Category Archives: I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

Tip of the Triangle

I can’t believe I never saw how Glenn Beck fits into the Illumniti Conspiracy* before. It seems obvious, once you think about it.  but I must admit, I’m baffled about the whole “Rappers are part of the Illuminatti” thing. How … Continue reading

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Bang, Zoom, To the Moon!

While flouncing around Florida, lying his ass off to elderly people trying to scam their votes, Newt Gingrich announced that he’d like to build a moon base by 2020. This naturally got some attention. A lot of people — especially … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the Royal Wedding

The wedding of Prince Humperdink and Princess Buttercup this weekend got overshadowed by our collective blood lust on Sunday but I wanted to try and at least sort out a little of what was going on, at least in my … Continue reading

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They Don’t Hate Us For Our Freedoms after All

Over at the Awl, we find this enlightening piece on Egypt and Egyptians attitudes towards the US. Far from being the fever dream of our own would-be theocrats on the right, the situation is a lot more complicated and positive. … Continue reading

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The Millennial Myth

You may have heard of the Millennials (and count yourself lucky if you haven’t). They’re the tech savvy kids born since the late 1980s, who grew up with the Internet and mobile phones and are plugged in, turned on and … Continue reading

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Business Opportunities Involving the London Bridge

Of all the novels we could be living in, this is not the one I would have suspected: Hansard is the official printed transcript of the proceedings of the houses of parliament — in other words, the working log of … Continue reading

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Yours is an Unoriginal Sin

The iPad came out this weekend and the backlash is in full form. “Why would I want a big iPod?” says the computer geek, pushing his glasses up his nose. “I already have a netbook running Red Hat Linux.” Saying … Continue reading

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HCR 4ever!

So we have health Care Reform! Yippee! I have the same advice for President Obama that I did when he was elected: Congrats! Now don’t fuck this up. As to the substance of the bill… Meh. It ain’t what I, … Continue reading

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The Socialist Revolution Started 30 Years Ago, Apparently

From John Quiggin over at Crooked Timber comes this article about how at least 33% of Americans under 30 think Socialism is just dandy. Which is interesting for a number of reasons, very few of them having to do with … Continue reading

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We Will All Retire to the Hobo Jungle

OK, look, this whole thing with Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae is getting out of hand. Now, I don’t claim to be an economist, but apparently I have one thing most economists don’t, and that’s half a brain. If the … Continue reading

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