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Cartoon Wars
Cartoonist insults an entire culture, then threatens to sue when another cartoonist insults him back. I seem to remember a big flap some time ago where cartoonists said they had the right — no, the duty — to be intentionally … Continue reading
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On missing the point
I hate it when people argue like this: But it brings to mind a question my pal Greg over at Rhymes With Right raised a while ago: If you can burn a flag, why can’t you burn a Qu’ran? The … Continue reading
Drawing Pictures
Conspicuously absent from here are the things I tend to think about during business hours. I’m lucky enough to have some difficult problems to solve every now and then, especially when we have client with a scientific turn of mind. … Continue reading
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Paper jam
I’ve been writing at Thudfactor for almost nine years now. Is that right? Yeah, just six months shy of that. When I started the weblog I wasn’t married yet, Elf and I were living in a small apartment in Prince … Continue reading
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Not sure that’s the best tradeoff
NPR wrote an article about salmonella and eggs and the Facebook entry is entertaining. Quite a few people have suggested going vegan as a way to protect yourself. Yah, that’s right. I’ll go vegan. I’ll sacrifice my general health and … Continue reading
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Oh, I get it. A fat joke.
I wonder why so many liberal bloggers think it’s acceptable to harp on the weight of conservatives. Here’s an example, and I didn’t have to look hard for one: Now that the hordes of Sansabelt-clad teabaggers who waddled to descended … Continue reading
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Tyranny of Freedom of Religion
Immediately after posting about the inevitability of government and why weakening government just gives other people the opportunity to exercise their strength, I read this: The American people, in the vast majority, are a profoundly religious people. We must never … Continue reading
Government is Inevitable
I once saw a guy described by the newspaper as “the head of the local anarchist group,” which should tell you everything you need to know about the anarchy’s feasibility as a theory of government. At some point even the … Continue reading
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Think better
There’s a lot of difference between “Sufi-run Islamic community center in Manhattan” and “Ground Zero Victory Mosque.” I’ve been thinking about that, and a lot of other words, since listening to this Radiolab episode. Radiolab argues that language doesn’t just … Continue reading
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Drink lots of milk, but not too much.
This is the kind of thing parents who are not dietitians and biochemists are up against: So here’s a registered dietitian telling parents to serve their children chocolate milk as snacks, actually suggesting that kids need a post-game sports drink … Continue reading
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