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Some "straight talk" about Sarah Palin

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:29:38 -0400

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Wow. Seriously. Not a single thing to disagree with here.

It’s not clear why Sarah Palin resigned her position as governor of Alaska, but it must have been for one of the following…

Skitch.com > espostor > mcnair_facebook I don’t...

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:46:57 -0400

Skitch.com > espostor > mcnair_facebook

I don’t think that’s what Facebook has in mind with the ‘like’ feature.

"t’s a funny thing, sometimes, to see how Power Rankings shape up over the course of the..."

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:53:06 -0400

“t’s a funny thing, sometimes, to see how Power Rankings shape up over the course of the season. Just like when we started the year, there are a number of teams from one particular division sitting atop the rankings. Of course, there are plenty of surprises — WHERE DID THE FREAKING GIANTS AND ROCKIES COME FROM?? — and some other interesting stuff, like the fact that the Mets and Cubs just haven’t been that good…”

- MLB Power Rankings: Week 13 — MLB FanHouse

Data

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:30:59 -0400

Data:

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Wow. Quite a contrast from “I hear there’s rumors on the Internets…”

I spent the last two days at the Personal Democracy Forum. By far, the most important presentation came from…

Sally Kern Returns To Blame America’s ‘Economic Woes’ On ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ And ‘Abortion’

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:55:20 -0400

Sally Kern Returns To Blame America’s ‘Economic Woes’ On ‘Same-Sex Marriage’ And ‘Abortion’:

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Pat mentioned this behavior the other night … that people that think like this start with a conclusion that fits their preconceived (not to mention ill-conceived) notion of How…

Re: It's Not Long Enough - Jonah Goldberg

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:20:30 -0400

Re: It's Not Long Enough - Jonah Goldberg: It is a rare day indeed when I agree with every word in a post from Jonah Goldberg.

It’s too late to turn back now …

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:14:40 -0400

It’s too late to turn back now …

Rubber Room: documentary about New York teacher purgatory

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:19 -0400

Rubber Room: documentary about New York teacher purgatory:

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This American Life did a story about the Rubber Room a few years ago. Positively nuts.

The Rubber Room is the name for the places where New York City teachers who are…

Idiocracy

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:19 -0400

Idiocracy:

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Diz-amn.

Corrupted files for sale to students to buy extra time

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:18:47 -0400

Corrupted files for sale to students to buy extra time:

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Coming to a university near you: an emergency meeting of some breathless concerned academics and various IT people, with the academics in full freakout mode, asking: “How can we…

Sex Scandal Flow Chart | TPM News Pages

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:30:47 -0400

Sex Scandal Flow Chart | TPM News Pages

Because Politico is really just a GOP bulletin board | Media Matters for America

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:36:57 -0400

Because Politico is really just a GOP bulletin board | Media Matters for America:

Sure, Politico is full of shit. No denying that.

But let’s stop to reflect for a moment on this GOP talking point. They’re hoping that the Obama Administration’s maneuvering with GM is such an epic failure that it could be viewed as analagous to Bush’s failures with Katrina and Baghdad.

Look, GOP spinsters can talk about hoping for Obama to fail all they want. I don’t think anyone really cares, if for no other reason than it just sounds stupid.

But when they feel the need to beef up that talking point by breathlessly throwing around “Katrina” and “Baghdad”, apparently in the hope that W’s failures are contagious, they’re not just throwing their own guy under the bus, they’re putting it in reverse and doing it again and again.

What a deplorable excuse for a political organization the GOP has become. Whither thou, Eisenhower?

Great law lecture on how the DMCA changed the meaning of "unauthorized access" to copyrighted works

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:48:06 -0400

Great law lecture on how the DMCA changed the meaning of "unauthorized access" to copyrighted works:

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That phrase — “unauthorized access to copyrighted works” — haunts the shit out of me even now.

Salim sez, “A treat for all copyfighters from U-Channel… a lecture by copyright…

How to Really Get the Girl | Just A Guy Thing

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:45:35 -0400

How to Really Get the Girl | Just A Guy Thing

via @rands via what consumes me

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:47:10 -0400

via @rands via what consumes me

"Today, there are 18,000 Alt-A mortgages in Sonoma County. They account for about 18 percent of the..."

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:06:51 -0400

“Today, there are 18,000 Alt-A mortgages in Sonoma County. They account for about 18 percent of the county’s 102,000 home mortgages — triple the U.S. average, according to First American CoreLogic, a real estate research company. It is a far larger share of the county’s real estate holdings than subprime loans, which accounted for about 10 percent of local mortgages at their peak five years ago, according to First American CoreLogic. Over the next three years, about two-thirds of the Alt-A borrowers in Sonoma County will see their payments jump sharply, according to First American CoreLogic. The trend will peak in the summer of 2011, the research firm projects.”

- Alt-A loans: Second wave of foreclosures ahead | PressDemocrat.com

Bar Owner Cannot Fucking Believe He Actually Sponsored An Adult Kickball Team

Sat, 30 May 2009 20:08:11 -0400

Bar Owner Cannot Fucking Believe He Actually Sponsored An Adult Kickball Team: ST.LOUIS—”If another asshole comes in wearing a ‘scoregasm’ shirt, I won’t even be able to look at myself in the mirror anymore,” said bar owner Wayne Trimble.

Bar Owner Cannot Fucking Believe He Actually Sponsored An Adult Kickball Team

Sat, 30 May 2009 15:08:06 -0400

Sotomayor's 60 Percent Reversal Rate

Sat, 30 May 2009 13:07:59 -0400

Sotomayor's 60 Percent Reversal Rate:

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A rare moment of clarity from PL.

Much is being made, in some circles, of the fact that 60 percent of the majority decisions written by Judge Sonia Sotomayor during her tenure on…

Slim Pickens

Fri, 29 May 2009 04:03:19 -0400

Slim Pickens:

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“…technical, incremental and exhaustive…” Perfection, that.

The push on the right, as we’ve seen, is that Sonia Sotomayor is the dread ‘judicial activist’, someone who uses the…