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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 IFRL-Mindiv-ajeet-mestry-429216-unsplash

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 IFRL-TLC-Scenery-jonatan-pie-216311-unsplash

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 IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-altesnational.abbey-among-oak-trees

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 IFRL-TLC-Scenery-annie-spratt-1064383-unsplash

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 IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Electric_scrubbing

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 IFRL-NaPP-Asia-800px-Qiu_Ying_-_Spring_Morning_in_the_Han_Palace_-_Walters_3548_-_View_J

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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  • North in reply to Marchmaine on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketI'll cop to the wording on that being over broad but surely you'll allow that the tariffs as Trump h…
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  • Slade the Leveller in reply to Jaybird on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketIf only the U.S. Constitution had outlined a deliberative body tasked with taking care of things lik…
  • Marchmaine on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and Bucket1. Tariffs are not a priori bad policy contra North above. Trump is an idiot and I have no confidenc…
  • North in reply to Jaybird on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketBiden was, apparently up until the last year, a genial old collaborative fellow and, while the GOP v…
  • Jaybird on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketWill this one go all the way? From CNBC: Trump tariffs reinstated by appeals court for now
  • Jaybird in reply to North on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketAccording to the chart, we were practically in accord during Biden's term.
  • North in reply to DensityDuck on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketI suppose so though that ascribes a much more benign meaning to the term Deep State than I think mos…
  • North in reply to Jaybird on Tariffs, The Kind You Clean with a Mop and BucketWelcome to a closely divided electorate *shrugs*.
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