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  • #YallQaeda and the Limits of Liberal Laughs | Al Jazeera America

    #YallQaeda jokes barter in redneck stereotyping and ignore the more pernicious underpinnings of the patriot movement. “How fucking weird is it that armed militia group in the early stages of what might become a standoff is being laughed at by… Continue reading

  • Crop circles demystified: how the patterns are created – Telegraph

    Numbers of the destructive crop designs have fallen dramatically this year, with just 15 being counted in July compared to 50 the previous year. In the past, the most ambitious crop circles have attracted tourists from around the world, sparked… Continue reading

    Crop circles demystified: how the patterns are created – Telegraph

  • Irrationality: Factual Fictions

    irrational (adj.) late 15c., “not endowed with reason” (of beats, etc.); earlier (of quantities) “inexpressible in ordinary numbers” (late 14c.); from Latin irrationalis “without reason,” from assimilated form of in- “not, opposite of” (see in- (1)) + rationalis “reason” (see rational). Meaning “illogical, absurd” is attested from 1640s. via etymonline.com… Continue reading

    Irrationality: Factual Fictions

  • Textimony 20120729

    Wander not in paranoid conspiracies for position nor trample others in phantasms of privilege. Sow universal misery; reap the whirlwind. Continue reading