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• Commented on Understanding the psychology of authoritarianism
  I read the whole thing, though I admit I skipped some of the notes, so maybe I missed out on vital points. And although I am independent voter, I lean left. But this manifesto was so drenched in politically-charged prose,...
• Commented on People speak out on library censorship incident: “It’s dangerous to democracy when an interest group imposes its views on another.”
  I think this is indicative of the culture of fear we are currently steeped in. Don't look! Dirty pictures will destroy your soul! Don't let the President speak to my children, he'll brainwash them! Don't mess with healthcare, it will...
• Commented on They Might Be Giants: "Meet the Elements" music video (BB Video)
  psst! Chalk is mostly calcium carbonate, not calcium sulfate. I love that They Might be Giants is doing chemistry. I hate that the director of the video doesn't know it....
• Commented on BBC exposes three psychic mediums
  Cool enough, but as GBV23 @ 5's post makes all too clear, an essentially useless undertaking. The credulous mind is not subject to the bounds of rational thought. There simply is no experiment possible which would change the mind of...
• Commented on Fun times for the Bicycle Film Festival
  Checked out the "this isn't happiness" site. Saw their sweet riff on Life magazine The understated headline for the picture of a woman on a phone: Twitter Sucks. Petesky please. Petesky? Pretty much made my day. So now I have...
• Commented on Iranian election uprising: Twitter tracks it real-time, Iranian bloggers evade 'Net Censorship
  Hate Twitter as a rule, but this is stunning and very emotional to read. Thank you for posting links for those of us (like me) who do not know the site. Feel so helpless, wishing there was something we could...
• Commented on Oklahoma Highway Patrol finally releases video of trooper attack on paramedic
  *sigh* Ten pounds of power stuck in a one ounce brain....
• Commented on Dress made from meat
  I... um... think maybe it would have been better to use harp seal meat. And then put a few eagle feathers in it. Anyway, this certainly beats the clothes made from fold-out sofas idea that I had....
• Commented on BART punks out, pulls cheeky doubleTwist ad near Apple store
  It's not a question of whether the software sucks or doesn't, or if Apple is hip or not. It's a question of whether or not a government-funded entity is beholden to a private corporation. If BART is blocking a paid...
• Commented on New Jersey police officer enjoys clubbing man for complying with another officer's request to zip his sweatshirt
  I like the part where these two goons in uniform end up in jail for twenty year for assault. That's what happens next, right? Right?...
• Commented on North Korea Finds Two US Journalists Guilty of Unspecified "Grave Crime," Sentence: 12 Years Hard Labor
  @57 Demi. Why so stuck on the phrase "moral high ground"? I think it's quite interesting. But, okay, I'll bite. If you are defending obvious trolling statements such as "What's the fuss?" over two human beings being sentenced to slow...
• Commented on North Korea Finds Two US Journalists Guilty of Unspecified "Grave Crime," Sentence: 12 Years Hard Labor
  @32 Demidan I never claimed to have the moral high ground. Hell, I wouldn't know it if I stood on it. But just because I'm not Mozart doesn't mean I can't hear a sour note. Look, all I said was...
• Commented on North Korea Finds Two US Journalists Guilty of Unspecified "Grave Crime," Sentence: 12 Years Hard Labor
  I love how some of you armchair politicians (sitting in your beige cubicals with a fresh $7.00 cup of coffee) somehow feel as if you have earned the right to comment on whether or not these two women are getting...
• Commented on The Least Exciting Moments in Sports
  Wait a second... are you meaning to say that an excuse to get another beer is a bad thing? 1: The chains in football. A beautiful example of something being far too precise (the chains) used in a system that...
• Commented on BB Video: BIG YANK, a Weird '70s Jeans Ad (Oddball Film)
  I think the ad pretty much says it all. Might as well shut down the cloud. There is nothing left to see after that....
• Commented on Christopher Hitchens vs. Ken Blackwell of The Family Research Council
  After reading through the comments, I am forced again to the conclusion I came to years ago. Using rational, articulate, and clear prose is an utter waste of time when speaking to people about faith. The debate has nothing to...
• Commented on RIAA/MPAA hit men private enforcement site indexed by Google
  I'm sure this has been discussed before, but my question is: How much are these goons spending on all this tracking that 1) Doesn't stop anyone, 2) Appears to be a security nightmare, and 3) Makes themselves, not to mention...
• Commented on Debt is not a good product
  Sort of a tangential thread, but I had to something about Antinous @96. Our mortgage has passed through so many hands I don't even try to keep track. And you know what? It pisses me off to no end. I...
• Commented on Debt is not a good product
  This reminds of the modern Russian saying: Everything Lenin taught us about socialism was wrong. Everything he taught us about capitalism was right. I agree 100% that it is sad and scary that America doesn't seem to actually make anything...
• Commented on Free pre-paid Cremation!
  That just burns me up....
• Commented on Mid-Afternoon Kitty Break
  Loved it. Sent it off to my wife -- purrfect break for a long day....
• Commented on Bruce Sterling explains swine flu
  While I agree the current buzz over the flu is overkill on a Godzilla level, Bruce needs to get himself a history book and read it. Flu is a real killer and is rightly feared as such....
• Commented on Waterboard torture memo set to music
  Freaking brilliant video. 'nuff said....
• Commented on UAE royal caught torturing man on video
  Why is it we are so willing to turn a blind eye in the name of political expediency? Obama (who I reluctantly voted for) promised change. Fine. Let's see it. Somehow I don't think the US will do a damned...
• Commented on Modern life is broken -- why?
  I think Tommy @5 pretty much got it right. With the addition of several of the broken things Seth mentioned could indeed be fixed with the addition of tons of money. Which gets us into another entire genre of brokenness....
• Commented on Dollar a Day to Democrats for as long as Norm Coleman stalls
  @ 19 Uncle Geo What's your point? That people within parties disagree with some candidates from those parties? So? I am not talking about whether or not there is discord within any group. Of course there is. (But hardly worth...
• Commented on Dollar a Day to Democrats for as long as Norm Coleman stalls
  Blah blah blah Franken blah. Blah Coleman blah. So hard to know the difference anymore. Does anyone really think Washington will undergo some sort of epiphany if Franken is seated? Sure he won, and sure Coleman is a sad sack...
• Commented on Border patrol alleged to have beat up and tazed pastor, smashed his car, on US soil, because he insisted on 4th Amendment rights
  I don't know... I think this could be a little more rabid. There are still a few people here trying to reference actual laws and court cases pertinent to what happened. wtf is up with that?? We need to get...
• Commented on Retro hardcover pulp Raymond Chandler novels
  The covers are great, but what's inside is better still. Chandler was the real deal -- perfect prose in an imperfect world....
• Commented on Floating rocks
  It's not the rocks rising, you fools! This is more evidence of global sinking....