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Just who does he think he is, directing diplomatic policy like some sort of... Chief... Diplomat...
Just in case you needed some further evidence that the political right wing of this country is basically an absurd caricature of itself, I give you:
Barack Obama is apparently a monarchist. Now, that particular suggestion has been used by the left as a parody of the right's "Barack Obama can do no right" attitude for a while, but to actually hear ( Read more... ) -
On the Maine results
Yeah, fuck ( Read more... ) -
Doug Hoffman's loss is GREAT NEWS... for Doug Hoffman!!!
Okay, I'm just as pissed about the news out of Maine last night as everyone else. And mostly indifferent to the rest of the news. Though, I'm glad to see that Virginia finally elected a governor that will put an end once and for all to those problems caused by working women and "fornicators". Go, you guys ( Read more... ) -
You know who else ignored science when it conflicted with ideology?
So, recently, there's been a bit of a flap in Britain (I guess they would call it a 'row' over there) over the hilariously-named Professor David Nutt, chair of their Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs and some public comments he's made recently about the non-danger of certain illegal drug use. Now, just to be clear, I strongly disagree with a ( Read more... ) -
Well, I *did*.
I guess I should disclaim at some point that this is at least half my fault, as well as being half that of my roommate. -
On missed connections and "sealing the deal"
And, okay, not literally in the sense that I'm talking about getting a girl that that I'm attracted to into bed, though I suppose it's worth noting that that particular set of challenges are certainly a subset of the issues I'm going to be talking about. Or, at very least, very strongly related.
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Crawfish
In a gross (but awesome) miscalculation, I bought way too many crawfish for the upcoming recipe I'll be posting ( Read more... )
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