January 2008
12 posts
“But I’ve now—belatedly!—figured out that the real audacity in...”
– Tonight in South Carolina - Swampland - TIME
The Reality-Based Community: Compassion →
The Office of National Drug Control Policy is working hard to make sure that opiate addicts keep dying of overdoses.
The New Republic: Obama the Electable →
That said, the available data here is not very ambiguous. Hillary Clinton is a highly unpopular figure. In the last Gallup survey, 50% of respondents have a favorable view of her, and 46% negative. Sometimes her averages goes higher, but sometimes it veers into negative territory. Obama has very high ratings. In the most recent poll, 59% view him favorably, 32% negatively. The difference between...
“Conservatives hate liberal notions of tolerance, open-mindedness, and civility,...”
– Seeing the Forest: Commissar Goldberg: If you want a vision of the future, imagine a daycare worker giving a toddler a sugarfree bran muffin — forever.
xkcd » Blog Archive » ROBOT9000 and #xkcd-signal:... →
“For personal reasons, I do not browse the web from my computer. (I also have not...”
– Richard Stallman
“Because I’ve always thought “You know what? The problem with my...”
– ‘creature’ @ the xkcd quote database
“Well, I don’t think that’s a radical view to say we’re going to affirm marriage....”
– Think Progress » Huckabee equates homosexuality with bestiality.
“As a consumer, yes, you have lots of choices in which Linux you use.
This does...”
– Linux is not about choice [was Re: Fedora too cutting edge?]
“Vista’s adoption rate over the past year actually exceeded XP’s in...”
– Ars Technica - Despite problems, consumers choosing Vista over XP
“‘ll grant upfront that my thoughts on misogyny and racism in the campaign...”
– David Roberts @ The American Prospect 