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Just to make things perfectly clear for everyone.

South Florida is laaaaame.

Is this thing on?

All through this war, spokespeople for the military and the White House have been blaming the stiff Iraqi resistance on fear tactics and coercion carried out by Saddam's regime, which is no doubt true -- to an extent ( Read more... )

The distinction that really matters is not between violence and non-violence, but between having and not having the appetite for power. There are people who are convinced of the wickedness both of armies and of police forces, but who are nevertheless much more intolerant and inquisitorial in outlook than the normal person who believes that it is ( Read more... )

I was stopped at a traffic light on the way home today and it mysteriously turned off and back on, which was stranger. Stranger still it made me remember something from when I was younger (I don't remember a whole lot of my childhood for some reason, probably because I was so unaware and introverted.) This was back when I was into electronics and ( Read more... )

It's pathetic that the only people who have anything useful to say about contemporary politics and culture are long dead.

We just watched this Spanish movie called "Thesis" which is apparently an "American-style" thriller about snuff films. Yeah yeah this subject has been done before, but this movie does a pretty good job of making all of the characters seem like confused weirdos (which they are). It also tries to make a deeper point about cinema and violence in the ( Read more... )

This is not what the media has conditioned me to believe Spring Break should be like, but it's sort of fun. For the second year in a row I'm spending it with Rio sleeping on my couch nagging me every morning for something to do while I'm trying to sleep and complaining about how much food costs. Ah, memories ( Read more... )