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Just visited a right-wing blog accusing Occupy Wall Street members of being unwashed and brainwashed. I guess they have a thing about dirt; good is clean; bad is dirty. In my opinion, being brainwashed...
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In my travels around the web, I am beginning to notice many websites on the Right that post a great deal for one person and post in the middle of the night, say 330 am. I’m starting to suspect that...
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Image via Wikipedia I have begun re-reading Perdido Street Station, and I want to make a prediction. Following in the footsteps of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Avatar and Hugo, some ambitious...
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Rick Santorum supports the interstate highway system but opposes Obamacare. Who does he think will be using the highways if we allow the ill to go bankrupt paying for healthcare? Frequently the choices...
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Statistification– definition– spreading false information on blogs by means of false and/or misleading statistics.Filed under: Asides, Humor
View ArticleFavorite videos from Yanni, Live at the Acropolis and Enya at the Vatican
I attended a performance like this by Yanni and company at the Universal Amphitheatre (now the Gibson Amphitheatre) in Hollywood in May, 1994. I bought the ticket when most seats were gone. I was...
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There are good flash mobs and bad. Criminal youth gathering in inner cities to harass or commit crimes are a bad use of new technology. There are good flash mobs too and this is one of my favorites....
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English: Boat entering Ventura Harbor in Ventura, California. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Is silence a sound or the absence of sound? When a tree falls in a forest and no one is there, is there a sound...
View ArticleKnowledge is liberating
Ignorance feels like having your limbs in shackles, Knowledge is liberatingFiled under: Asides, Poetry
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