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Proving Once Again That The Real World Is At Least As Creative As Fiction…

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Man, that’s one hell of an obituary:
Count Gottfried von Bismarck
Count Gottfried von Bismarck, who was found dead on Monday aged 44, was a louche German aristocrat with a multi-faceted history as a pleasure-seeking heroin addict, hell-raising alcoholic, flamboyant waster and a reckless and extravagant host of homosexual orgies.
The great-great-grandson of Prince Otto, Germany’s Iron Chancellor [...]

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The Supremes (US Version)

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

So, I’ve been reading a lot of “only sixteen months to go” talk about Bush, and a lot of conversation about the Democrats playing a “long game” by letting him have enough rope to hang himself and the Republicans with him, etc.
However, I think that this notion that however bad it gets, it will all [...]

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Taxes and The Rich

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

When someone who is at the poor end of the wealth spectrum (i.e. the vast majority of people in the world) make statements about income disparity, class inequality, or the basic unfairness of a nation’s infrastructure, even if those statements are objectively and factually true, they can easily be at least somewhat deflected by observing [...]

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Scooter

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Like everyone who’s even vaguely awake in the “Western” world I’ve seen dozens of stories already about Bush’s commuting of Libby’s sentence.
Like everyone who’s even vaguely awake, I see this for what it is. As I read in the NYT: “in this case, Mr. Bush did not sound like a leader making tough decisions about [...]

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Separation of Church And State

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Well, we already knew there was no such thing as Rule of Law anymore, so why not toss that whole No State Religion thing out as well? Man, I already mocked Alabama this week–I’m out of punchlines. Here:
State of Alabama - Office of the Governor Bob Riley - Press Releases
MONTGOMERY – Governor Bob Riley is [...]

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How I Welcomed Canada Day

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Shortly after the clock ticked over into Canada Day last night, I was the proud recipient of this:

In addition to that lovely chunk of acrylic1 and the first place finish prize2, I get the satisfaction of being the first three-time tournament winner in the H.G.P.A.
I should also mention that this was the best tournament we’ve [...]

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