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The Unnecessary Fall of Barack Obama

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Mon, Aug 16, 2010

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From a just-published article in The New Republic called “The Unnecessary Fall of Barack Obama: A Counter-history,” by John B. Judis. “Obama …. has a strange aversion to confrontational politics. … During his campaign and his first year in office, he held to a blind faith in bipartisanship, even as the Republicans voted as a bloc [...]

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Agony Loves Company

Posted by Casey Rae-Hunter on Sun, Jun 27, 2010

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Not long ago, the New York Times ran a column called “The Agony of the Liberals,” by Ross Douthat (cool name). Go ahead and read it if you want, but it’s not the reason for this post. The column inspired a handful of Letters to the Editor that ran in the Sunday edition. They’re all [...]

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Mountain View Is Watching You

Posted by Nicholas Farrell on Sun, May 16, 2010

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The German Street View car, found on Brunnenstr., Berlin 20.4.10 Guten tag from Berlin: The lead story on last night’s ZDF news broadcast, quoted George Orwell, in English. According to the German news station, “Big Brother is watching you.” Yesterday, several EU governments addressed the news that Google had inadvertently collected personal data, including the names and [...]

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Linkdump: Don’t Stop Believin’

Posted by Norton on Mon, Apr 5, 2010

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Here is a heartwarming photo project, made possible by the blog era. Everyone make art! Musicians comment about the new heath care bill. I found Franz Nicolay’s comments to be very relevant to my own life as a freelance artist. Lord help us. Side note: I just wanted to mention that this video is extremely gay. And [...]

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Tiger Woods Apologizes For Awesome Life; Announces Plans To Begin Private, Insanely Wealthy Retirement

Posted by Neil Cleary on Fri, Feb 19, 2010

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Tiger Woods, in a hushed press conference today at a crazy posh Florida resort, shamefacedly apologized for his life as both the greatest golfer who ever lived and legendary Dionysian sex god. Woods, who has been silent under the shadow of revelations about his totally epic carnal exploits, today expressed remorse for being amazingly successful [...]

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