Gratitude, support and love
For Christopher Hitchens, from American atheists:
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Conservative women are great in bed
According to this leftie movie review site, anyway. In a strange rant about Angelina Jolie we have the following: The basic conservative impulse is to bow down and show total allegiance to authority. This obviously links up with the old … Continue reading
Posted in Derangement Syndromes, out of my depth
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Neologism of the day
Norm uses the word democracy here. It’s an excellent coinage. He could define it more elegantly than I, but it boils down to the idea that the country should have policies decided by public demonstration.
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Bad taste joke of the decade
Here. See comments – Ross points out it’s disappeared, but it’s still in Google cache.
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Reading list
Some stuff from other places. The best bug in the world, according to Alex Harrowell’s Gmail status. He might be right. http://howfuckedismydatabase.com/ – especially this page. A cannibal restaurant in Berlin. “Donors wanted.” Possibly the best airline in the world. … Continue reading
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But think of the children!
Read this. Really. Go on. Read it now.
Posted in Derangement Syndromes, Just interesting
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UKIP leadership
Former UKIP candidate Anthony Butcher has started a forum for discussions of the UKIP leadership here. I think the best candidate, if she decides to stand, would be Marta Andreasen. As UKIP leader, she would immediately floor several negative perceptions … Continue reading
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Chancy Murphy
Remember the film Being There? As imdb puts it: Chance, a simple gardener, has never left the estate until his employer dies. His simple TV-informed utterances are mistaken for profundity. Now read this post and the comments thread. In case … Continue reading
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What Obama means by “troop pullout”
The NYT today: As the United States military prepares to leave Iraq by the end of 2011, the Obama administration is planning a remarkable civilian effort, buttressed by a small army of contractors, to fill the void. By October 2011, … Continue reading
Posted in Liberal interventionism, Middle East, Politics
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At last!
Tax-funded property loans for the very rich.
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