BlogBites

April 30th, 2009

Meaningfulness and factualness are not one and the same thing. Scholars and Rogues » Justifications for torture: You’ve heard the rest, now here’s the best  

April 29th, 2009

Nobody is more opposed to transparency and disclosure of government secrets than establishment “journalists.” Three key rules of media behavior shape their discussions of “the ‘torture’ debate” - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com  

April 28th, 2009

Carbon capitalism is not a tax. Gingrich is repeating a GOP talking-point that declares capitalism is taxation in the hopes of scaring people into believing that black is white and the sun rises in the west and sets in the east. Scholars and Rogues » Gingrich lies to Congress about climate legislation  

April 27th, 2009

This lawsuit is gloriously insane. You Don’t Trust Creationists With Your Science Education… Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Trust Their Lawyers, Either  

April 26th, 2009

Anyone else associate the word “entrepreneur” with “person susceptible to get-rich-quick schemes?” Twitter / Jeremiah Tolbert  

April 25th, 2009

Several generations of college students learned their grammar from the uninformed bossiness of Strunk and White, and the result is a nation of educated people who know they feel vaguely anxious and insecure whenever they write “however” or “than me” or “was” or “which,” but can’t tell you why. 50 Years of Stupid Grammar Advice - ChronicleReview.com  

April 24th, 2009

I find Jesus’ energy to be so strong that I usually have to ask him to tone it down in order to communicate with him. How to Graduate From Christianity  

I’ve never met so many incompetent people in such senior positions anywhere in the world. The dark side of Dubai - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent  

April 23rd, 2009

Kind of like Dostoyevsky I took an assignment to write a celebrity Christmas book to earn gambling money for Vegas. Interviews > Kinky Friedman  

April 22nd, 2009

In honor of #earthday, all our tweets today will be made using 100% recycled electrons. Twitter / Science Friday  

You can count the number of Somali pirates who are really, really motivated to swing a grappling hook over a gunwale then climb hand over hand up the side of a pitching ship on the fingers and toes of a porpoise. Scholars and Rogues » Scurvy Dogs of War  

April 21st, 2009

But as analysts quickly noticed, Goldman changed its definition of “quarter” (in response to a change in its legal status), so that — I kid you not — the month of December, which happened to be a bad one for the bank, disappeared from this comparison. Op-Ed Columnist - Green Shoots and Glimmers - NYTimes.com  

…Canada is the only industrialized nation in the world without a single bank failure in the current economic downturn. Canadian Banks Avoided Mortgage Meltdown - CBS News  

April 20th, 2009

From Tehran’s perspective, with enemies like us, who needs ultra-powerful military proxies to do their bidding? Obsidian Wings: A Man With Very Little Skill and Knowledge  

April 19th, 2009

my duet w/ katy perry will be called “i kissed a girl & i liked it but then i had to deal with her vagina & i didn’t know what to do.” Twitter / Amanda Palmer