April 2011
52 posts
“Soviet-style communism failed, not because it was intrinsically evil but because...”
– Arundhati Roy (via azspot)
Apr 30th
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Apr 26th
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“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don’t realize...”
– Calvin & Hobbes
Apr 19th
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“We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about...”
– Dave Barry
Apr 18th
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“America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without...”
– Oscar Wilde
Apr 17th
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Apr 17th
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“A stupid man’s report of what a clever man says can never be accurate,...”
– Bertrand Russell
Apr 16th
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“People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to...”
– Dave Barry
Apr 15th
“It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the...”
–  Charles Darwin (via lickystickypickyme)
Apr 15th
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“What we find in books is like the fire in our hearths. We fetch it from our...”
– Voltaire
Apr 14th
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Apr 14th
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Obama’s bad negotiating is actually shrewd negotiating Glenn Greenwald http://shar.es/HonpW
Apr 14th
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“Remember when teachers, public employees, Planned Parenthood, NPR and PBS...”
Apr 14th
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WatchWatch
Local Motors open-source auto production.
Apr 14th
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“Man can believe the impossible, but can never believe the improbable.”
– Oscar Wilde
Apr 13th
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Congressman Henry Waxman: My question is simple. Were you wrong?
Alan Greenspan: Partially ... I made a mistake in presuming that the self-interest of organisations, specifically banks, is such that they were best capable of protecting shareholders and equity in the firms ... I discovered a flaw in the model that I perceived is the critical functioning structure that defines how the world works. I had been going for 40 years with considerable evidence that it was working exceptionally well. The overall view I take of regulation is, I took an oath of office when I became Federal Reserve chairman. I'm here to uphold the laws of the land passed by Congress, not my own predilections.
Apr 13th
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Apr 12th
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“We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in...”
– Dave Barry
Apr 12th
I’m at GSP Interactive 2.0 (655 Montgomery St, San Francisco) http://4sq.com/eRaP93
Apr 12th
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“I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and...”
– Carl Sagan
Apr 11th
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“It is better to risk sparing a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.”
– Voltaire
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
Apr 10th
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Apr 10th
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“Yes, the universe had a beginning. Yes, the universe continues to evolve. And...”
– Neil deGrasse Tyson
Apr 9th
The Girl Who played with Fire (2009) 4 out of 5… http://erics.tv/fk6Uxc
Apr 9th
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“I know what it is like to lose someone you love, and it’s a pain so great...”
– By PZ Myers at Pharyngula in response to the attack on a UN Compound resulting in the death of 12 innocents which, in turn, was a response to this guy burning a Koran.
Apr 9th
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Apr 9th
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“Nuke ‘em. Invade ‘em. Torture ‘em. Occupy ‘em. Murder...”
– Glenn Greenwald
Apr 9th
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“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch...”
– Winnie the Pooh
Apr 8th
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Apr 8th
I’m at Irish Bank (10 Mark Ln, at Harlan Pl, San Francisco) w/ 3 others http://4sq.com/hO6YOk
Apr 8th
I’m at Cafe Me (500 Washington St, btw Hotaling St & Sansome St, San Francisco) http://4sq.com/dLZv9M
Apr 8th
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“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”
– Oscar Wilde
Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate... →
author: Jefferson Davis name: Eric average rating: 3.47 book published: 1881 rating: 0 read at: date added: 2011/04/06 shelves: currently-reading review:
Apr 7th
Gollum’s human half Andy Serkis is helping direct The Hobbit - http://erics.tv/eLaCuD
Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
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Apr 7th
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“We Americans live in a nation where the medical-care system is second to none in...”
– Dave Barry
Apr 6th
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Robert Reich: Paul Ryan's Plan, the Coming... →
robertreich: I was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department’s 15,600 employees to go home and not return the next day. I also had to tell them I didn’t know when they’d next get a paycheck. There were two shutdowns, actually, rolling…
Apr 6th
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“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
– Winston Churchill
Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
The Courtier's Reply...
…in defense of The Emperor’s New Clothes. I have considered the impudent accusations of Mr. Dawkins with exasperation at his lack of serious scholarship. He has apparently not read the detailed discourses of Count Roderigo of Seville on the exquisite and exotic leathers of the Emperor’s boots, nor does he give a moment’s consideration to Bellini’s ...
Apr 4th
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“Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.”
– H. L. Mencken
Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
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Apr 3rd
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“Right knows no boundaries and justice no frontiers; the brotherhood of man is...”
– Learned Hand
Apr 2nd