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50 Animals with day jobs
Because you know you like pictures of animals dressed like humans, too.July 3rd, 2008
Religulous
Bill Mahar jumped the shark for me a couple years ago. When his show was on ABC and for the first season of his HBO show, he had some great biting commentary on American politics. His jokes don't go for the punchline anymore, they try to poke the "other side" in the belly at the same time. That will make a joke fall flat every time.But this is what really roils me: Mahar is convinced that if you don't agree with him you are stupid. And that is impossible to argue with. I love to listen to great minds argue about religion, it's incredibly inspiring and thought provoking. Man on the street interviews designed to make people look stupid and creative editing of interviews with the folks that disagree with you, it doesn't help. So I will not see this movie. Not because I disagree with it's premise (which I do), but because it doesn't bring anything to the table. It doesn't further the conversation. So take your seat right next to Showtime's Bullshit, Bill. You both aren't helping.
June 24th, 2008
Ars Moriendi - How to die in a propper way
I don't know any of the context of this, but it's creepy as hell.May 20th, 2008
Google Public Policy Blog: Dialogue with Sen. Lieberman on terrorism videos
Make sure you read the original letter. These things constantly remind me that congress has no idea what it's doing. Pretty much the whole lot of 'em. And if they can't grasp technology issues, how in heckfire are they going to grasp, you know, dangeround stuff?May 20th, 2008
Jeffrey Goldberg interviews Obama on Zionism and Hamas
Look, we don’t do nuance well in politics and especially don’t do it well on Middle East policy....Which is why I love this interview. I like it when a politician, any politician, can relax and actually take five minutes to explain their view in things. That's where we start, by hearing each other out.