December 2008
“I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on...”
– Fredo Speaks - The Daily Beast
Dec 31st
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“Trust is tied closely to how you deal with change. Often, extending trust is...”
– Agile Software Development: Bridges to the Future - BusinessWeek.com- msnbc.com (via alexch)
Dec 30th
“For example, I recently added a story to the tracker for Remix that read simply...”
– [great article on Agile, and about my current project] Agile Software Development: Bridges to the Future - BusinessWeek.com- msnbc.com
Dec 30th
“our philosophy at the New Scientist is this: Science is interesting; if you...”
– the Editor of New Scientist Magazine (via Dawkins)
Dec 29th
Dec 29th
“Mr Obama and John McCain blundered into the MMR vaccine row during their...”
– Scientific illiteracy all the rage among the glitterati - Science, News - The Independent
Dec 29th
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“Somewhere in between, there lies the vision of Jane Jacobs, who idealized the...”
– Trading Places
Dec 28th
“Believe me, sister, he overcompensated with a capital...”
– America’s First Gay President Concludes Historic Second Term | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
Dec 28th
Jesus Answers Half The Prayers At Area Roulette... →
Dec 28th
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“But it’s clear that Obama also is running for an equally important...”
– Obama the ‘Magic Negro’ - Los Angeles Times
Dec 27th
Dec 27th
“Senator Clinton as Secretary of State — I would never pick her to be my...”
– Interview of the Vice President by Jon Ward and John Solomon, The Washington Times
Dec 26th
“[Bush] says he will definitely write a book, to give Americans, as he told The...”
– White House Memo - After 8 Years, Bush and Cheney Let Differences Show - NYTimes.com
Dec 26th
““President-elect Obama, I am confident, will call upon presidents to take on a...”
– White House Memo - After 8 Years, Bush and Cheney Let Differences Show - NYTimes.com
Dec 26th
“defended the harsh interrogation technique called waterboarding, considered by...”
– [what is with the caveating?  “the sky is blue, critics claim”] White House Memo - After 8 Years, Bush and Cheney Let Differences Show - NYTimes.com
Dec 26th
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“his anti-Yuletide burst of spleen”
– Ross Douthat, on Hitchens’ Christmas article
Dec 26th
Dec 25th
“In a highly unusual move, Scalia urged his colleagues to grant the stay...”
– [essential reading on Bush v Gore] http://makethemaccountable.com/articles/The_Path_To_Florida.htm
Dec 25th
[isitchristmas.com source code] isit's christmas... →
Dec 25th
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“According to a secret FBI report leaked to investigative reporter Murray Waas,...”
– Cheney Admits Plame Role - The Daily Beast
Dec 24th
“As for Mr. Obama and his group, a snack bar clerk later confirmed that he...”
– [ugh] Obama Family Vacation - The Daily Beast
Dec 23rd
“#8: 52-yard field goal wins it Lake Highlands 31, Nacogdoches 28 Nov. 28,...”
– Keith Whitmire’s top 10 high school games at Texas Stadium | Dallas/Fort Worth High School Sports | HS GameTime.com | Top Stories
Dec 23rd
“This is Jennifer Palmieri, acting CEO of the Center for American Progress Action...”
– Matthew Yglesias » A Special Note Re: Third Way A_Special_Note_Re:_Hummus
Dec 23rd
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“California is shaping up to be the new Texas, the alpha state whose cultural and...”
– Pelosi power: California rises - Charles Mahtesian - Politico.com
Dec 22nd
Dec 22nd
“The whole question of what today’s economic seize-up does to comfortable,...”
– Pensee dept: followup on the “no buffer, no resiliency” economy - James Fallows
Dec 22nd
“On Fox News Sunday today, host Chris Wallace asked Vice President Cheney, “if...”
– Think Progress  » Cheney Echoes Nixon: If The President Does It During Wartime, It Is Legal (via jar)
Dec 21st
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“In theory, a Ted Haggard “comeback” is unwelcome, but this is rather intriguing:...”
– Sex, Lies, and Ted Haggard - The Daily Beast
Dec 20th
“Watching Fox News during the elections was sometimes like slipping through the...”
– Information? You won’t get it! | Democracy in America | Economist.com
Dec 20th
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1 note
“Management gurus are a restless lot, who treat the English vocabulary as an...”
– Geoff Nunberg
Dec 20th
“What he lacks is what in the thirties used to be called “the long...”
– Full text of “The Liberal Imagination Essays On Literature And Society”
Dec 20th
“Obama reminds me a little bit of Richard Russell Jr., the longtime senator from...”
– The Problem for Gays with Rick Warren — and Obama - TIME
Dec 19th
“Here, finally, is a security with security—no doubt about its true value, no...”
– Why asset bubbles are a part of the human condition that regulation can’t cure - The Atlantic (December 2008)
Dec 19th
“Just 23 percent in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll said they trust...”
– Trust in GOP Reaches Record Low - Behind the Numbers
Dec 19th
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