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Daily Archives: October 31, 2009
New York’s 23rd Congressional District: Dump the Moderate Female for Another Rigid Authoritarian Dude in High Rush Limbaugh Mode!
The purge of moderate Republicans from the Republican Party continues: That’s just what the Republican Party needs: fewer female politicians okay with gay equality! It’s getting worse for the Republicans, isn’t it? Here’s the lowdown from MSNBC: Hoffman’s rise infuriated … Continue reading
Galt’s Gulch: As Neoliberalism and Barack Obama Ascend, Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged” Sees a Dramatic Increase in Sales
A sign of anxiety and nostalgia? Conservatives in a time of advancing liberalism are escaping into the “Galt’s Gulch” of Ayn Rand’s fiction. This at the Ayn Rand Institute website: “The spike in sales of Atlas Shrugged more than a … Continue reading
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Tagged atlas shrugged, Ayn Rand, conservatism, Red State, Republican, Republican party
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Yet Another Good Reason to Get Your Swine Flu Shot
It works really, really well. This today in Spiegel: The researchers who develop vaccines hope, of course, that their products will work. This time around, however, even the developers themselves were surprised to see just how effective their products have … Continue reading
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Tagged fitness, flu, flu shots, H1N1, health, swine flu, wellness
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Trick or Treaters, New York City, Circa 1910
But they don’t have trick or treat bags, do they? Did kids used to go around and shill for candy back then? Link with more of these: http://www.flickr.com/photos/opiummuseum/4033581631/in/set-72157622380888091/
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Tagged 1910, 20th century, candy, children, family, Halloween, history, life, trick or treat
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Tiny Tim was a Super Freak!
And the original Tiny Tim: Hattip: CCM104 Oh, and the original, original Tiny Tim: It’s okay to be different.
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Tagged divas, evolution, freedom, gay liberation, Halloween, laugh in, rick james, superfreak, tiny tim
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For Halloween, a Super Freak Comes to the Rescue (of Evolution)?
Sometimes we think that if we could just have a stunning visual demonstration of something we believe in, that it would convince the nonbelievers in our midst. So it is that alien enthusiasts fantasize about UFOs on the White House lawn, and Evangelical … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, biology, circus, creationism, evolution, Halloween, monsters, science, second coming, UFOs
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