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  • The Reign Of Morons Is Here | Esquire

    We have elected a national legislature in which Louie Gohmert and Michele Bachmann have more power than does the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who has been made a piteous spectacle in the eyes of the country and doesn’t… Continue reading

    The Reign Of Morons Is Here | Esquire

  • Steal This Research Paper! (You Already Paid for It.) | Mother Jones

    Originally posted on jbrittholbrook: This is an interesting read on the Open Access movement. Here’s the conclusion, with a quote from Michael Eisen that provides some food for thought. In the end, his disdain isn’t directed at the publishers who… Continue reading

  • Inability to govern

    Daily News is not my usual go-to paper. But this was too funny. Posted by KWB wandering among the borderlands of the Ether. Related articles Obama in Shutdown Politics Channels Clinton Who Proved a Winner (bloomberg.com) Every government shutdown ever,… Continue reading

    Inability to govern

  • » “Other-Appreciation” :AMSDaily

    What I know now, however, is as much as we all work so very hard on “self-appreciation” and “self-improvement” day in and day out, sometimes it is alright to take a few moments to practice “other-appreciation.” via » “Other-Appreciation” :AMSDaily.… Continue reading

    » “Other-Appreciation” :AMSDaily

  • Oscar Peterson Trio and Ben Webster – Come Sunday [1972] – YouTube

    NDR Jazz Workshop “Funkhaus Hannover”, Germany – December 14, 1972 Ben Webster – Tenor Sax Oscar Peterson – Piano Niels Henning Ørsted-Pedersen – Bass Tony Inzalaco – Drums Related articles BEN WEBSTER: from Kansas City to Copenhagen (rocketgrants.org) Oscar Peterson… Continue reading

    Oscar Peterson Trio and Ben Webster – Come Sunday [1972] – YouTube

  • Saint Stephen The Ironist « The Dish

    Some good points from Sullivan on Colbert as an example of what happens when one is capable of intelligence and irony while being a person of faith. If I were to sum up the various forms of popular culture that… Continue reading

    Saint Stephen The Ironist « The Dish

  • Beyond Savage Politics and Dystopian Nightmares

    What kind of society emerges when it is governed by the market-driven assumption that the only value that matters is exchange value, when the common good is denigrated to the status of a mall, and social order is composed only… Continue reading

    Beyond Savage Politics and Dystopian Nightmares

  • Op-Ed – What’s Wrong With The Republican Party – Don’t Blame Ted Cruz

    Originally posted on The Last Of The Millenniums: Ted Cruz is the result not the cause. So who to blame for a possible Government shutdown. What caused us to get to this point? How about the ‘main stream media’. When… Continue reading

  • The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism

    Fiscal conservative politicians including some Democrats like Bill Clinton have presided over a massive and systematic redistribution of wealth into the 1 percent since the 1980s. For African-Americans this means that we lost over half of our collective and meager… Continue reading

    The Myth of Welfare Queens and the Reality of Racism

  • Spellbinding experiences

    Most everyday experiences are lessons in the inevitable pull of the future: books are replaced with e-books, laptops are replaced with tablet computers, billions of dollars are replaced with trillions of dollars, fresh is replaced with cling-wrapped. When travelling, however,… Continue reading

    Spellbinding experiences