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Self Portrait at the Dawn of Man
Two random shots from my little Canon
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Sunday morning links
Sorry for the light blogging work, getting the condo ready for sale is taking up quite some time. Here are some links for everyone
- From the Agitator – Sheriff: SWAT Team Necessary Because Man Is a “Self-Proclaimed Constitutionalist”
- I’m feeling a strong urge to install this in my library
- This is interesting (new alt energy that could conceivably work)
- Why must the media not do their homework on plug in hybrids? If you’re getting some some of the energy from gasoline, and some from the power grid, then miles per gallon is a bad measure of energy efficiency. Nonetheless, check out this CNN piece. FYI – CalCars has been doing this for years.
- Top Giuliani staffers go without pay, a lame thing to do.
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Thoughts on the primaries and the Democrats
I was thinking about the New Hampshire primary while running an errand today, and it occurred to me that the party of diversity had one candidate that was fighting for change, one that was working for change, and another that was being the change.
Just as I thought that a homeless man came up and offered to work for change. I guess he’s a Clinton fan. And the primaries aren’t for another month!
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Quick New Hampshire predictions
They’re not very earth shattering, but…
Democrats
- Obama
- Clinton (a close second)
- Edwards (a distant third)
Republicans
- McCain
- Huckabee
- Romney
- Paul (somewhere over ten percent, but not much)
- Thompson
- Giuliani (happily low in the standings)
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Evolution, Ron Paul, etc
I was going to write a post about the evolution vs creationism debate, specifically about this post, but why? Granted, a lot of people really do care about their side of the debate, but what they really like doing is nagging other people about a matter with no consequences at all. What makes it more interesting is that no one denies the basic theory (adaptation, survival of the fittest, etc) but the origins of life are in question.
The religious impulse is strong in a high percentage of people, whether they believe in a higher power or not.
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Who would have thought it?
Unmentioned by the commentariat thus far is that the primaries (so far anyway) concern only domestic politics. Who would have predicted that four years, or even four months ago? This is the best proof of the the surge being seen as working I suppose.
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Sunday rapid fire
- Living in three centuries – amazing photography
- Public defender suspended for using n-word – while quoting someone no less! Inoffensive language has become the new way to show social piety.
- A profile of David Simon, author of two of my favorite books, and creator of one of my favorite television shows. The Wire starts tonight.
- The evolution debate is strange. Ron Paul says he doesn’t believe in some version of it, and an army of commenters jumps in to criticize. For something as trivial as the evolution-Creationism debate (trivial in the sense that being wrong does not affect the outcome) the level of vigor and venom is surprising. It would be interesting to know if belief in evolution was proportional in someway to having children.
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Wyoming
Here’s a little known fact, Wyoming is holding it’s caucus on Saturday.
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Iowa picks based on gut feeling
Democrats –
- Clinton
- Obama
- Edwards
Republican –
- Huckabee (by a margin that will surprise everyone)
- Romney
- Paul – maybe wishful thinking, but all of this money and energy has to translate into something.
Clinton and Huckabee are hardly my preferred choices, but neither of them are Edwards or Giuliani, who (I think) would do America irreparable damage.
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Quote of the morning
At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald,