Monthly Archives: May 2002

progressive tolerance

Blood Libel at SFSU [link changed; my original links for this item are 404]

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QotD

G Bernard Shaw Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

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we distort, you deride

A misquoted economist remarks: . . . (“I’m reading right off Fox news!” gets my vote as worst argument from authority ever).

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look out, it’s loaded

Dangerous metal object for all you subversives to carry in your pocket. (Link from Lenny Foner.)

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did the earth move for you?

At 22:00:29 we had what felt like the biggest quake since 1989: a 5.2 near Gilroy. Details here.

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chutzpah

My latest spam report to kornet got bounced by – what else? – a spam filter.

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merchants of fear

At Politechbot, a close look at Southern Poverty Law Center and “hate groups”. Today, the SPLC’s treasury bulges with $120 million, and it spends twice as much on fund-raising – $5.76 million last year – as it does on legal … Continue reading

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