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Friday, August 13, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Song 18
I like fighting.
There is no greater point. Aside from the fact that it just goes to show though that people really have weird hobbies.
There is no greater point. Aside from the fact that it just goes to show though that people really have weird hobbies.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
A politician I could get behind
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/26/world/europe/26iceland.html?src=tptw
I just wish coalitions would be formed on whether their members had seen all five seasons of 'The Wire'. I would also want the Prime Minister to prove he had a Bunkenian philosophy.
I just wish coalitions would be formed on whether their members had seen all five seasons of 'The Wire'. I would also want the Prime Minister to prove he had a Bunkenian philosophy.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
McChrystal
I've been especially interested in the blow-out from the McChrystal/Rolling Stone brouhaha and I am especially interested to see how much quality analysis as well as sober navel-gazing it has generated from the press. This particular David Brooks article is a great case in point, but there have been many others that I shared through my reader feed (another is the great Ezra Klein collumn on the greatness of the military as an institution).
My take on the whole situation is that it was a mistake by McChrystal, and added to his past transgressions (London speech et al), Obama had no other choice, and I thought handled it very well. His closing sentiments were again testament to his wonderful oratory and Petraeus was an inspired choice.
However, it highlights one thing in modern political discourse (or in discourse in general) - this monumental fuck-up generated some of the most sensible, moderate, balanced analysis of anything on the modern world. Even people who I would have thought usually would have taken the opportunity to score political points, rallied around the issue and produced some thoughtful contributions to the collection of modern thought.
I don't want us to be hippies and all get along, but it makes for quality reading when hyperbole isn't a default option.
My take on the whole situation is that it was a mistake by McChrystal, and added to his past transgressions (London speech et al), Obama had no other choice, and I thought handled it very well. His closing sentiments were again testament to his wonderful oratory and Petraeus was an inspired choice.
However, it highlights one thing in modern political discourse (or in discourse in general) - this monumental fuck-up generated some of the most sensible, moderate, balanced analysis of anything on the modern world. Even people who I would have thought usually would have taken the opportunity to score political points, rallied around the issue and produced some thoughtful contributions to the collection of modern thought.
I don't want us to be hippies and all get along, but it makes for quality reading when hyperbole isn't a default option.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Grizz-nix
This is a brilliant little idea, and strangely does seem to work amazingly well...
http://wearephoenix.com/grizzly_bear_remix/
http://wearephoenix.com/grizzly_bear_remix/
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