December 2011
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Dec 28th
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Christmas Day, 1914 →
freepressnews: What a story. The Christmas Truce (http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig2/denson4.html)
Dec 25th
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“It faded on the crowing of the cock. Some say that ever ‘gainst that...”
– Hamlet 1.1
Dec 25th
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Dec 20th
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Hey, I resemble that remark!
Bloom’s long bucolic sneer seems to have invited national interest along with Iowan indignation. Some have even gone line-by-line. Others hope to capitalize on the fury. The best of course is this from Iowahawk. Cow chipping away at the story, we may want to remember that many of those stereotypical outdated Midwestern morals may have more to do with the next American President than you can...
Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 18th
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“Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.”
– Kurt Vonnegut (via ireadintothings)
Dec 18th
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“ To be the father of growing daughters is to understand something of what Yeats...”
– —Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22 (photo: HB Adventure) Hitch on raising daughters…
Dec 17th
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Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Dec 16th
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“Carrier IQ logs information about your whereabouts as well as other personal...”
– The Complete List of All the Phones With Carrier IQ Spyware Installed Very happy to not see my phone on this list. Very disturbed to see how many phones are on this list. (via shorterexcerpts)
Dec 16th
Quick Hits Headlines: News Roundup for 12/14/11 →
quickhits: Hasn’t actually signed any petitions -Headline of the Day- “BS Alert: Mickey Mouse And Adolf Hitler Have Not Joined Scott Walker Recall Effort.” The rightwing media is going positively mental over the “fact” that Mickey Mouse and Adolf Hitler are signing… I’m Bugs Bunny, and I support this comment.
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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Dec 13th
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Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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WatchWatch
thedailywhat: This Seems Kinda Wrong of the Day: For the second time in just over a year, the city of South Fulton, TN, has found itself having to respond to a flurry of criticism over a controversial fee it requires of residents outside city limits who wish to be protected from fire damage. When Vicky Bell called 911, firefighters from South Fulton rushed to her mobile home just outside the...
Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 7th
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Dec 6th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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National Defense Authorization Act passed by the... →
joshsternberg: soupsoup: “If the president thinks you are a terrorist, let him present charges and evidence to a judge,” Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle said in a statement Friday. “He has no authority to lock you up without any judicial review, just because he and Congress believe he should have unlimited power. That is the kind of power held by tyrants in totalitarian regimes. It has no...
Dec 3rd
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Dec 2nd
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“People will show you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be...”
– Don Draper  (via hipsterdiet)
Dec 2nd
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@ebertchicago Roger Ebert Men Who Lack Female Supervision. http://bit.ly/s585XS
Dec 2nd
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Dec 2nd