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Voting, Right?
Has anyone else been follwing the arguments on Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No. 1 v. Holder, between bouts of swine flu? From everything I've read about it, it seems to me that Section 5 of the Voting Rights act is probably long-since outdated. But it's kinda fascinating to read about some of the SCOTUS Justices twisting themselves ( Read more... ) -
No, I just have a little something in my eye...
I'm sure most of you have already seen this (given that it's been viewed almost 20 million times), but here it is. This just makes me happy.
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What do you mean? This is exactly what we had in mind...
"Life finds a way."
-Ian Malcolm
No Changes for Berlin Zoo, Even After Bear Attack
By RACHEL NOLAN
BERLIN (AP) - The Berlin zoo doesn't plan to change security measures even after a polar bear attacked a woman who managed to jump into the bears' enclosure last week, an incident caught on video.
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For all my grammarians out there
I'm looking at you, Angelalala...
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=ZmJlNGI0Y2JkOGE3NjhhMzM4Mzc3NGJlYzY0Y2ViMjk=
Wordy
English just keeps expanding.
By Mona Charen
My children have started to become exacting grammarians. David, 15, is driven nearly crazy every time someone misuses the expression “beg the question.” It’s a good thing he is away ( Read more... ) -
Obama Official Calls For Book Banning
Ok, so that headline isn't exactly accurate. But I have a feeling something very similar would have been plastered across the New York Times if a Bush appointee had said something like this...
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iqtChVqKsbm7fxITv4L6uoyMvs1wD974HCF80
To be fair, the movie in question does look like a piece of low-grade ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: What Next?
I've always liked Whitman's answer: "To die is different from what anyone supposed, and luckier."
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Writer's Block: AKA
"Once I got famous, I couldn't even lurk anymore. I'd hear people saying 'Who's that lurking over there... Isn't that Merv Griffin?'"
-Merv Griffin, as Himself/The Elevator Killer, in The Man with Two Brains
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