s good enough for me....”
– We Have A Dream « Margaret and Helen
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“If prolonged isolation is—as research and experience have confirmed for...”
– Annals of Human Rights: Hellhole: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
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“The recordings revealed brain abnormalities months afterward; the most severe...”
– Hellhole: Reporting & Essays
“The right wing blogosphere might as well be trying to convince the public that...”
– Dispatches from the Alternative Right Wing Universe
“I can sum up Victor’s proposal to me in three words: Taco Bell Drive-Thru.”
– This could all end very, very badly
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“Why, given the myriad ways that our society and culture diverge from the long...”
– The Gay Fixation - Damon Linker
“That spring, Tim brought a friend home—a homosexual. The enemy had arrived on my...”
– When Homosexuality Hits Home | Today’s Christian Woman | Your Life. Your Faith. Your World.
“No [film] distributor “moves at the speed of YouTube,” Mr. Greenwald said.”
– Released on Web, Film Stays Fresh
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“Human beings are spectacularly good at destroying trust-generating institutions....”
– Science writer Matt Ridley on the causes of poverty and prosperity
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“I want more painful. I want maximal pain, minimum lethality. You don’t want it...”
– The Cant Of Alan Dershowitz
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Sullivan's problem with Christianism
So let me suggest that we take back the word Christian while giving the religious right a new adjective: Christianist. Christianity, in this view, is simply a faith. Christianism is an ideology, politics, an ism. The distinction between Christian and Christianist echoes the distinction we make between Muslim and Islamist. Muslims are those who follow Islam. Islamists are those who want to wield...
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“Please return to your faith, and we will receive you in our hearts, with open...”
– In Iraq, Chaos Feared as U.S. Closes Prison
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“No offense to anyone :-D but the comparisons to Apple? I mean, come ON. Apple is...”
– Comment on FriendFeed thread: Why-Facebook-has-never-listened-to-you-and-why-it/
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“Madoff apparently thought his fraud would be temporary, til things got better....”
– Caterina.net: Small Moral Compromises
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What's free and what's not
Both of these innovations—corporate charters and centralized currency—tend towards resource exploitation rather than innovation. They are extractive in nature, not productive. And, more importantly, these particular innovations cause wealth to end up being generated through speculation rather than creation. They cause scarcity, not abundance. Over time, it becomes easier to make money by having...
Rick Steves talks about American empire
SALON: So if McCain and Palin had won, what would we have seen abroad? RICK STEVES: More and more Americans wearing Canadian flags.
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“It shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are poor gay people. It shouldn’t...”
– Syndicate and Hague » Gays and Lesbians and Poverty
“Let every Arab mother know that her son’s fate is in my hands!”
– Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques