France

I’m traveling to the south of France. Staying in Aubigny-sur-Nere, at a cute little B&B....

“Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate...”
— Barack Obama (via azspot) I...

“Political principles, so understood, will not be separate...”
— John Rawls and Our Plural...

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Back from Paris, with love and...

I was a great tourist in Paris.  I did everything a great tourist ought to do.  I even shyed away...

“And let me inform you, when you’re interviewing with Bob...”
— Number 10:  Art History.  From...

YouTube People

I find it incredibly amazing that people sit in front of their web-cam’s and do acoustic...

daily dose of outlandish celebrity...

unreliablewitness: Very few people will openly acknowledge this, but in his early days as a...

Ruin (via my flickr).  Just shot this out the window on our...

Cabbie: Are you going to vote?
Me: Sorry, which election?
Cabbie: The US one, you're American aren't you?
Me: Canadian, ...eh?
Cabbie: Ack! I can usually tell by the accent.
Me: God, I wish I could vote in this election.
Me: It could be the single most important election of my life time, the first chance to change the lives of ordinary people for the better.
Me: YES WE CAN!!!!
Cabbie: And here's your stop...
Me: ...sigh.

Tumblize: "To All Y'all $999 Haters..."

What I've Been Doing (instead of...

Flew to Canada, successfully defended my MA Traveling through Scotland where I’ve/am: staying...

“IN CONCLUSION: I am a humorless feminist.”
— (via jessicagoldharalson) Is...

Actually it is funny, at least for Canadians.  What are they...

“Now now, my good man. This is no time to be making enemies.”
— Voltaire on his death bed...

.some small good news … (via sweet distin)

“Last week, for the first time in twelve years or so, I...”
— Hillary Clinton (via...

“Degree in hand, loans coming due, the working partner...”
— How the University Works by...

Office Writer Recruits Tina Fey to His Side...

Contrariwise, Again (Or: Silly Obama!)

mills: romeojulietsierra: mills: I can’t wait, although I often wonder and am rarely answered:...

“There’s so much frat boy humour out there now. This whole...”
— Parker Posey (via goldenfiddle...

The song that never ends

fantastic: Why am I obligated to give my money to people who haven’t earned it? Because they are...

On Martin Amis

There is a subtle art involved in the critical review. I think I’m drawn to criticism because...

How Did I Get Iraq Wrong? I didn't.

mission peak (via antimethod)

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Tyranny, government, and business

These are public goods (as opposed to the public good). The public good is a rather arbitrary...

“And it shouldn’t be. Capitalism has a way of…penetrating...”
— squashed I would be remiss...

“Of course it’s deplorable that sexually adventurous young...”
— Kerry Howley, Reason Magazine...

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I'm weak for writing a meta-post

There is a sort of energy around tumblr that seems to have attracted interesting people, not a...

Tyranny, government, and business

fantastic: And what constitutes the public good? It’s like pornography—you know it...

Stuff White Trash People Like

poirpom: Doublenaut - via  weird

biteofpythias: If you have never rolled up maple sugar over...

“Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged is her master work, and a...”
— Barbara Oakley on...

Tyranny, government, and business

fantastic: rabsteen: I want to leave this aside and make one more point. You are thinking of...

Canadians and Tumblr

biteofpythias: reblogged from jillian: “I’m trying to find more Canadians on Tumblr.” ...

Tyranny, government, and business

jakoblodwick: Six people reblogged my last “small newspaper” post and added commentary. I will now...

Someone defends the small newspaper's...

jakoblodwick: After reading my post, Tumblr user Squashed defended the little guy with the...

“I have no idea what you are trying to say here. I don’t know which particular liberal values...

Liberalism is a fighting creed

“Given the nature of Mr. Baljinder Badesha’s beliefs, which foreclose him from wearing...

Inspired

I came across the Penguin Classics tumblr theme and thought it was  a great idea (and excellent...

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Rarely Used...

Toughskins (via Grant Hamilton)

Evidence - trolldom

545 comments on the post: #75 Threatening to Move to Canada « Stuff White People Like.

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jakoblodwick: Greetings from San Francisco! I’m here for one week to relax and to spend time with...

“The great majority of students, although they as much as...”
— Allan Bloom, The Closing of...

“Why does nobody go looking for themselves in Belarus?”
— Max, 19, hits the road |...

Evidence I Love My Girlfriend

Movies I want to see: The Darjeeling Limited We Own The Night In The Valley of Elah Into The...

Obama Poised to Extend His Streak Over Clinton - New York...

Starbucks and Scalia Add More Buzz Torture...

No plan to ban 'anti-teen' device

“Faculty members are scheduled to vote on a measure that...”
— Harvard Proposal to Publish...

“The great ideas of the West—rationalism, self-criticism, the...”
— Why the West Is Best In a...

Ambleside, UK (via rabsteen)

“But what it translates to is what I call identity fright—the...”
— ‘Charles Taylor...

“TSR: Given this, what is the role of the young educated...”
— The Stanford Review - February...

Warning:

I will not respond to e-mails which are signed with “in solidarity”.

Britain is slithering down the road towards a...

Obama Outshines Clinton at Raising Funds

“If a national newspaper tells you there are Weapons of Mass...”
— Sigmund: Hold the Media...

“Let’s debate this issue. It is very complex. It is not...”
— Sharia comments trigger...

The limits of leapfrogging

“It is a group that has taken an exceptional view of itself....”
— Public letter on Ivan Drury’s...

To Repeat: McCain Will (NOT) be the Next...

Wrong.  Even though McCain is perhaps the most bearable republican since Eisenhower, I’m...

“Related: I love how fucking boring Tumblr allows me to be.”
— keeping a notebook Honesty. ...

What the US calls Foreign Aid, i.e. the weapons trade.

MotherJones Blog: REALLY Bad News Day for...

Instapaper

“Beecroft says her adoption will be “not just fetishization...”
— ‘Art Star’ Vanessa Beecroft:...

Sell Nothing

Stephen Hawking — szymon So wrong, but so right. 

Jewish News, Jewish Newspapers - Forward.com

“The cumulative effect of these false statements — amplified...”
— Iraq: The War Card - The...

A hype cycle is a graphic representation of the maturity,...

“when you tweet on a bus from a wifi iPod, the best you can...”
— Twitter / Simon Frankson

I take back everything I said about this poor little guy. ...

“The show also delved into more creepy matters when it was...”
— Webster (TV series) -...

I hate this little prick. Click-through to his YouTube vid,...

“Liberals always talk as if only the conservatives of our own...”
— Perlstein’s Greatest...

“An official Canadian government document has put both the...”
— Canada puts U.S., Israel on...

English Weather

Me: So, when is the dry season in England?
Tina: There is no dry season in England.
Me: sigh.

Apple’s early adopter tax is a really fun way to reward their customers.  Why is the new...

“I despise Facebook.”
— With friends like these...

“I have to admit to some queasiness about the current...”
— The Walrus » Mark...

“Was it morally wrong for Bill Conradt to engage in online...”
— Esquire Magazine’s...

“I tried again to explain the concept of the value of...”
— Bob and David David Cross on...

“It’s akin to the phone company permanently listening...”
— War on File Sharer Following...

Wasting Time...: MTV: What hast thou become?

via nytimes.com There is no such thing as progress. 

source — via mingonov — szymon

“It’s like running a seminar called “how to be an...”
— Post-Post-Agile - Agile...

To London

“I’ve run out of clever ways to say I don’t...”
— Mary Forrest

Sacha Baron Cohen to Kill Off Borat, Ali G | The New York...

“The heart of their dispute, though, may not be over...”
— The fight of philosophers | ...

“I never ceased to be amazed what real, non-geek people find...”
— Slashdot | Microsoft Wants...

“The September 11 Security Fee is imposed on passengers of...”
— TSA: Transportation Security...

‘Let’s Talk About Love,’ by Carl Wilson...

“This gave rise to what you might call Mayberry Machiavellis...”
— John Dilulio’s Letter -...

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David Byrne's Survival Strategies for...

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Vimeo

I love that I can make HD Videos and have them look awesome.  Thanks, my mac and vimeo.

HBO: Extras Series Finale Special

“The bill would have made such activities as the...”
— Government retreats on...

globeandmail.com: RCMP should restrict taser...

The 53 Places to Go in 2008 - New York Times

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Miami Culture Summed Up In One Photograph

tower at sunset

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Political Islam and European Foreign Policy:...

Inside the 'Ron Paul' Spam Botnet - Research...

“He has Primo Levi’s concentration camp number, 174517,...”
— David Blaine - Dickipedia - A...

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About the Author

I have nothing to say about myself that I would consider remotely interesting.  I’m a Canadian...

“Whoever wins, the auction is expected usher in a new wave of...”
— Google Will Make Bid for...

“Social networking is dead, but yet it carries on, blissfully...”
— Shots Across the Bow: The Rise...

“Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991...”
— Rodney King wounded in...

Christopher Hitchens: Of Cigs and Fangs and Searing Wax:...

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“Should we even care, I asked, if homeopathy is no better...”
— What’s wrong with...

“Amis’s views are symptomatic of a much wider and...”
— Shame on us | Special reports...

Shouts & Murmurs: The Zagat History of My Last...

“Four of the men were convicted of kidnapping - but the court...”
— Saudis back rape victim...

Humus

Tonight, the girlfriend and I watched two episodes of Stargate SG-1 S09.  It was awesome.  We ate...

jan von holleben - dreams of flying

men who look like old lesbians

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Amy Poehler and Will Arnett’s photo for new Gap ads. ...

A poster showing the amount of space it takes to transport...