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The Door-in-the-Face Effect
Seth's Blog | January 1st 2010
One of my Tsinghua students, a freshman, has been getting up early Saturday mornings to go to nearby Beijing University to attend a 4-hour intro psych class for graduate students. “What does the teacher talk about?” I asked. He showed me read more
The Unwisdom of John Mackey
Seth's Blog | December 31st 2009
John Mackey is the founder of Whole Foods, a business I greatly respect. But he’s not always right. “You only love animal fat because you’re used to it,” he said. “You’re addicted.” (From a profile of Mackey in The New Yorker.) I di read more
Reloaded: Happy Holidays Indeed
Another Point of View | December 30th 2009 by Pierre H. Vachon
Once again being rude to my hosts here in Québec city - but here's yet another one I could not let go by without blogging about it (emphasis added):Illness may force family out of CanadaA French family who immigrated to Montreal after being wooed by read more
Could We PLEASE Deport This Buzzard Now?
Reconstitution | December 29th 2009
Here I quote from the Smith Act, a law that is still very much on the books. The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act (18 U.S.C. § 2385) of 1940 is a United States federal statute that makes it a criminal offense for anyone to “ knowingly or willf read more
Evol
Cosmos Online | December 28th 2009 by Gordon Cardona
A gust of wind disturbed Namuh's sleep. The world was really getting colder. He kept Hyfe's mantel close to him as a reminder of that short but sweet friendship. Sometimes the only thought of Hyfe made him cry and a momentary fit of anger would seize read more
Saber-Rattling Coward LIEberman At It Again
Reconstitution | December 27th 2009
You know, we just don’t teach enough history in this country. Not even recent history. I think that events of, say, the last four or five decades are pretty important. So sometimes I like to give out a history lesson here. Today’s lesson, read more
Nothing New Under the Sun
An American Lion | December 26th 2009 by norman rogers
Another terrorist attack, another freak out by the American media establishment: A 23-year-old Nigerian was charged Saturday with attempting to blow up an airliner, a day after being tackled on board a flight as it was about to land in Detroit. Th read more
Tedious conversation
Flashman's Retreat | December 23rd 2009 by Speedicut
‘If you think you were tortured, Colonel Flashman,’ says he, poker-faced. ‘then I congratulate you on your ignorance.’ He put down his cup. ‘I find this conversation tedious. ‘If you will excuse me,’ and he turne read more
Acting In God Faith: Doing God's Work (Again)
THE PEACE TREE | December 23rd 2009 by thepoetryman
This is indeed laughable:[READ MORE +/-]DeMint Laughably Claims Republicans Have Been Acting In ‘Good Faith’ To Improve Health Care ReformRepublicans opposed to health care reform have long said that their “objective is to slow this down” in read more
Stolen from Happiness
Poetic MindState | December 22nd 2009 by Tony L. Jefferson Jr.
By: Tony L. Jefferson, Jr. I’ve lost inspiration sitting in these drab hills Sun baked mountains void of life Here I sit to rest a spell, before I maybe sweat my last sweat My mind is a maze of confusion and ideas Too jumbled to write this short li read more
Morning Quote
Start Anew | December 22nd 2009
"The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance." --Benjamin Franklin read more
Why Carville Can’t Be Trusted
Reconstitution | December 21st 2009
You will never convince me that anyone could be married to this hate-spewing Cheney worshiper and not be at least somewhat in sympathy with her idiotic politics. She adores Caribou Barbie, thinks a “purity test” for Rushpubliscum candidat read more
Reloaded Yet Again: The Cost Of Empire
Another Point of View | December 21st 2009 by Pierre H. Vachon
That's right: Congress passes $636 billion in military spending.But Americans should not have a "socialist" universal health care system, let alone an unnecessary, life-destroying, unpopular and unwanted public option, or even Medicare for that matte read more
Are you a good witch or a bad witch?
Taino Woman comes Dancing | December 20th 2009 by Nanu
With the recent deaths occurring in an Arizona sweat lodge, three so far, many Indigenous Americans are rabidly repeating the mantras “That’s what you get when you mess with things you have no right to mess with”, “Non-natives read more
A Stopped Clock Is Right Twice A Day
Reconstitution | December 20th 2009
I despise Bill-O, but not for the reasons you may believe I despise him; I despise him because I am 150% certain a guy with his pedigree couldn’t possibly be as stupid as the guy who hosts his TV show. Occasionally, he lets his actual persona b read more
MSG and Nightmares
Seth's Blog | December 18th 2009
At a dinner for foreign teachers at Tsinghua, I met a Canadian woman who teaches English literature. Soon after she moved to China, she started having nightmares every night. For dreams, they were unusually linear and realistic. They were nightmares read more
Late Friday Night Ode To ... Ignorance
Another Point of View | December 18th 2009 by Pierre H. Vachon
Here's to the prevalence of ignorance - of facts, of information, or verity.For this is the perfect mean to destroy a secular democracy, the reason why we are living in semi-Dark Ages, the root cause of the spreading cancer on our body democratic.Hen read more
Acting In God Faith: Doing God's Work (Again)
Another Point of View | December 18th 2009 by Pierre H. Vachon
This is indeed laughable:DeMint Laughably Claims Republicans Have Been Acting In ‘Good Faith’ To Improve Health Care ReformRepublicans opposed to health care reform have long said that their “objective is to slow this down” in order to “def read more
Caribou Barbie. A Classy Act, As Always
Reconstitution | December 17th 2009
I understand that Caribou Barbie is shopping the ridiculous story that she was trying to be “incognito” when she appeared on a beach in Hawaii wearing a visor with McCain’s name marked out. It seems to me that this millionaire could read more
Soundtrack of Life— Lesson #1:
Black Girl From Outer Space | December 16th 2009 by shanikqua
Its almost year’s end, as everyone is probably aware of this already, and I’ve been reflecting alot on my life, my past and my future. I love reading other blogs by people who have been doing this for awhile, and I read more
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Cosmos Online | December 14th 2009 by Gordon Cardona
Namuh woke up thinking about how many friends he now had. The blue dragons, the creatures of the world themselves, the fairies, his now dead great friend Hyfe and the converted Zyhil. He wished to meet them all again. He looked at the world that surr read more
Break Out Your Hoseas and your Hallelujahs
An American Lion | December 14th 2009 by norman rogers
Someone finally does something nice for the President, and Mel Gibson, and Tiger Woods: The greatest golfer in the world has fallen from the grace of humans, but not from the grace of God who still loves him dearly. About 100 members of the Miracle read more
League of “UN-extraordinary” Gentlemen
Black Girl From Outer Space | December 14th 2009 by shanikqua
“No bueno.” We are quickly approaching a New Year, 2010 is upon us. Thankfull read more
EAT IT, Haters
Reconstitution | December 12th 2009
If you read this rag at all, you know I’m pretty hard on the Phillistines that make up a sizable number of Texas politicians AND voters. Texas, after all, thought Chimpy was good enough to elect to the Governor’s Office TWICE, and they read more
THE MORE THEY KNOW DARWIN
Berean Studies | December 12th 2009
According to an international poll released by the British Council, the majority of Americans - 60% - support teaching alternatives to evolution in the science classroom. The percentage is the same for Britons....Of course, the British media reportin read more
Misconceptions about France: A new series. Part I: Fed up
Lost In Cheeseland | December 12th 2009 by Lindsey
Bill Maher on France, 2007 (don't agree that it's the greenest country but still makes his point) I've had it. I'm beyond fed up with having my critiques of happenings in the US interpreted as anti-American sentiment. The beauty of an indepedent ci read more
Misconceptions about France: A new series. Part I: Fed up
Lost In Cheeseland | December 12th 2009 by Lindsey
Bill Maher on France, 2007 (don't agree that it's the greenest country but still makes his point) I've had it. I'm beyond fed up with having my critiques of happenings in the US interpreted as anti-American sentiment. The beauty of an indepedent ci read more
December 11, 2009 – Michael Briscoe
The Daily Moron | December 11th 2009 by Jason Rhen
Michael Briscoe doesn't want to earn a promotion, he wants it handed to him because he is black Today’s Moron – Michael Briscoe As some well-deserving white fire fighters from New Haven, CT, today were finally awarded promotions they read more
Franklin Graham's Grasp of Religion
An American Lion | December 11th 2009 by norman rogers
You simply cannot speak the truth on the American airwaves these days. Is Graham wrong? He’s wrong in that what he’s saying is politically incorrect, but he’s right when he talks about Sharia law as it is practiced in the Middle Ea read more
Rushpubliscum “Logic,” Explained Perfectly
Reconstitution | December 10th 2009
I couldn’t explain their stupidity better with ten thousand posts. read more
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