Category Archives: Academia and Other Nonsense

Typical Day in the Neighborhood

Posted on May 15, 2006 by Phil Kadath

It’s Thursday at the Seattle Times and they are deciding which ‘Letters to the Editor’ to print in their Friday edition. Shortly thereafter, they have decide which ones of those they are going to include in their online version. Since … Continue reading →

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Apropos of Nothing…

Posted on April 21, 2006 by Alaska

I’ve been getting my pre-Boomershoot fix from Benjamin, who seems suitably excited about going, as Joe Huffman observed. While cruising about in Benjamin’s archives, I noticed this post with musings about the connection, if any, twixt the takbir and Admiral Ackbar, the … Continue reading →

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A Socialist Hypocrite?

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Phil Kadath

My apologies. I seem to have repeated myself there. Remember when I asked for your opinions about the definition of racism and I told you about letting a professional linguist talk to you about how you think? Well, Peter Schweizer … Continue reading →

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What I Expect

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Phil Kadath

I know haven’t really said anything about the ‘Condolezza Rice/Watermelon’ math question, but I have a halfway decent excuse; because it is what I expect out of academia and the story barely raised my eyebrow when I heard it, and I … Continue reading →

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Try it harder!

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Phil Kadath

I found a link to this at the dKos, highlighted by none other than Markos himself, so be careful with it and don’t go whacking the first hippie you see after reading. It is titled “The Income Gap More Like A Chasm” … Continue reading →

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Because They Support the Troops

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Phil Kadath

From the ‘Land of Forgotten Links’ files:  Seattle moonbats are out gathering signatures to put a citywide Citizens Initiative on the ballot in November that would ban military recuiters from city schools. Well, actually, it won’t. Because the city doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Here it comes

Posted on April 3, 2006 by Phil Kadath

At the end of my original post about the rave party shootings last weekend I said Washington gun owners, Seattle and King County ones especially, are going to have a rough time of it for a while, I think. And so … Continue reading →

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The Question (Participation Requested)

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Phil Kadath

It all started with this post by local hate-monger, Dave Neiwert. I guess that I hadn’t been called a bigot or a fascist in a while and needed some abuse, so I stopped by his place, where there is no shortage … Continue reading →

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Weren’t they all whiny?

Posted on March 21, 2006 by Phil Kadath

They were all from Berkeley? Remember the whiny, insecure kid in nursery school, the one who always thought everyone was out to get him, and was always running to the teacher with complaints? Chances are he grew up to be … Continue reading →

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Today’s Male Chauvinist Pig Post

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Phil Kadath

The Miami Herald reports on a University of Chicago study. The No. 1 reason women make love: Intimacy The report also goes on to site reasons such as: To get their partner to do something they want, To “Bond”, To … Continue reading →

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