September 2010
1 post
Imagine you're hit by a car
I was scrolling through articles on this site earlier, and I decided to re-read some of my own encouraging words for a shot of inspiration. On the post called What Would You Rather Be Doing? I came across this comment by Derek Sivers and wanted to make sure everyone saw it. Derek Sivers Says: May 13th, 2009 at 05:39 PM Imagine you’re hit by a car today, wake up...
April 2010
4 posts
Microsoft wins its $100M tax-break and amnesty... →
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And the corporate citizens of the month award goes to…
Jeff sez, “As the Washington State Legislature wound down its special session to close a $2.8 billion fiscal deficit,…
the rules of cricket →
The Corruption of Dennis →
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Ah, the joys of enterprise IT.
During water cooler conversation with his co-workers, whenever Dennis mentioned that he was responsible for supporting the Month End Closing…
hate government and taxes →
March 2010
10 posts
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Sam Harris: Science can answer moral questions |... →
TED Talks Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can — and should — be an authority on moral issues, shaping…
What Texas Textbook Battle Reveals About the... →
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Salon’s Gabriel Winant: “The Texas board seems to imagine that all of human existence has been a static conflict between the forces of Almighty God and the Almighty Dollar on…
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A screenshot of page 7 of the new standard, courtesy of http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/03/12/god-1-hispanics-0/#
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Texas BOE Removes Jefferson From History Standard... →
If you have children in school in Texas, I strongly suggest moving. — Ed Brayton
‘Clean City’: São Paulo Scrubbed of Outdoor Ads |... →
Outdoor advertising is so ubiquitous in almost every urban setting around the world, it’s difficult to walk down a street, take an escalator or sit on a bench without getting slapped in the face with…
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ruby and rails gigs from many sources
craigslist austin | jobs search for “ruby” Google Base - Jobs - r craigslist boston | jobs search for “ruby “ Boxes And Arrows Jobs…
February 2010
3 posts
What Today's Republicans Believe - The Daily... →
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal →
Cross of Iron Speech →
The cost of one modern heavy bomber is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities. It is two electric power plants, each serving a town of 60,000 population. It is two fine, fully equipped…
January 2010
8 posts
21st century hagglin →
Dirty Harry →
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Nuclear Winter: Now Easier to Trigger than Ever... →
Initial Reaction To Scott Brown’s Senate Victory... →
People like to see a full bag. They can’t get enough of it. And the fuller the bag, the happier they are. Do they know it’s full of shit? Probably. Deep down, they can’t help but know it’s full of…
Tomgram: Orville Schell, What Doesn't Work in... →
Aughts Were a Lost Decade for U.S. Economy,... →
December 2009
6 posts
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hip hop crochet →
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Facebook familial faux pas →
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Idiocy →
October 2009
1 post
defunkt's mustache at master - GitHub →
September 2009
2 posts
Salman Rushdie - Letter to the 6 billionth person
Dear little Six - Billionth Living Person: As one of the newest members of a notoriously inquisitive species, it probably won’t be too long before you start asking the two $64,000 questions with which the other 5,999,999,999 of us have been wrestling for some time.
How did we get here? And, now that we are here, how shall we live?
Oddly - as if six billion of us weren’t enough to be...
August 2009
1 post
Don't confuse us with the facts →
This poll result makes sense, I guess. If you start with the premise that the world was created in seven days less than 5000 years ago, plate tectonics would sound a bit sketchy…
Do you believe that America and Africa were once part of the same continent?
Yes No Not Sure
All 42 26 32
Dem 51 16 33
Rep 24 47 29
Ind ...
July 2009
7 posts
Petition for the Public Option →
A Farewell to Harms -- By PEGGY NOONAN →
Palin was bad for the Republicans—and the republic.
Sarah Palin’s resignation gives Republicans a new opportunity to see her plain—to review the bidding, see her strengths, acknowledge her limits, and let go of her drama. It is an opportunity they should take. They mean to rebuild a great party. They need to do it on solid ground…
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June 2009
4 posts
Support a Public Option
With nearly 50 million Americans lacking health insurance, and
premiums rapidly rising, it’s time to address the health care
crisis in our country. All Americans deserve access to
affordable, quality health care — and today, nearly one-in-six
of us don’t have it.
This month, Congress is working on new reform legislation
that will make quality health care available and...
Support the Progressive Caucus's line in the sand
Opponents of health care reform know that a public health insurance option is now likely to be part of any final legislation. So they’re working to make it as weak as possible.
The members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are fighting back by drawing a clear line in the sand: They will only support a bill if it includes a strong public health insurance option.
We need to show the rest...
May 2009
5 posts
