Monthly Archives: May 2009

Reflection

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RNS Quote of the Day: 05/25/09

On this Memorial Day Civilization is not an evolution of mankind but the imposition of human good on human evil. It is not a historical inevitability. It is a battle that has to be fought every day, because evil doesn’t … Continue reading

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Porno Euros

Poor kid. I’m sure those blue balls are going to last a long time. A man who tried to hire a prostitute to take his 14-year-old son’s virginity as a present was spared jail by a court on Friday. The … Continue reading

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They just love taxing people

It doesn’t really matter how. Tax systems not the crux of Washington’s and Oregon’s budget woes Almost every state is experiencing hard-core, near-cataclysmic budget woes. States like Oregon that rely heavily on income tax. States like Washington that rely just … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day: 05/22/09

Ace discovers that Lawrence O’Donnell is in need of a few new adjectives to describe Cheney and helps him out, Lovecraft-style! Dick Cheney is a vile disgrace of eldritch omen. He lies broken in Cyclopean ruins, a jumble of weird … Continue reading

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It certainly is nice to know

That suggesting folks “Buy American” isn’t considered to be xenophobic anymore. (caution: link goes to the website of the Campaign for America’s Future)

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Alo, Salut, sunt eu, un haiduc

Who knew the Numa Numa song referenced armed revolutionaries fighting the Soviet and Communist Rumanian armies? Waronguns has the fascinating (recent) history link about the Haiducci. Watch more cool animation and creative cartoons at Aniboom Obligatory Numa Numa link here. … Continue reading

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The Soundboard: Grrrrrrr Edition

The Week started out like this And yesterday I found out that we’re moving from the temp office back to the refurbished old office starting today. Needless to say, like everything management gets their mitts on, it’s going poorly. My … Continue reading

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If there is no law, there is no crime

Unless you live in California. Paul Pearson lives in California. Mr. Pearson makes a living converting gas and diesel powered vehicles to plug-in electrics. There is no law regulating said conversions in the state of California. But that did not … Continue reading

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RNS Quote of the Day: 05/21/09

Yes. Journalists are paid to be assholes to the powerful and Mother Teresa to the weak, and so they are delusional, emotionally unstable, bizarrely erratic … quixotic … volatile. Jake Ellison – former Seattle PI employee We all knew this, … Continue reading

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