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Enjoy IFRL-TLC-Scenery-Wunderwald-Berlin-Factory

Enjoy

Freddie March 28, 2009
the music.
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ad hoc justice IFRL-TLC-Religion-billeasy-693435-unsplash

ad hoc justice

Erik Kain March 28, 2009
So it looks as though Spain is opening formal criminal inquiries into alleged war crimes surrounding the...
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Comments

Erik Kain March 28, 2009
I have installed a commenting system called Intense Debate which allows people to have user accounts, track...
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Dear New York Times, IFRL-NaPP-Asia-01361vu

Dear New York Times,

Freddie March 28, 2009
Writing an article like this, making empirical claims with almost entirely anecdotal evidence, and a single study,...
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Working with what we’ve got…. IFRL-TLC-Scenery-tony-detroit-362133-unsplash

Working with what we’ve got….

Erik Kain March 28, 2009
I’m sure I’ve run this course long enough.  I’ve been in constant contemplation of the merits of...
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Friday Night Jukebox: Senseless Violence Edition IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jennifer-latuperisa-andresen-427694-unsplash

Friday Night Jukebox: Senseless Violence Edition

Mark of New Jersey March 27, 2009
Those handful of Ordinary Gentle-readers who have followed me from my old site may recall my occasional posts...
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This… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-Wunderwald-Berlin2

This…

Erik Kain March 27, 2009
….is the promise of globalization.  Just like coat factories that moved from the States to Eastern Europe...
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Children… IFRL-Mindiv-alberto-bigoni-1281859-unsplash

Children…

Erik Kain March 27, 2009
Nattavudh Powdthavee is completely off the mark.  Having children is not like winning the lottery.  The happiness...
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New Deal Originalism? IFRL-TLC-Patterns-GAPD-reinasofia.guitar-and-newspaper-186

New Deal Originalism?

Dave March 27, 2009
I may have respect for Andrew McCarthy, despite my many disagreements with his legal positions, but why are...
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freeing the country from the credit trap

Freddie March 27, 2009
I’m sure many of you have had your fill of new perspectives on the financial crisis and...
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I would call it… IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-41050551251_aaeeccfebd_c

I would call it…

Erik Kain March 26, 2009
...the Terra.
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Very exciting IFRL-NaPP-Space-P02-Work-The-Night-Shift-NASA-Recruitment-Poster

Very exciting

Erik Kain March 26, 2009
Since we read this to our daughter almost every night, I’m pretty excited about the film version. ...
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War Crimes in Gaza IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-FoxTrap

War Crimes in Gaza

Erik Kain March 26, 2009
Watch this video and this video and this video to get a look at what went on...
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Grrrr…. IFRL-TLC-Scenery-luke-stackpoole-711268-unsplash

Grrrr….

Freddie March 26, 2009
You know, there are actual policy consequences for the kind of “haha, the stoners came out!” attitude...
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Thursday Art Walk

Erik Kain March 26, 2009
The Monkey Painter by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps
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It gives me hope… IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Hirosage-Trout

It gives me hope…

Erik Kain March 26, 2009
…to hear that both former President Bush and Condi Rice aren’t taking the path of Cheney and...
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I don’t know who is responsible IFRL-NaPP-Retro-otle-smartboxes

I don’t know who is responsible

Freddie March 26, 2009
for this, but man, am I feeling him/her.
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Sameness

Erik Kain March 26, 2009
“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous...
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Guest Post: Philip Primeau Deresiewicz

Guest Post: Philip Primeau

Guest Authors March 26, 2009
I’ve always despised the zealous conviction of converts. Be it an infidel turned god fearing evangelist, a...
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Trapped

Erik Kain March 26, 2009
Via Andrew, Chris Hitchens has some harsh words for Israeli settlers in the West Bank: Peering over...
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