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The Sartorialist: On the Street....Cycle Accessories, Florence

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:22:49 -0500

The Sartorialist: On the Street....Cycle Accessories, Florence

I just have to say . . . we're not safe . . .

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:09 -0500

I just have to say it, because I have to say it: the idea that somehow Bush43 has kept us “safe” these last seven years is just such ludicrous nonsense.

First, our state security apparatus and our military has undoubtedly been successful in thwarting any number of terrorist attacks. But what really has that success to do with the administration over the last seven years?

What the administration did NOT do is anything to anticipate the “economic Pearl Harbor” that has occurred, to quote Warren Buffet (LINK). Perhaps most of us were living with blinders on with respect to this Pearl Harbor, but if a comparative analysis were possible, I am sure that many Republicans and Democrats would have at least paid better attention as commander in chief and raised a higher level of concern earlier. The fact that we haven’t suffered a military terrorist attack under Bush43 does nothing to prove that he prevented one. This economic Pearl Harbor however does definitively prove that he didn’t keep us safe and that an “attack” much more effective and insidious has occurred than any terrorist could have devised. And we’ve done it to ourselves. During the watch of Bush43.

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Snap Judgment: Harry Potter Successfully Performs Spikus Hairus Spell

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:32:56 -0500

Snap Judgment: Harry Potter Successfully Performs Spikus Hairus Spell

2009 Porsche 911: How To Get 35 MPG In A Porsche 911

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:29:40 -0500

2009 Porsche 911: How To Get 35 MPG In A Porsche 911

Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Hoops, Dreams (Micro Banking)

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:57:55 -0500

Jan Chipchase - Future Perfect: Hoops, Dreams (Micro Banking)

"the world is not divided simply into gay and straight"

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:13:31 -0500

“In the largely indigenous communities in and around the town of Juchitán, the world is not divided simply into gay and straight. While Mexico can be intolerant of homosexuality; it can also be quite liberal. In Mexico City, for instance, same-sex domestic partnerships are legally recognized. But nowhere are attitudes toward sex and gender quite as elastic as in towns like Juchitán in the far reaches of the southern state of Oaxaca.”

NYTimes article: LINK

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Missing atheist sign found in Washington state - CNN.com

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:17:47 -0500

Missing atheist sign found in Washington state - CNN.com

Across France, Cafe Owners Are Suffering

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 08:06:05 -0500

Across France, Cafe Owners Are Suffering

Danger danger danger!!! Obama wants to get rid of daylight savings time!! What will he eliminate next?? Marriage? Chruch? Capitalism?

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:53:36 -0500

BoingBoing LINK

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Wonderful "Honda is a freak" letter, via BoingBoing

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:50:49 -0500

LINK

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What can you buy for US$5?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:01:42 -0500

(Relatively) new Nokia sponsored “What can you buy for $5” website at http://fivedollarcomparison.org/. You can post your own pictures of US$5 items to their Flickr group. (via Jan Chipchase, of course LINK)

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socialism vs fascism in America

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:35:40 -0500

Interesting how the Right is now interpreting every little move of Obama’s as impending Socialism. During the last eight years, every little move of the Bush administration was indication of impending Fascism. The hot button of civil liberties for the left is by some measure quite equivalent to the hot button of overreaching taxation by the right.

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Innovation Economy: What If We Didn't Bail Out the Automakers?

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:26:46 -0500

Innovation Economy: What If We Didn't Bail Out the Automakers?:

A very good point. Automakers have been assuming a bailout all along, just like the banks, which allowed them (and the banks) to engage in short-term gain, high risk strategies (SUVs and sub-prime lending).

Helping America Keep Its Innovative Edge - NYTimes.com

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:19:56 -0500

Helping America Keep Its Innovative Edge - NYTimes.com

Google Uses Web Searches to Track Flu’s Spread

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:07:05 -0500

Google Uses Web Searches to Track Flu’s Spread

apophenia: post-Prop 8: seek an education-based reversal, not a legal challenge

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:49:50 -0500

apophenia: post-Prop 8: seek an education-based reversal, not a legal challenge

Enough. Onward!

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:48:03 -0500

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That last post about George Bush … enough. I won’t do that anymore. I just watched Rachel Maddow interview Barack Obama (October 30, LINK ). She questions him about why he never talks about how the Republican party has been bad for the country. Obama says that he believes that the Republican party was high jacked by minority group of incompetent extremists. He believes that there are many self-identified Republicans who like him believe that the Bush administration has been bad for the nation. He doesn’t want to alienate them and he chides Maddow for always cruising for a brawl. These comments indirectly point the finger at McCain and Palin and the way in which they chose to divide and alienate the electorate. It’s no wonder they lost. And it was sad to see McCain give his concession speech, free now of the physical tics that had bedeviled him throughout the campaign, emerge as the McCain that people remembered, evoking a little of the sort of sentiment that Obama carried with him every day of the campaign.

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George to Barack: "Go enjoy yourself??" He still doesn't get it!?!?!?!?

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:27:31 -0500

George Bush to Barack Obama: “What an awesome night for you, your family and your supporters. You are about to go on one of the great journeys of life. Congratulations and go enjoy yourself.”

LINK

What is that??

Perhaps it’s out of context but all I could think of was George following this with, “You get to watch pre-release movies, get free food, have a big house for your friends, and land on aircraft carriers and stuff! It’s a blast, this job! You’re going to have such a fun time—I did!”

And Barack saying: “Well, at least clean-up your room before you leave. I hope it’s not as much of a mess as you left the world.”

Again, I’ll admit it could be out of context but … that’s what occured to me. It’s about time that we had someone who brings the level of seriousness and intellect to the job that President of the United States demands.

Sorry my Repub friends, but come on! At some point people have to accept that they are responsible for the impression that they leave with people, whether that impression is “true” or not. George, John and his ilk are just so out of sync.

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Yes Jezebel, I did tear up

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:18:57 -0500

LINK to Maya Angelou. Yes, Jezebel you’re right. I did tear up.

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Maya Angelou On Barack Obama: "We All Rise"

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:36:19 -0500

Maya Angelou On Barack Obama: "We All Rise"