Archive for the ‘America’ Category
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008
I've been thinking.
Say Hillary Clinton is our next president. That would mean that my entire life up to this point will have been spent under either a Bush or a Clinton (minus the first two, which were the Reagan years still). Let's assume she gets elected and serves ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
A couple things on my mind today. Has anybody (in Utah) heard the referendum 1 (school vouchers) ads on the radio? I find them really irritating. It makes me wonder if there are options aside from "Yes" and "No" on the ballot. The logic ...
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
I found out about this from The Onion before I saw it in the real news.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
If you're not familiar with Conservapedia yet, I highly recommend you make yourself acquainted with it, you know, to save yourself from the liberal propaganda peddled by Wikipedia. In all seriousness, though, the Wiki site created by the son of Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly really is fun to read, ...
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Thursday, June 14th, 2007
I find it terribly ironic when fan clubs devoted to Sam Harris pop up on Facebook. A group of followers of an atheist thinker to gather and rally against theism with evangelical zeal seems remarkably odd to me. One of the discussions in the Facebook group I linked ...
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Thursday, May 24th, 2007
Good news everyone, I have something new to be annoyed by.
First of all my faithful reader(s) should note that I am either a feminist or at least sympathetic to feminism, however something happened today that almost made me want to go home and brood while listening to one of the ...
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Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Yes. This is what I've been doing at work.
EDIT: If you're unsure where this comes from, check the last paragraph of my previous entry.
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Tuesday, May 15th, 2007
I finally got to watch the Frontline documentary The Mormons (I was too busy to watch it when it first aired two weeks ago). I was reasonably impressed with it. It seemed to attempt a fair portrayal, covering the history and culture and interviewing the rank and file ...
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Nation Sickened By Sight Of Happy Young Couple
WASHINGTON, DC—Three states have already passed "Get A Room" ordinances to combat the Oak Park, IL couple's playful nudging and incessant hand-holding.
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
“The cacophony of groans, boos and applause echoing inside the University of Utah's Kingsbury Hall was as divided as the men and their politics reverberating on stage,” read the opening line of the Salt Lake Tribune's article covering the recent debate between Sean Hannity and Salt Lake mayor Rocky ...
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