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Entries from August 2007

Drums Along The Shatt Al Arab

August 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorical Weirdness

One Utah » Blog Archive » Bush League War Drums Beating Louder on Iran
In short, it seems possible that Rove, who is no one’s dummy and would not want to be required to “spin” an unnecessary war on Iran, may have lost the battle with Cheney over the merits of a military strike on [...]

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Paul Krugman: The GOP’s 5 Little Words

August 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Uncategorical Weirdness

Economist’s View: Paul Krugman: Seeking Willie Horton
And if you look at the political successes of the G.O.P. since it was taken over by movement conservatives, they had very little to do with public opposition to taxes, moral values, perceived strength on national security, or any of the other explanations usually offered. To an almost [...]

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How NPR Improves Political Discourse

August 25th, 2007 · No Comments · Funnies, Politics, Schmolitics, Radio

The back-and-forth between people of different political views in this country could stand some improvement, as currently it’s on the level of ad hominem “yer a wingnut/yer a moonbat” attacks. NPR’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me!” news quiz consistently brings the funny LOLs when discussing political figures - sometimes with those actual politcal figures’ participation! [...]

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Palatine sign

August 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Uncategorical Weirdness

I was running an errand today in a nearby suburb and spotted this sign. It looked like it would turn out to be one of those “Want to meet exciting singles??” ads, but it turned out to be a little more provocative even than that.
Wonder where I could get me one? Why, from here.
Via: Flickr [...]

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LOLcallz- If Cats Ran The Call Centers

August 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Blogs Wot I Read, Funnies

I struggle to hit all the right notes on the “call center guidelines” we’re supposed to follow at work - this week and next week we’ll be in a big push to improve some of the “number of calls taken” stats and the “feedback” stats. It occured to me that it might be easier to [...]

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