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Friday, August 31, 2012
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Mitt
Mendacious Mitt the twit, the Mexican polygamist's grandson, the vulture capitalist, who took a founding role at Bain Capital from a mentor who guaranteed he would never fail financially or professionally, hiding behind his veil of opulence, shipping his money and our jobs overseas, the tax dodger refusing to pay his fair share of society's upkeep, the draft-avoiding war monger utilizing the dual refuges of mission work in Paris and business school at Harvard, the slimy politician with policy flip-flops on: gun control, abortion, climate change, taxes, gays, and RomneyCare.
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’2016: Obama’s America’: Dinesh D’Souza Sees an End-of-Times | Entertainment | TIME.com
"a cramp in the mind of the committed party hack, a terrible need to believe that one's adversaries are more ominous or sinister than observable reality suggests
Read more: http://entertainment.time.com/2012/08/24/2016-obamas-america-dinesh-dsouza-sees-an-end-of-times/#ixzz253emgadF
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Paul Ryan’s Speech: Lies, Lies and More Lies | Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog! Go!
http://bobcesca.com/blog-archives/2012/08/paul-ryans-speech-lies-lies-and-more-lies.html
I don't think I've ever seen a major political speech so packed with
repeatedly debunked lies, and I spent eight years following closely
the mendacity of the Bush White House. I mean, Ryan repeated lies that
have been broadly criticized and debunked for several weeks.
---SPSmith
I don't think I've ever seen a major political speech so packed with
repeatedly debunked lies, and I spent eight years following closely
the mendacity of the Bush White House. I mean, Ryan repeated lies that
have been broadly criticized and debunked for several weeks.
---SPSmith
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » So soon you learn to forget, bad times, the rules, and regrets
http://www.balloon-juice.com/2012/08/29/so-soon-you-learn-to-forget-bad-times-the-rules-and-regrets/
This is the choice our country faces this year. We have a serial liar
with no honor and no integrity and no other guiding principle except
to do whatever it takes to win the Presidency with no idea what to do
with the office other than to make the lives of people like himself
easier, and we have a man of quiet competence who sees his role as
President to be the man who gets as many things done as possible for
the largest number of people possible.
---SPSmith
This is the choice our country faces this year. We have a serial liar
with no honor and no integrity and no other guiding principle except
to do whatever it takes to win the Presidency with no idea what to do
with the office other than to make the lives of people like himself
easier, and we have a man of quiet competence who sees his role as
President to be the man who gets as many things done as possible for
the largest number of people possible.
---SPSmith
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Metamagician and the Hellfire Club: Why this was never an atheist blog
http://metamagician3000.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/why-this-was-never-atheist-blog.html
If religion were a purely private matter, and if religious
organisations and leaders were prepared to accept a political reality
where their doctrines and canons of conduct have no significant impact
on the development of the law, there would be far less urgency about
questioning the moral and intellectual authority of religion.
---SPSmith
If religion were a purely private matter, and if religious
organisations and leaders were prepared to accept a political reality
where their doctrines and canons of conduct have no significant impact
on the development of the law, there would be far less urgency about
questioning the moral and intellectual authority of religion.
---SPSmith
Stanford's Robert Sapolsky on Science and Wonder | Brain Pickings
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/28/robert-sapolsky-on-science-and-wonder/
The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and
wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.
---SPSmith
The purpose of science is not to cure us of our sense of mystery and
wonder, but to constantly reinvent and reinvigorate it.
---SPSmith
Monday, August 27, 2012
Sunday, August 26, 2012
A message from god
http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/08/26/pat-robertson-gods-weatherman/
Hurricane Isaac --- clearly god's message not to vote Republican.
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Hurricane Isaac --- clearly god's message not to vote Republican.
---SPSmith
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Article: NASA - Neil Armstrong: 1930-2012
NASA - Neil Armstrong: 1930-2012
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/people/features/armstrong_obit.html
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Laura D'Andrea Tyson: Evidence vs. Ideology in the Medicare Debate - NYTimes.com
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/evidence-vs-ideology-in-the-medicare-debate/
A "serious" deficit hawk committed to saving and strengthening
Medicare, not one whose primary goals are repealing health-care reform
and cutting taxes for the wealthy, would base his Medicare plan on the
evidence. Mr. Ryan and his running mate can't be serious.
---SPSmith
A "serious" deficit hawk committed to saving and strengthening
Medicare, not one whose primary goals are repealing health-care reform
and cutting taxes for the wealthy, would base his Medicare plan on the
evidence. Mr. Ryan and his running mate can't be serious.
---SPSmith
The Crackpot Caucus - NYTimes.com
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/the-crackpot-caucus/
The tutorial in 8th grade biology that Republicans got after one of
their members of Congress went public with something from the
wackosphere was instructive, and not just because it offered female
anatomy lessons to those who get their science from the Bible.
---SPSmith
The tutorial in 8th grade biology that Republicans got after one of
their members of Congress went public with something from the
wackosphere was instructive, and not just because it offered female
anatomy lessons to those who get their science from the Bible.
---SPSmith
Article: The Fringe's Funniest Jokes Revealed - Entertainment
The Fringe's Funniest Jokes Revealed - Entertainment
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/the-fringes-funniest-jokes-revealed
"You know you're working class when your TV is bigger than your book case."
---SPSmith
Article: The Crackpot Caucus
The Crackpot Caucus
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/23/the-crackpot-caucus/
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Friday, August 24, 2012
USA TODAY: Who are the Kochs and how far does their influence reach?
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Who are the Kochs and how far does their influence reach?
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Who are the Kochs and how far does their influence reach?
http://usat.ly/R4SnAg
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---SPSmith
@michaelshermer, 8/24/12 11:26 AM
 Michael Shermer (@michaelshermer)8/24/12 11:26 AM Paul Hamm, Gymnast, on his success: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father." |
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Boxing
"@michaelshermer: Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries, and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious.""
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Article: 10 of the Best Literary Memoirs of All Time
10 of the Best Literary Memoirs of All Time
http://www.flavorwire.com/320083/10-of-the-best-literary-memoirs-of-all-time
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Check out: 'What Do Homophobic Bigots Really Think?' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
What Do Homophobic Bigots Really Think?
By Jesse Bering
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/anti_gay_bigotry_online_analyzing_homophobic_comments_can_disarm_the_hate_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
What Do Homophobic Bigots Really Think?
By Jesse Bering
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/anti_gay_bigotry_online_analyzing_homophobic_comments_can_disarm_the_hate_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Check out: 'Vowel Movement' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
Vowel Movement
By Rob Mifsud
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2012/08/northern_cities_vowel_shift_how_americans_in_the_great_lakes_region_are_revolutionizing_english_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Vowel Movement
By Rob Mifsud
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2012/08/northern_cities_vowel_shift_how_americans_in_the_great_lakes_region_are_revolutionizing_english_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Check out: 'Curiosity's Dirty Little Secret' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
Curiosity's Dirty Little Secret
By Geoffrey Brumfiel
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/mars_rover_curiosity_its_plutonium_power_comes_courtesy_of_soviet_nukes_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Curiosity's Dirty Little Secret
By Geoffrey Brumfiel
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/mars_rover_curiosity_its_plutonium_power_comes_courtesy_of_soviet_nukes_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
USA TODAY: HP, Dell feel earnings sting from iPad domination
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HP, Dell feel earnings sting from iPad domination
http://usat.ly/PGMGM6
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HP, Dell feel earnings sting from iPad domination
http://usat.ly/PGMGM6
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---SPSmith
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Article: The 5:2 diet: can it help you lose weight and live longer?
The 5:2 diet: can it help you lose weight and live longer?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/lifestyle/9480451/The-52-diet-can-it-help-you-lose-weight-and-live-longer.html
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Check out: 'Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment Was Not a Misstatement. It Was a Worldview.' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment Was Not a Misstatement. It Was a
Worldview.
By Laura Helmuth
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/08/20/todd_akin_s_legitimate_rape_comment_not_a_misstatement_but_a_worldview_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Todd Akin's "Legitimate Rape" Comment Was Not a Misstatement. It Was a
Worldview.
By Laura Helmuth
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/08/20/todd_akin_s_legitimate_rape_comment_not_a_misstatement_but_a_worldview_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
USA TODAY: Benefits of infant circumcision reconfirmed as rates decline
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Benefits of infant circumcision reconfirmed as rates decline
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---SPSmith
Benefits of infant circumcision reconfirmed as rates decline
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---SPSmith
Soraya Chemaly: Todd Akin: It's Not a War on Women, It's a War on Critical Thinking and Democracy
In case you've been deep-sea diving in the Mariana Trench, yet another Republican Congressman unwittingly revealed his party's contempt for and distrust of women. And he did it by illustrating how the "war on women" is part of a larger issue. What Todd Akin said and believes doesn't just play into a media-catchy, election year "war on women" narrative. It's part of a reactionary, fundamentalist backlash to modernity. It's a war on science. It's a war on facts. It's a war on critical thinking. But, really, consider it a war on democracy. Statements like Akin's reflect the degree to which some men, steeped in all sorts of dangerous denialism, will go to protect their power and how they undermine equality and democracy to do it. Mitt Romney's smart, he gets how Akin made this obvious, which is why he's distancing himself so fast and furiously from this incident. But, Romney deep down inside agrees with the ideas that reside under the surface of such an obvious mistake. That's why he will not renounce his rights-stripping-for-women-personhood-for-fetuses happy running mate Paul Ryan, who shares the ideas expressed by Akin, even if he expresses himself less offensively.
---SPSmith
From Adams to Obama: 10 funny political lines
Hey, check this out from CNN:
From Adams to Obama: 10 funny political lines
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/19/politics/politicians-best-lines/index.html
---SPSmith
From Adams to Obama: 10 funny political lines
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/19/politics/politicians-best-lines/index.html
---SPSmith
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Analysis: Why it’s irrational to risk women’s lives for the sake of the unborn - Comment - Scotsman.com
The fallacy in the anti-abortion argument lies in the shift from the scientifically accurate claim that the foetus is a living individual of the species Homo sapiens to the ethical claim that the foetus therefore has the same right to life as any other human being. Membership of the species Homo sapiens is not enough to confer a right to life.
We can plausibly argue that we ought not to kill, against their will, self-aware beings who want to continue to live. We can see this as a violation of their autonomy, or a thwarting of their preferences. But why should a being's potential to become rationally self-aware make it wrong to end its life before it has the capacity for rationality or self-awareness?
---SPSmithRyan, Romney and the Veil of Opulence - NYTimes.com
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/the-veil-of-opulence/?partner=rss&emc=rss
the veil of opulence operates only under the guise of fairness. It is
rather a distortion of fairness, by virtue of the partiality that it
smuggles in. It asks not whether a policy is fair given the huge range
of advantages or hardships the universe might throw at a person but
rather whether it is fair that a very fortunate person should shoulder
the burdens of others. That is, the veil of opulence insists that
people imagine that resources and opportunities and talents are freely
available to all, that such goods are widely abundant, that there is
no element of randomness or chance that may negatively impact those
who struggle to succeed but sadly fail through no fault of their own.
It blankets off the obstacles that impede the road to success. It
turns a blind eye to the adversity that some people, let's face it,
are born into. By insisting that we consider public policy from the
perspective of the most-advantaged, the veil of opulence obscures the
vagaries of brute luck.
---SPSmith
the veil of opulence operates only under the guise of fairness. It is
rather a distortion of fairness, by virtue of the partiality that it
smuggles in. It asks not whether a policy is fair given the huge range
of advantages or hardships the universe might throw at a person but
rather whether it is fair that a very fortunate person should shoulder
the burdens of others. That is, the veil of opulence insists that
people imagine that resources and opportunities and talents are freely
available to all, that such goods are widely abundant, that there is
no element of randomness or chance that may negatively impact those
who struggle to succeed but sadly fail through no fault of their own.
It blankets off the obstacles that impede the road to success. It
turns a blind eye to the adversity that some people, let's face it,
are born into. By insisting that we consider public policy from the
perspective of the most-advantaged, the veil of opulence obscures the
vagaries of brute luck.
---SPSmith
Fox News doesn’t even pretend anymore | Mano Singham
No serious observer of US politics thinks that Fox News is anything but a highly partisan propaganda operation that serves as the mouthpiece of the oligarchy. But they usually try to maintain a façade of being a news organization.
But they seem to be getting so brazen that the mask is slipping with increasing frequency. The Daily Show shows discussions on the network where they openly discuss how frustrating it is when their efforts to get Mitt Romney elected are undercut by Romney's incompetent staff.
USA TODAY: The extreme life and dramatic death of Michael Marin
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The extreme life and dramatic death of Michael Marin
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The extreme life and dramatic death of Michael Marin
http://usat.ly/NcGqaO
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---SPSmith
Saturday, August 18, 2012
A Critic’s Case for Critics Who Are Actually Critical - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/19/magazine/a-critic-makes-the-case-for-critics.html?_r=2
Erica Jong recalled that Paul Theroux, while reviewing her novel "Fear
of Flying," referred to her as a "mammoth pudenda." (Actually he was
referring to the novel's main character.) She replied: "Since Mr.
Theroux has no personal acquaintance with the organ in question, I
cannot help but wonder whether some anxieties about his own anatomy
were at the root (as it were) of his review."
---SPSmith
Erica Jong recalled that Paul Theroux, while reviewing her novel "Fear
of Flying," referred to her as a "mammoth pudenda." (Actually he was
referring to the novel's main character.) She replied: "Since Mr.
Theroux has no personal acquaintance with the organ in question, I
cannot help but wonder whether some anxieties about his own anatomy
were at the root (as it were) of his review."
---SPSmith
Friday, August 17, 2012
David Simon | Mitt Romney paid taxes at a rate of at least 13 percent. And he’s proud to say so.
Can we stand back and pause a short minute to take in the spectacle of a man who wants to be President of The United States, who wants us to seriously regard him as a paragon of the American civic ideal, declaiming proudly and in public that he has paid his taxes at a third of the rate normally associated with gentlemen of his economic benefit.
Stunning.
Am I supposed to congratulate this man? Thank him for his good citizenship? Compliment him for being clever enough to arm himself with enough tax lawyers so that he could legally minimize his obligations?
---SPSmithThursday, August 16, 2012
Global Development & Management » About Us
David Weil
David Weil is a graduate of Indiana University. After graduation he spent six years studying and working in Taiwan where he had his first exposure to international trade. Since returning to the States in 1985, he has worked with companies in a variety of industries developing export and import programs. Beginning in 2000, David has focused almost exclusively on the pet industry and especially on the export of quality American pet foods and the development of export markets for a number of American brands.
U.S. Population Reaches 314,159,265, Or Pi Times 100 Million: Census
Shortly after 2:29 p.m. on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, the U.S. population was exactly 314,159,265, or pi (Ï€) times 100 million, the U.S. Census Bureau reports.
---SPSmith
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
5 Funny Tweets About This Media-Drenched World We Live In | DayRiffer
"At this point, even Occam's razor has five extra blades and a hydrating gel strip." (Kevin Seccia)
Check out: 'Most People Who Take Blood Pressure Medication Possibly Shouldn’t' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
Most People Who Take Blood Pressure Medication Possibly Shouldn't
By Jeanne Lenzer
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/08/blood_pressure_drugs_for_mild_hypertension_not_proven_to_prevent_heart_attacks_strokes_or_early_death.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Most People Who Take Blood Pressure Medication Possibly Shouldn't
By Jeanne Lenzer
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2012/08/blood_pressure_drugs_for_mild_hypertension_not_proven_to_prevent_heart_attacks_strokes_or_early_death.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Check out: 'Confessions of a Fake Scientist' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
Confessions of a Fake Scientist
By Phil Edwards
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/fake_science_101_a_fake_scientist_learns_about_real_scientists.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Confessions of a Fake Scientist
By Phil Edwards
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/fake_science_101_a_fake_scientist_learns_about_real_scientists.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
USA TODAY: Buffett's Berkshire drops Intel, buys oil stocks
Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY's iPad application.
Buffett's Berkshire drops Intel, buys oil stocks
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---SPSmith
Buffett's Berkshire drops Intel, buys oil stocks
http://usat.ly/MYsfvX
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---SPSmith
Monday, August 13, 2012
Paul Begala on How With Ryan, Romney Has the Plutocrat Ticket - The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/11/paul-begala-on-how-with-ryan-romney-has-the-plutocrat-ticket.html
Ryan's budget is the fiscal embodiment of the deeply evil,
wholeheartedly selfish so-called philosophy of Ayn Rand.
---SPSmith
Ryan's budget is the fiscal embodiment of the deeply evil,
wholeheartedly selfish so-called philosophy of Ayn Rand.
---SPSmith
The Truth about Sequestration | Cato @ Liberty
http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-truth-about-sequestration/
we spend far more on the military than is necessary. Since the end of
the Cold War, policymakers and pundits have coalesced around the idea
that the United States is the "indispensable nation" responsible for
protecting everyone from everything.
~50% of worlds military spending
---SPSmith
we spend far more on the military than is necessary. Since the end of
the Cold War, policymakers and pundits have coalesced around the idea
that the United States is the "indispensable nation" responsible for
protecting everyone from everything.
~50% of worlds military spending
---SPSmith
Sunday, August 12, 2012
No, Paul Ryan is not ‘courageous’ - PostPartisan - The Washington Post
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Article: Why Does the United States Rank So Badly in Health?
Why Does the United States Rank So Badly in Health?
http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/08/12/why-does-the-united-states-rank-so-badly-in-health/
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---SPSmith
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Paul Ryan Romney VP Pick - Paul Ryan, Candidate for Vice President - Esquire
Paul Ryan is an authentically dangerous zealot. He does not want to reform entitlements. He wants to eliminate them. He wants to eliminate them because he doesn't believe they are a legitimate function of government. He is a smiling, aw-shucks murderer of opportunity, a creator of dystopias in which he never will have to live. This now is an argument not over what kind of political commonwealth we will have, but rather whether or not we will have one at all, because Paul Ryan does not believe in the most primary institution of that commonwealth: our government. The first three words of the Preamble to the Constitution make a lie out of every speech he's ever given. He looks at the country and sees its government as something alien that is holding down the individual entrepreneurial genius of 200 million people, and not as their creation, and the vehicle through which that genius can be channelled for the general welfare.
Read more: http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/paul-ryan-romney-vp-pick-11562917#ixzz23FYuSpxQ
---SPSmith
Article: Meet Paul Ryan: Climate Denier, Conspiracy Theorist, Koch Acolyte
Meet Paul Ryan: Climate Denier, Conspiracy Theorist, Koch Acolyte
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/08/11/677051/meet-paul-ryan-climate-denier-conspiracy-theorist-koch-acolyte/
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---SPSmith
Friday, August 10, 2012
Article: The outrageous subsidies to religion in America
The outrageous subsidies to religion in America
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/the-outrageous-subsidies-to-religion-in-america/
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---SPSmith
Article: Astrobiology: Worth It?
Astrobiology: Worth It?
http://beastbardbot.wordpress.com/2012/08/10/astrobiology-worth-it/
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---SPSmith
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Article: Wade Michael Page and the rise of violent far-right extremism
Wade Michael Page and the rise of violent far-right extremism
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/08/wade-michael-page-violent-far-right?CMP=twt_gu
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---SPSmith
Wednesday, August 08, 2012
Check out: 'How Not To Get Hacked' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
How Not To Get Hacked
By Farhad Manjoo
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/08/mat_honan_the_four_things_you_need_to_do_right_now_to_avoid_getting_hacked_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
How Not To Get Hacked
By Farhad Manjoo
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2012/08/mat_honan_the_four_things_you_need_to_do_right_now_to_avoid_getting_hacked_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Tuesday, August 07, 2012
Robert Hughes’s Best Quotes on Art, Australia, and More - The Daily Beast
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/08/07/robert-hughes-s-best-quotes-on-art-australia-and-more.html
I am completely an elitist in the cultural but emphatically not the
social sense. I prefer the good to the bad, the articulate to the
mumbling, the aesthetically developed to the merely primitive, and
full to partial consciousness. I love the spectacle of skill, whether
it's an expert gardener at work or a good carpenter chopping
dovetails. I don't think stupid or ill-read people are as good to be
with as wise and fully literate ones. I would rather watch a great
tennis player than a mediocre one, unless the latter is a friend or a
relative. Consequently, most of the human race doesn't matter much to
me, outside the normal and necessary frame of courtesy and the
obligation to respect human rights. I see no reason to squirm around
apologizing for this. I am, after all, a cultural critic, and my main
job is to distinguish the good from the second-rate, pretentious,
sentimental, and boring stuff that saturates culture today, more
(perhaps) than it ever has. I hate populist [shit], no matter how much
the demos love it.
---SPSmith
I am completely an elitist in the cultural but emphatically not the
social sense. I prefer the good to the bad, the articulate to the
mumbling, the aesthetically developed to the merely primitive, and
full to partial consciousness. I love the spectacle of skill, whether
it's an expert gardener at work or a good carpenter chopping
dovetails. I don't think stupid or ill-read people are as good to be
with as wise and fully literate ones. I would rather watch a great
tennis player than a mediocre one, unless the latter is a friend or a
relative. Consequently, most of the human race doesn't matter much to
me, outside the normal and necessary frame of courtesy and the
obligation to respect human rights. I see no reason to squirm around
apologizing for this. I am, after all, a cultural critic, and my main
job is to distinguish the good from the second-rate, pretentious,
sentimental, and boring stuff that saturates culture today, more
(perhaps) than it ever has. I hate populist [shit], no matter how much
the demos love it.
---SPSmith
Check out: 'The Prideful, Arrogant President of Chick-fil-A' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
The Prideful, Arrogant President of Chick-fil-A
By Jesse Bering
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/chick_fil_a_controversy_why_dan_cathy_s_statements_are_dangerous_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
The Prideful, Arrogant President of Chick-fil-A
By Jesse Bering
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/08/chick_fil_a_controversy_why_dan_cathy_s_statements_are_dangerous_.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Monday, August 06, 2012
Article: Why Does Mitt Romney Want To Restrict Voting Rights For More Than 900,000 Ohio Veterans?
Why Does Mitt Romney Want To Restrict Voting Rights For More Than 900,000 Ohio Veterans?
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/06/641891/why-does-mitt-romney-want-to-restrict-voting-rights-for-more-than-900000-ohio-veterans/
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---SPSmith
Sunday, August 05, 2012
Layla
Layla
---SPSmith
The chaos embodied in the littoral zone around her was wide and deep, constantly flooding us with challenges.
She destroyed more CDs, books, and remote controls than we remember.
Perhaps a closeted Bee-Gees fan, she chewed into unwatchable splinters the second DVD of Scorsese's Bob Dylan documentary No Direction Home. Her penchant for nibbling away at books forced us to use a child fence to cordon off the library room in our house.
Left at home, she would find an unattended trash bin and spread its contents on the dining room floor for us to find when we returned.
All the doors to the bedrooms had to be shut, all small plastic objects put out of harms way, last minutes checks done for books within reach of her jaws, whenever we left the house.
Her Pit Bull jaws could tear up any doggie toy. Her step sister Maddie would play with a squeaky toy for days; Give Layla a few minutes with it behind Maddie's back and it would be reduced to a jumble of quiet fluff.
She didn't like the swimming pool, but on long jogs in the Phoenix heat, she would happily jump into a local pond. She was scared of you if you wore a new hat or unknown boots.
Her louche personality charmed visitors, after scaring them with her bark and her method of saying "hi" by grabbing their fingers with her mouth.
She loved being upended, sitting up on her rear on the couch, and accepting belly rubs. She knew: shake, other paw, high five, turn, and down. All of which she did to get her treats.
She enjoyed playing up against the scampering energy of a friend's Min Pin while also laying quietly with us on our bed at night.
Our dog Layla. I miss her a lot.
---SPSmith
Article: Sandwalk: Muscles and the Lactic Acid Myth
Sandwalk: Muscles and the Lactic Acid Myth
http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2012/08/muscles-and-lactic-acid-myth.html#more
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---SPSmith
Saturday, August 04, 2012
Article: RIP Military Historian John Keegan, Who Saw War as Product of Culture Rather than Biology
RIP Military Historian John Keegan, Who Saw War as Product of Culture Rather than Biology
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2012/08/04/rip-military-historian-john-keegan-who-saw-war-as-product-of-culture-rather-than-biology/
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---SPSmith
Article: FLASHBACK: Romney Economic Advisers Predicted Bush Tax Cuts Would Lead To Huge Job Growth
FLASHBACK: Romney Economic Advisers Predicted Bush Tax Cuts Would Lead To Huge Job Growth
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/08/04/640021/romney-advisers-bush-tax-cuts/
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---SPSmith
Article: Apple exec talks about the iPhone's early days, the secrecy of 'Project Purple'
Apple exec talks about the iPhone's early days, the secrecy of 'Project Purple'
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/04/apple-execs-talk-about-the-iphones-early-days-project-purple/
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---SPSmith
Friday, August 03, 2012
Sedona P&Z Development Status Memo.doc
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Sedona Racquet Club
New owner, Larry Eversull, is proposing to remove the Racquet Club and build a residential retirement facility. These would all be rental units and the project does not need a rezoning or subdivision approval. Development Review approval by the P&Z Commission is required. A conceptual development review application is expected to be filed in August or September.
Article: Does Gatorade Actually Work? | Alternet
Does Gatorade Actually Work? | Alternet
http://www.alternet.org/food/does-gatorade-actually-work
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http://www.alternet.org/food/does-gatorade-actually-work
(via Onswipe)
---SPSmith
Thursday, August 02, 2012
Check out: 'No, Sarah Palin, Chick-fil-A Boycotts Aren't Suppressing Free Speech' on Slate
I thought you might find this Slate article interesting:
No, Sarah Palin, Chick-fil-A Boycotts Aren't Suppressing Free Speech
By Amanda Marcotte
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/08/02/chick_fil_a_and_free_speech_boycotts_are_not_a_threat_to_the_first_amendment.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
No, Sarah Palin, Chick-fil-A Boycotts Aren't Suppressing Free Speech
By Amanda Marcotte
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/08/02/chick_fil_a_and_free_speech_boycotts_are_not_a_threat_to_the_first_amendment.html?wpisrc=sl_ipad
---SPSmith
Article: HP wins ruling in court battle with Oracle
HP wins ruling in court battle with Oracle
http://phys.org/news/2012-08-hp-court-oracle.html
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---SPSmith
So you were just called a bigot | Blag Hag
If I call you a mean name, it does not mean my argument or stance is incorrect. It means I'm kind of being a jerk. But I didn't call anyone names. When I call you a bigot, it's not because I disagree with you. I don't call people who like mint-chocolate ice cream bigots. It's because your were being bigoted. It's simple. If you want me to stop calling you a bigot, stop being a bigot.
---SPSmith
More Mitt the Twit
If Mitt the Twit's policy of "hide our head in the sand" on Global Warming is not proof enough, Jared Diamond provides more evidence of his inability to understand the nuances and consequences of complex ideas:
If Mitt the Twit, on his gaffe-ridden foreign trip, had visited India during their recent power grid problems, he would have said:
---SPSmith
Mitt Romney’s Search for Simple Answers - NYTimes.com
That is so different from what my book actually says that I have to doubt whether Mr. Romney read it. My focus was mostly on biological features, like plant and animal species, and among physical characteristics, the ones I mentioned were continents' sizes and shapes and relative isolation. I said nothing about iron ore, which is so widespread that its distribution has had little effect on the different successes of different peoples. (As I learned this week, Mr. Romney also mischaracterized my book in his memoir, "No Apology: Believe in America.")
That's not the worst part. Even scholars who emphasize social rather than geographic explanations — like the Harvard economist David S. Landes, whose book "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations" was mentioned favorably by Mr. Romney — would find Mr. Romney's statement that "culture makes all the difference" dangerously out of date. In fact, Mr. Landes analyzed multiple factors (including climate) in explaining why the industrial revolution first occurred in Europe and not elsewhere.
---SPSmithWednesday, August 01, 2012
USA TODAY: 10 best national park campsites across the USA
Check out this article that I saw in USA TODAY's iPad application.
10 best national park campsites across the USA
http://usat.ly/OkvLyN
To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser.
To learn more about USA TODAY for iPad and download, visit:
http://usatoday.com/ipad/
---SPSmith
10 best national park campsites across the USA
http://usat.ly/OkvLyN
To view the story, click the link or paste it into your browser.
To learn more about USA TODAY for iPad and download, visit:
http://usatoday.com/ipad/
---SPSmith
Shorn Scalps and Perceptions of Male Dominance
http://spp.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/07/12/1948550612449490
men with shaved heads were rated as more dominant than similar men
with full heads of hair
---SPSmith
men with shaved heads were rated as more dominant than similar men
with full heads of hair
---SPSmith
Gore Vidal - Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9443260/Gore-Vidal.html
"I am at heart a propagandist, a tremendous hater, a tiresome nag,
complacently positive that there is no human problem which cannot be
solved if people would simply do as I advise."
"I am at heart a propagandist, a tremendous hater, a tiresome nag,
complacently positive that there is no human problem which cannot be
solved if people would simply do as I advise."
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