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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….

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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Quote of the Day

Mark of New Jersey March 25, 2009
This, from Aziz Poonwalla, sums up the problem with Talk Radio Dogmatism, the Cult of the Image...
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rap battle

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
Stephen Colbert’s rap was pretty funny, but the clips of Michael Steele that his video editing team...
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random

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
The concept of describing alcoholics as either “on” or “off” the wagon is one I have trouble...
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The View from my Wife’s Lens IFRL-TLC-Scenery-valentin-salja-1319880-unsplash

The View from my Wife’s Lens

Chris Dierkes March 25, 2009
[Chris] The View from Your Window today at Sullivan’s digs is a photo my lovely wife took...
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A Critique of the System, or: A Fool and his Money…. IFRL-Plague-BubonicBW

A Critique of the System, or: A Fool and his Money….

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
I think what many mainstream defenders of Geithner or the rescue plan don’t realize is that critics...
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Annuntiatio Christi

Erik Kain March 25, 2009
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Conservative De-Nihilism IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-459373

Conservative De-Nihilism

Mark of New Jersey March 25, 2009
There’s something remarkably self-absorbed and, well, amusing, about someone who either never heard of a website or, in...
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Extricating Oneself From a Buzz-Saw IFRL-Mindiv-rawpixel-id-113763

Extricating Oneself From a Buzz-Saw

Mark of New Jersey March 25, 2009
On further review, I’m persuaded that I overstated the argument that localism requires globalism.  Says the pro-free trade James...
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It may a horrible, terrible, no good, rotten and dirty plan but it’s the best we have for now… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-SoanesTomb

It may a horrible, terrible, no good, rotten and dirty plan but it’s the best we have for now…

Dave March 24, 2009
Br. E.D. has a post on the next phase of figuring out how to salvage our banking...
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A Eulogy IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Intencive_breeding

A Eulogy

Erik Kain March 24, 2009
This piece in the Washington Monthly is a pretty insightful look at the short life of Culture11.
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The Trouble with PETA IFRL-NaPP-Asia-800px-Qiu_Ying_-_Spring_Morning_in_the_Han_Palace_-_Walters_3548_-_View_J

The Trouble with PETA

Mark of New Jersey March 24, 2009
Ingrid Newkirk wants to shock us into awareness of animal suffering by demanding in her will that...
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Somebody actually

Freddie March 24, 2009
got paid for writing this.
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