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We shall not grow wiser before we learn that much that we have done was very foolish.
- F. A. HayekThere is one thing more embarrassing than having voted for Barack Obama... Not being embarrassed.
- Allen
Monthly Archives: February 2004
A Satirical Political Beliefs Assessment Test
Not really a test you take, but rather a statement followed by followup answers by a conservative, liberal, libertarian and a communist. Great fun! A Satirical Political Beliefs Assessment Test [Via Michael J. Totten]
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GROW, I say, GROW
Cool Flash-based Game from Japan. Drop items into the “Grow” area and watch them interact. Do it in the correct sequence and you will receive a maximum of 20K points. GROW [Via Boing Boing Blog] Update: Apparently it grew too … Continue reading
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Cox & Forkum: Ballot Initiative
Cox & Forkum has a great cartoon about the Iranian Elections.
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Cox & Forkum: Ballot Initiative
Cox & Forkum has a great cartoon about the Iranian Elections.
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Iranian Elections
Early results are coming in from the Iranian “elections”. This has been a battle between reformers and conservatives. Looks like the conservatives have really pulled out all the stops in an attempt to legitimize the vote. Read about it in … Continue reading
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WSJ’s Tastings of Inexpensive Merlot’s
Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher blind-review their favorite inexpensive Merlots in WSJ.com – Tastings. Paid subscription probably required. Merlots are the red wine cousins of Chardonnay. Popularity has caused them be be over-produced, resulting in what I term “industrial wines”. … Continue reading
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Incontrovertible Proof That Space Aliens Control Bush’s Brain
Bet that title got your attention. Bet that someone has clicked here after googling some combination of the words above. So why are we willing to believe outlandish things? You don’t see Fido wearing an aluminum foil skullcap to fend … Continue reading
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Landscape Altering Mergers
Holman Jenkins weighs in on the Comcast / Disney takeover. In Comcast-Disney: One Big Talking Point? (paid subscription required), he states: That said, last week’s Comcast offer isn’t a good deal for Disney, even if Comcast’s Brian Roberts is hoping … Continue reading
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A Corked Bottle?
Steven Den Beste examines the nuclear genie in USS Clueless – Genie out of the bottle. As a note, I studied nuclear science while in high school, fully intending to become a nuclear engineer. What with one thing and another, … Continue reading
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Crouching Donald, Hidden Rumsfield
POE News: Rumsfield Fighting Technique shows a series of pictures, each depicting Rummy as a kung-fu master. Classic stuff. [Via Tim Blair]
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