Monthly Archives: July 2015

That actually hurt

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Phil Kadath

I just pulled myself up off the floor where, moments ago, I was rolling around and laughing. My throat is sore and my sides hurt. I may have also shed tears and/or wet myself. Salon: It’s time to draft Al … Continue reading →

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Technophobe or Testing the System

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Phil Kadath

You decide Vandals keep snipping fiber optic cables in California with impunity Vandals snipped another fiber optic cable line in the San Francisco Bay area this week, the 12th incident of its kind in the region over the past year. The … Continue reading →

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Black Lives Matter

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Phil Kadath

But not if they are killed by another black person. Black Mississippi Confederate flag supporter dies after rally when ‘car full of jeering African American men forced him off the road’ And as can be seen on any given Monday … Continue reading →

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The clickbait-iest of clickbait

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Phil Kadath

From the HuffPo Janet Yellen to African-Americans: You’re on your own Sounds mean-hearted and almost evil. Actual story: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told members of the House of Representatives in a hearing on Wednesday that the Fed’s concerns about … Continue reading →

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Hippies making themselves useful

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Phil Kadath

Apparently, they missed the flavor too. A guilt-free superfood that tastes like bacon Food lovers might no longer have to choose between tastiness and healthiness. As will be familiar to anyone miserably chewing through leaf after leaf of kale in … Continue reading →

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Cato Delenda Est

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Alaska

   Addison’s Cato was one of the most well-known and influential political plays among the Founders, but for an original printed copy I had to reach across the pond to the delightful Abraxas-Libris.fr bookshop, which sold me this serviceable 1804 copy … Continue reading →

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And Then There Were Three

Posted on July 19, 2015 by Alaska

Good. The wife and I will apply for our Cali CCWs this week. No time like the present.

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Differing Opinions

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Phil Kadath

Earlier this week, the New Yorker published an article on “The Big One” that the PacNW is overdue for Under pressure from Juan de Fuca, the stuck edge of North America is bulging upward and compressing eastward, at the rate … Continue reading →

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My Unicorn…

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Alaska

My first car was my grandfather’s 1972 Olds Ninety-Eight, which I dreamt of painting blue, chopping the top and upgrading with modern audio, until an oak tree flattened it. But it looked much like this drool-worthy gem  of a Cadillac … Continue reading →

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Man Movies

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Alaska

The wife and I have taken to watching a good movie most weeknights, a guilty pleasure. (In a meeting the other day she was asked why she’s creating a new nonprofit; at the words “under 50” and “kids out of the … Continue reading →

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