January 2010
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“Put Mr Mohammed in ordinary court, let him rant his defence, and let the world...”
– Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s trial: The terror lord | The Economist
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WatchPee-wee Gets An iPad!
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“Please STFU about multi-tasking.”
– You Think You Know But You Have No Idea: The iPad Edition
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“Political characterizations that require the terms “liberal” or “conservative”...”
– Don’t Badmouth the Black Robes | Popehat
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“Are lesbian moms less of an ick factor or does America want to see an aging...”
– Cholodenko’s Lesbian Moms Comedy Gets Biggest Deal at Sundance
Taking Stock of Our Not-So-Great Recession →
Yet another sign of the end of American empire. I have little hope that Americans will realize it in time. No empire has before.
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“Will male sports just become an excuse for gay locker room orgies?”
– I wish.
What Every Parent Should Know About The TV Show Glee
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“I hate you, AT&T. I hate you almost as much as I hate Eric Schmidt. And...”
– The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : An anxious world awaits
Is Control the Answer? →
I'd like to believe this, but the cynic in me says that's more techo-utopianism: The end results will still be a predictable consensus which means that, sure, authority is distributed. Great. That doesn't mean that the same people won't still be marginalized.
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“I have every respect for the practice of self-mortification and self-denial. I...”
– Crazy Christian Alert: Pope John Paul II’s Theology Of The Body
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“I have no reason to live.”
– Rush Limbaugh’s cry from the heart
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What the Supreme Court got right →
I've kept quiet the last few days since most of my friends online have taken the line that this ruling asserts that corporations are people. That seemed beside the point to me: That the law in question violated the First Amendment seemed obvious, but what's less obvious is that same law also restricted the speech of groups like the ACLU and Planned Parenthood. But ultimately, this is about...
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“Obama to banks: If you want to accept government-guaranteed deposits, you...”
– Obama Adopts Volcker’s Solution
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“If you can tell me that heterosexual couples are able to feel and live with love...”
– Proposition H8: An Open Letter to Andy Pugno
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“WHAT did gay liberation do for gay cinema? To begin to tackle this question, one...”
– At Anthology Film Archives, Gay Identity in 26 Voices
“Not caring works surprisingly well.”
– A Rant About Women « Clay Shirky
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“Why do you have to have a different word for who they fall in love with? Having...”
– “Caprica“‘s Jane Espenson: “It’s Time For Sexuality to be Incidental”
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“The majority can’t be relied upon to ratify the rights of a minority — that’s...”
– Department of the Obvious but Still Necessary to Point Out
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“Nothing spells relief quite like R-i-c-k-e-n-b-a-c-k-e-r.”
– Icon: R.E.M.
Still, one of my favorite bands. Now on emusic.
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“Judge Walker: “Not to make light of this, but the reason people want to...”
– Prop 8 Trial: LDS Tries to Hide Involvement
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“GOP to the uninsured: “Tough shit. We needed a way to break a reform...”
– The Agony Of Jon Cohn
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“President Obama: if you do not open up an investigation into the Gitmo...”
– Why The Right Has Remained Silent on The Guantánamo “Suicides”
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“[The health care bill is] more conservative than Nixon or Clinton - and yet...”
– Beneath The Anger, The Reality
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“[Nobbing an extremely fit 19-year old kid is] only one step up from buggery, in...”
– Iris Robinson could not live up to her own bigoted standards
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“That’s the Christianist version of Jesus: a war-making torturer of...”
– Killing In The Name Of Jesus
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“I don’t care if they call it a tostada,” Pooley said. “I just...”
– ‘Ibid.
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“Heterosexuals are protected by $40 license, but wills and legal safeguards for...”
– Department of the Obvious: ‘Marriage’ benefits costly for gay couples
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“Sex-organ diction is apparently like neon paisley; it doesn’t go with anything.”
– Sex, Seriously: James Salter Trumps the Great Male Novelists
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“Denise at 32 was still beautiful.” To the esteemed ladies of the movement I...”
– The Naked and the Conflicted - Sex and the American Male Novelist
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“To make a list is to be a tool in somebody else’s marketing plan. It’s shifting...”
– Listing « Mark Athitakis’ American Fiction Notes