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August 30th, 2008

The US does not really have a foreign policy. It has a series of domestic policies which it projects beyond its borders. George Monbiot: The US missile defence system is the magic pudding that will never run out  

“Hyperbole”: pronounce it correctly. Epsilon Clue » Blog Archive » Elitist Bastard Language  

I have a tiny bit more contempt for anti-vax retards than creationist retards. I could deal with explaining natural selection and that the world is really 4.55 billion years old to my kid, but explaining that they are going to die of something as stupid as mumps or measles is insane. Did You Get Your Mumps Vaccine? | Terahertz  

That’s like denying that coffee cools down because there’s no time at which half the cup is scalding and the other half is cold. Ecstathy: Transitional forms  

I’ll take “Excuses to Yammer about Tennyson” for $1000, Alex. En Tequila Es Verdad: “Into the Valley of Death Rode the” 600th Post  

Women who oppose equality for women come in two major stripes—the ones who accept inferiority and those who think other women are inferior, but they’re the exception. pandagon.net  

August 29th, 2008

Hail, Sarah,
Fair of face,
McCain is with thee.
Vetted art thou amongst women,
And swinging is the state of thy state, Alaska. Halfway There: McCain’s “Hail Mary” pass  

Party officials tell The Washington Post it would be a public relations nightmare to stage a giant party during a natural disaster, but a hurricane that threatens New Orleans poses particular problems for the GOP. The Colorado Independent » The elephant in the room: GOP could postpone, retool convention  

With Republicans on the verge of spending the next 40 years wandering in the desert because of their inability to manage government, McCain’s choice highlights that he just doesn’t get it. Palin tapped as McCain’s VP choice | AndrewHalcro.com  

August 28th, 2008

And it’s better to have a cool phone that you have to charge everyday than a sucky phone that you can charge once a week. How to Change the World: The Art of iPhone Battery Life  

“Just consider this the Ministry of Truth,” quipped Dick Wadhams, chairman of the Colorado Republican Party. Republicans set up “war room” near downtown | Politics West  

Wolf Blitzer then tells us that CNN is dedicated to covering more than just the speeches. I assume in the same way that ESPN is dedicated to covering more than just the House of Commons by not fucking doing it at all. pandagon.net  

In publicly sanctioned discourse, a powerful woman is still every misogynist’s bitch, but a powerful black man is no longer anybody’s nigger. Scholars and Rogues » Women for McCain: we will all pay the price of your pique  

August 27th, 2008

d r i f t g l a s s: A Wingnut At Prayer

 

Clinton explicitly stated support for Obama 11 times, Michelle 2 times, Biden 3 times, and she explicitly kicked McCain in the nuts 7 times, by my count. Greg Laden’s Blog : No Way, No How, No McCain