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Your friday night jukebox and a brief announcement about League Beer Week IFRL-TLC-Scenery-GAPD-moma.the-starry-night

Your friday night jukebox and a brief announcement about League Beer Week

Will August 20, 2010
As a belated rejoinder to Joe Carter’s article on music celebrating abusive relationships, I thought I’d post...
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The Price of Loyalty

Erik Kain August 20, 2010
Brad DeLong calls The Economist’s profile of Mitch Daniels, “A beat sweetener so sweet as to send...
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Our First Cyborg President IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-versailles.the-coronation-of-the-emperor-and-empress-2-december-1804-57

Our First Cyborg President

Jason Kuznicki August 20, 2010
It’s almost hard to grasp how many things this guy gets wrong. But I’ll try.
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Thanks, Liberals. Now You’re Making Me Hate Recycling, Too. IFRL-TLC-War-manuel-boxler-1308012-unsplash

Thanks, Liberals. Now You’re Making Me Hate Recycling, Too.

Jason Kuznicki August 20, 2010
[Cleveland] plans to sort through curbside trash to make sure residents are recycling — and fine them...
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Same-Sex Marriage and Discrimination

David Schaengold August 19, 2010
Philosophical confusion seems to cloud all discussions about same-sex marriage to a degree unusual even by the...
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Gay Gentlemen

Rufus F. August 19, 2010
Helpfully, Christwire has posted a list of warning signs that a man might be gay. Regular readers...
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Fresh as boiled cabbage

Will August 19, 2010
Having endured one of his commencement addresses, I naively assumed that my opinion of Newt Gingrich could...
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Christopher Walken reads Lady Gaga

Erik Kain August 19, 2010
The news is mostly depressing these days. So to hell with the news. Here’s Christopher Walken reading...
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The Red Tories’ “Big Society” IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Jakuchu-Swallow

The Red Tories’ “Big Society”

Will August 19, 2010
So far, David Cameron’s domestic agenda sounds pretty darn good.
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Managed Ignorance Watch, Continued

Jason Kuznicki August 19, 2010
The Washington Post this morning notes that increasing numbers of Americans incorrectly believe that Barack Obama is...
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Capra-corn and the life of our time

Lisa Kramer August 18, 2010
There’s a quote about Carl Jung that I’ve come across a couple of times and shamelessly stolen...
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The Anti-Broder Center Redux

Mark of New Jersey August 18, 2010
Over at Balloon Juice, E.D. does some ‘splainin’ about his worldview.  I must say that it’s one of...
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Uncertain America

Erik Kain August 18, 2010
Over at the Washington Examiner I riff off of this post by Kevin Drum and conclude that...
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QOTD

Mark of New Jersey August 18, 2010
“Calling this a mosque is like calling a casino in Las Vegas a cathedral because it has...
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NRO’s tweet tracker is the best IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-versailles.bonaparte-crossing-the-grand-saint-bernard-pass-20-may-1800

NRO’s tweet tracker is the best

Will August 17, 2010
No, really:
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Free parking and/or markets.

William Brafford August 17, 2010
I was interested to see Tyler Cowen take the high-cost-of-free-parking argument to the pages of the New York...
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Who Cares What the Pols Think? IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-versailles.the-queens-of-persia-at-the-feet-of-alexander-also-called-the-tent-of-darius-33

Who Cares What the Pols Think?

Mark of New Jersey August 17, 2010
Count me 100% with Big Tent Democrat on the proper role of politicians (Mayor Bloomberg obviously notwithstanding)...
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In Which I Surprisingly Agree With Tom Coburn

David Schaengold August 17, 2010
The fiscal obstinacy of Tom Coburn, you might be surprised to know, is saving American lives. Due...
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“To Mosque or Not to Mosque”

Guest Authors August 17, 2010
By Rick Ungar In the 1995 film “The American President”, Andrew Shepherd, the fictional president of the...
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“The Apostate”

Rufus F. August 17, 2010
An Alternet article profiles “Ten Young Right-Wingers Being Prepped to Take Over the Conservative Movement“- #6 is...
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