News flash!

Women prefer men with stubble for love, sex and marriage – via The Telegraph.co.uk ya, that’s right… you heard it here first folks. I have, of course, long known this to be true from a rich history of personal experiences… … Continue reading

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what can Israel do?

a question for my palestinian comrades out there… what sort of acts would Israel be justified in doing when, as just happened again, the ceasefire is broken and rockets rain down… I’d love to hear what you think is appropriate…

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slow-bleed strategy

Two things* have grabbed my attention this week. First, Stanford University has a really interesting interview with Christopher Hitchens, an interview which isn’t necessarily recent, but is nevertheless relevant. Secondly, I have been trying to understand the almost religious fervor … Continue reading

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Baudrillard remixed…

There is a certain paradox to political language. While the ideas to be communicated are often complex and nuanced, the way these ideas are expressed are often in elusively simplistic terms.   The political messages  often get boiled down into single … Continue reading

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Speed Kills (but beauty lives forever)

I was just listing to this on the way home… I really like the way it starts especially… the lyrics are also interesting–even if I don’t always know what Billy is trying to communicate, I always give him the benefit … Continue reading

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For you web junkies out there…

for REALLY INTERESTING examples of CSS problems and solutions, take a look at Eric Meyer’s open directory of CSS tests and samples…

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An interesting bit of history…

Intelligence gathering is a strange and sometimes fascinating business.

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come again?

If you want a more complete context, I suggest you read the full article but I hope that the selected passages give you at least a taste for what is at stake for DC children under this program. What is very apparent, however, is that the DC public school systems have deteriorated DESPITE the Liberals, the Federal Government (i.e. the Department of Education) running them for decades. Instead of ‘admitting defeat’ and ‘pulling the teachers out’, the Liberals in Congress have decided to FORCE students to attend under-performing schools. (aka, the “surge” strategy). Never mind the fact that every single congressman and senator can have a choice about where to send their kids… but inner city kids are being denied this privilege/choice by the supposedly ‘compassionate’ Liberals in Congress. Continue reading

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