November 2010
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A mile off the interstate, at a gas station where you pump then pay, a man on the way to the truck stop to pick up the turkey he won in a drawing. His wife “tried to turn it down. She said she already had a turkey at home - she’s married to him!”
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“[W]hat is striking about Obama’s self-diagnosis is that by his own rendering,...”
– So if that’s how you feel about him, you’re not alone.
Peter Baker, “The Education of President Obama”
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WatchJoao Oliveira, “Casablanca Infography”
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Why restrict immigration at all? →
Becky Akers and Donald J. Boudreaux argue that immigration laws are both economically and constitutionally unsound. (via Ethan Zuckerman)
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South 12th Renames the MLS (not the real estate... →
hollygonightly:
To address the last question, what should we rename San Jose’s team? These are my suggestions:
… San Andreas Faults (Averías de San Andreas) They could use the same stationery as the Eartquakes.
Yes.
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“The most positive piece of her message to women seems to be this: Marry a guy...”
– Katha Pollitt, in “Who Gets To Be a Feminist?” — a question that never gets old, answered here by a bunch of smart people, who sometimes are really just talking about Sarah Palin
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“The only possible justification for taking a fight further than the automatic...”
– So, expect that to happen.
Joe Bodell, “2010 is NOT 2008”
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“Virtually every technological innovation of the last 50 years has facilitated,...”
– Witold Rybczynski, “The Cities We Want”, Part I
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I think I want to read W.’s memoir.
It all seems so incomprehensible to me, I’m just really curious what he thought he was doing. Or what he says he thought he was doing. Or what his ghostwriter says he thought he was doing.
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Old Foes Square Off Over Issue of Puppies →
“More than one of every three dogs sold in pet stores nationwide come from Missouri.” (via shardlow)
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Dayton energized at rally, and what happens on a... →
“I mention all this mostly in hope that there’s someone reading this who is close to volunteering for a phone bank or doorknock, but is still shy about it, and finding the excuse not to do it. I spelled out what I do just so if you are almost volunteering, you will say to yourself, that’s not so hard. If that doesn’t motivate you, remember not only was the 2008 senate...
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“My father first visited the Ritz in 1930, my brother in 1938 or 1939 (to see the...”
– Ian Jack, “The Best Picture He Ever Saw,” from Granta 86: Film