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Bit more on Inception

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I've taken a lot of interesting flak [thanks Donald!] for my non-review of Inception, but before addressing it, I want to address Anderson's comment at my old haunt: People who.

How To Be A Hack

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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Lost in Race www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party Learn, once again, from the master: JON STEWART: “Andrew Breitbart may be the most honest person in this entire story.” If...

Andrew Breitbart, Liar

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Andrew Breitbart has tried to salvage the reputation he dug up to bury even deeper by claiming that even if his heavily edited video libeled Shirley Sherrod, it presented an accurate view of the NAACP, because there was heavy applause during the out-of-context passages. This...

Net Effects

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On July 28, 2010

Via the Guardian, Ethan Zuckerman of Geekcorps provides a skeptical view on the internet and global culture. Interesting discussion of the merits of Esperanto-type languages in the comment threads...

Finally, something the PM and I agree on.  I especially like the comparison regarding French intransigence regarding the UK's membership in the 1960s and their same position today regarding Turkey -- though it's likely that their position vis-à-vis Turkey is more racially motivated than that...

QOTD

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On July 27, 2010

Serwer: There are a number of things about Senator Jim Webb's op-ed "The Myth of White Privilege" to dislike, starting with the fact that one of the awesome things about.

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