Tag Archives: Picks

Finest Americans

April 26, 2007 – 9:18 am

This post from Marty has been bobbing around at the back of my mind for some time, so I figured I should just blog it and move on. The bit that really struck me, beyond the general disagreement I’d have with it, is this line: We have an outstanding military force comprised of the finest [...]

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Google Earth

November 13, 2006 – 3:48 pm

Something new (to me at least) from Google Earth – they’ve wrapped the earth in a series of old maps, such as Tokyo in 1680, New York in 1836 or the world in 1790 (below). Zooming and all the other functions of Google Earth seem to work fine, though obviously the maps aren’t necessarily perfect [...]

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Wherein Marty demonstrates how the Right gets it wrong, twice

October 4, 2006 – 12:59 pm

Marty has posted a summary of a couple of arguments I’ve seen made a lot by those on the Right, one specific to the case of the Republican pervert Mark Foley, the other a more general case. First the specific: Now suppose they had thrown Foley, a gay representitive, under the bus at that time [...]

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Staying Calm

July 5, 2006 – 11:29 am

There are times when a story so utterly fantastic, so rich in punchlines, so glorious in both quote and illustration, comes along that I can do no more than point you to it. Courtesy of the BBC: “Impotency rub-on gel developed” Though for extra credit, a) notice the use of the word tool, and b) [...]

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Shun me, I am beneath contempt

April 12, 2005 – 12:34 am

Cycling in to work today, with a gentle mist falling and a gale force wind trying to blow me back home, I was party to an abomination the like of which I have not known since the horrible Ladybird Slaughter of ’76. I hang my head in shame, yet feel the need to unburden myself. [...]

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