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Penis in a Rowboat
Apr 11
Apr 07
Yikes
- (i was late for work)
- Nick: Finally coming in today?
- me: Doctor's appointment. Seems I caught "asshole" from you.
- Nick: Yeah, it's spreading.
Apr 04
“ I find it exceedingly strange that a group of conservative and libertarian-oriented think tanks — groups that argue for less government — have embraced highways and roads as a solution to traffic congestion and a general boon to living. In the same breath, they usually attack mass-transit spending, particularly on trains. They seem to see a highway as an expression of the free market and of American individualism, and a rail line as an example of government meddling and creeping socialism.
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Governing: The Hypocrisy of Libertarians Who Love Highways (via kenyatta)
Very well said. They favor less govt unless a particular pork barrel is kept full enough for them to gorge on. Highways are quite profitable. Conservatives and libertarians oppose govt expenditures on people. Things that can be built or bought or sold or processed have to make money for someone, and it’s usually them.
“ There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.
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— Alexis de Tocqueville
Apr 03
Apr 02
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Great song, but they’re not The Bees anymore. Say hello to The Silver Seas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bees_(US_band)
The Bees - High Society
Do me a favor and listen to this song 2x. The link above takes you to an NPR story from 2006 referring to the Nashville quartet as a best ‘poorly’ kept secret. This entire record, “High Society”, is sonically soothing. Check it out already!!
NB: Below picture does not represent a member of the band. “Ay yay yay!”
This could be the best day ever for spaghetti beings in the Southeast.
Flying Spaghetti Monster Lands Outside Tennessee Courthouse
Yes, this is a statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Yes, it was actually installed outside of a courthouse in TN. Yes, this is awesome.
» E-voting vendor blocks security audit with legal threats
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A-men to that. How can we continue to think elections are fair without being confident in the function of the machines (and the companies who make them)?
From the article:
New Jersey election officials have scrapped plans for an independent audit of Union County voting machines because the vendor, Sequoia Voting Systems, says that unauthorized third-party security reviews would violate the county’s license agreement. Sequoia threatened the county with legal action when it learned that election officials were planning to send the machines to a respected Princeton University computer scientist for analysis.
Can someone please explain to me why the US doesn’t require repeated, independent third-party security audits of all voting machines currently in use?
» My grandma watches Sex & the City.
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This is why grandmothers rock.
“The way I see it,” she says, “you go about your everyday business and your career and your life and love will come. When it does, you’ll know it. Just be natural about it.”