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[CrunchGear] It’s easy to forget that we at CrunchGear are taking part in a mild, nebbish, and highly organized form of hedonism. We become inured to the lures of technology, and like rheumy-eyed Caligulas we survey the mass of writhing, oiled bodies and yearn for something new, something to break the hard bolus of cynicism and distrust we have growing inside us like a dark, terrible pearl.
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[read my mind | online monologues of a luckless dreamer] Barack Obama DNC Nomination Acceptance Speech video / transcript ...: Now, many of these plans will cost money, which is why I've laid out how I'll pay for every dime - by closing corporate loopholes and tax havens that don't help America grow. But I will also go through the federal budget, line by line, eliminating programs that no longer work and making the ones we do need work better and cost less - because we cannot meet twenty-first century challenges with a twentieth century bureaucracy.
[Question That] Question That: Who's Off-Message?: They were briefed that Gordon Brown would have no text, and would walk and talk hands free; he needed to show that he can in extremis speak human and express feelings to an audience willing him to be the leader they yearn for.
[WSJ.com: Washington Wire - WSJ.com] Washington Wire - WSJ.com : Barack Obama's Speech at the ...: When John McCain said we could just muddle through in Afghanistan, I argued for more resources and more troops to finish the fight against the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and made clear that we must take out Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants if we have them in our sights. John McCain likes to say that hell follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell but he wont even go to the cave where he lives.
[Help Wanted] Kevin Kelly -- Help Wanted: The only technology I reject is that which asks you to upgrade your product or gadget as a simple commercial strategy. In marketing it is called "planned obsolescence", and the strategy is to want consumers to start hating a perfectly good item or appliance until they cannot resist the craving of something newer or 'sexier'.
[WSJ.com: Health Blog] Health Blog : Few Medical Students Plan to Go Into Primary Care: JD for all’s cynicism should be terrifying to both patients and Dr’s. Right now students like myself are applying to residencies across the country, and in the interest of self-preservation, we are following the trends illustrated above.
[You Decide 2008] Barack Obama: The Radical New Party Socialist, With Evidence ...: The Working Familiies Party, made up of ACORN and the New Party, is endorsing Barack Obama because they know he is a radical socialist who used to work for ACORN and went out of his way to become a member of radical Chicago New Party when was running to be a state senator in Illinois.
[Megan McArdle] Coastal privilege - Megan McArdle: Coastland can have the welfare state it yearns for, while Flyoverland would increase economic liberty. Flyoverland can sell grain, oil, and materials, while Coastland could export its crappy entertainment products and financial crises.
[Terrific Shit] Terrific Shit » Blog Archive » Simply the best: My gadget picks ...: We become inured to the lures of technology, and like rheumy-eyed Caligulas we survey the mass of writhing, oiled bodies and yearn for something new, something to break the hard bolus of cynicism and distrust we have growing inside us like a dark, terrible pearl.
[RSVP Blog] Blogs @ RSVP: RSVP Blog: What an interesting morning,was going to do housework,but decided for the first time to read your blogs.Much more fun,so many tales to tell.My two cents worth.When you have a little niggle in your gut and you want to ignore it and you try to push it away,don't.After the event,you will remember what alerted you in the first place and wished you had taken notice.This by the way has taken me all my life to learn.My first time on a date club what a hoot. Enjoy it for what it is.
[News Blog] The Sydney Morning Herald Blogs: News Blog: I approached it with a significant degreee of cynicism ( being familiar with all things Indian ) , but they have done a great job. Trains every 3 mins, lots of room, stellar airconditioning and (almost ) functional stations.
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