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Canada has had 89 rebellions? Not riots, not protests, but rebellions? I think we misunderstand our Northern Neighbor.
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I agree that steady nerves are a good thing in an AG, but this is just cluelessness.
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I thought I knew how to do this, but then, I often found I couldn’t do quite what I wanted. Turns out I didn’t know as much as I thought.
Month: July 2007
quote of the day
You know what I’m going to hate, if I’m still around? Thirty years from now, people will be talking about how we could have won in Iraq if only whichever President takes office in January, 2009 would have had the guts to see the war through.
links for 2007-07-24
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“If you do an interview with a journalist, don’t expect the journalist to be there to tell your story. The journalist gets paid to tell her own stories which you might or might not be a part of. “(tags: journamalism media)
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some funny stuff here: makes you wonder about the relative maturity of the people making the rules.
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“cheap (and amazing for the price) custom PCBs from a company in China […] here are ten copies of six PCBs, all for $159.” but then they get flown or shipped 1000s of miles. Is that worth it?
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Japan made decisions almost 50 years that bear fruit today: by investing in rail systems that are ultra-reliable, cars are seen as a poor second choice for transport.
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“We need to have three Members of Congress from anywhere come and say, “Congressman, if you, if you are willing to support an inquiry into a resolution [to investigate impeachment] we will join you if you introduce such a resolution”…
the lunatic fringe?
THE MAINSTREAM….From the latest Washington Post poll:
78% think George Bush is too unwilling to change policies in Iraq.
55% support legislation to withdraw from Iraq by next spring.
55% trust congressional Democrats on the war (only 32% trust Bush).
62% think Congress should have the final say about when to withdraw troops.
49% think Democrats have done too little to get Bush to change his Iraq policy (only 17% think they’ve done too much).
Wackos, everyone of ’em. Why do these people hate America?
what I wish the HP series had done [spoilers]
Don’t click through if you a. thought the book/series was flawless or b. haven’t finished Book VII yet.
Continue reading “what I wish the HP series had done [spoilers]”
bonus quote of the day
Dean Barnett’s 9/11 Generation. as distilled by Glenn Greenwald:
I am a full-throated Supporter of the Epic War of Civilizations, but I can’t fight in it, because my knee hurts and I need to collect advance checks from Regnery and I want to stay at home and wipe dribble from my baby’s chin. But those people over there can and should fight. And between watching Star Trek on television and playing war video games, I will log off periodically to write articles and posts about how great these wars are and I, too, will therefore be strong and noble and resolute and brave.
quote of the day
“The camera makes everyone a tourist in other people’s reality, and eventually in one’s own.”
links for 2007-07-23
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1. rm /etc/aliases.db
2. ln -s /etc/mail/aliases.db /etc/aliases.db
3. postfix reload
Harry Potter’s long nightmare is over
Book the seventh is done, and approved of. Josh may disagree but I don’t find much fault with his arguments: he’s a much more critical and aware reader than I am. Michael and Prairie liked it, as did AKMA. junk science @ PAB, not so much.
Is it candy? Hmm, yes, sort of, but there’s a lot of it. The whole series must be around 3,000 pages, so the fact that ten and unders are reading it is pretty good. So it does no more than build up their stamina for more long form reading, that can’t be bad.
No spoilers but allusions and references below the fold.
now that the hoopla is over, try one.
The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling « Blogging for a Good Book:
So give it a try. Start with the first book, Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone, to discover a richly-crafted world with compelling characters, pleasurable reading, and a storyline good enough to satisfy any age.