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Month: September 2014

I’m Sure They’re Lovely

  • marc
  • September 26, 2014
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New reports make me believe that I am substantially different from most people. I think Jennifer Lawrence is cute-but-dopey and nothing like, say, Catherine Zeta-Jones. As well, Anne Hathaway has her charms, but is also a little bit non-human looking. Similarly, Scarlett Johannson and Mila […]

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The Fate of the Senate

  • marc
  • September 13, 2014September 14, 2014
  • politics

Much recent electronic ink has been spilled in recent days on the possibility of the Democrats retaining the Senate in the 2014 election. It will not happen. Money talks, and the Citizens United decision means those with money can effectively drown out the voices of […]

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So It’s 9/11 Again

  • marc
  • September 11, 2014September 14, 2014
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I have but one thought on the subject. To all of you that spent the months and years after a single terrorist incident shitting your pants or, more importantly, enticing others to shit their pants at the merest mention of swarthy persons of a certain […]

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Quit Using Our Words

  • marc
  • September 8, 2014September 14, 2014
  • language

Often I hear a drooling political prostitute use the vernacular of science for moron-baiting purposes. Among the techno-babble words recently acquired by the anti-intelligentsia is “optics.” The book on optics (Opticks, as he wrote it) was written by Newton himself. Optics is the science of […]

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When “Idiot” is an Acceptable Political Persona

  • marc
  • September 6, 2014
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I don’t think it would be particularly controversial to call George Bush, Jr. somewhat less than brilliant. But the odd thing about him is that he felt compelled to act dumber that he actually was. He was smart enough to stumble through Ivy League schools, […]

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