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For some people the most pleasant sound is an echo
It’s easy to make fun of global do-gooders, eager to spend other people’s money. And that’s what I like about it; it’s easy. Check out McCartney’s Estranged Wife Berates Rich
Mills McCartney said she was reluctantly obliged to befriend the world’s wealthy because that was the only way to maximize her power as an agent for change.
“Sadly, you have to mix at a certain level of people to raise the level of funds you need to bring about the greater good,” she said. “Because people are very snobby. These people who have lots of money, they’re either snobby or they’re stingy. If you have lots of money, you have to be stingy — because why would you want that amount of money?”
She also compared herself to human rights crusaders down through the ages, suggesting they all had been victimized for their beliefs.
“If you look at every single person in the history of the world who has tried to make a difference, you’ll find a very long section of their lives where they were treated horrifically by the government or by the media,” she said.
I can’t think of anything funnier than what she actually said.
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Tuesday link roundup
- Advice from your public defender (best of Craig’s List)
- Why we should hang out: a mathematical proof, this sounds like something I would do actually
- Interesting post on academic taboos from David Friedman
- Another blog post about Sarah Stever, from one of my realtors actually
- Ron Paul Facts, my favorite –
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The next Reagan
Via Yglesias, comes this Mike Huckabee ad
I think I’m the first to point out that he’s the first candidate to good natured and likable on the stump, which is quite a bit of a change from the rest of the crowd. Clever ad too.
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DC photos finally uploaded
I finally got around to posting them, they’re all from my small Canon.
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A weird thing in my neighborhood
So, I take a different route home from running a quick errand in the new neighborhood, and I discover that there is a numbered, named, and unpaved road in the heart of downtown Atlanta. Really strange…
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An advancement in gender equality
While perusing my spam folder to make sure there were no false positives, I came across this little gem amongst the enlargement and Viagra ads
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– help with sagging problems
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development of the areoli and consequently TheBreast size.* if your are her BF/HUBBY, buy your girl this 100% safe BreastEnhancement Pill
* you will feel proud of having LargerBoobie mateAbout time women got their share of annoying email.
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Friday link round up
- Intown Coyotes – They’re in Oakhurst, which while wooded, is certainly not a suburban area in the traditional sense. I wonder if they make fun of the country coyotes and get weird tattoos…
- A profile of the last remaining WW I veteran, here is one who passed away last year at the age of 113. To quote from the article
“Census records show that Mr. Hardy’s father was born in the 1830s and that both his parents were slaves, Mr. Young said.”
It’s amazing that the past is that close in the human chain.
- Michael Yon reviews the combat cameras
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Rest In Peace Sarah Stever
Yesterday I received a call from a friend telling me that a friend of ours, Sarah Snow Stever had passed away at the age of 35, from a stroke apparently. It’s very sad; I didn’t know her that well, mostly from various bluegrass jams, and I only met her husband once, but it’s shocking to realize that someone so young can be taken from us all. Sarah, we’ll miss you.
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What I like about India
They’re quite weird, but in a self-contained, needs no explanation way, asking nothing of anyone.
Case in point – Man in India Marries Dog As Atonement. If this was in Europe or America, There would be some symbolic flagellation, fake tears, and cries for understanding. In India, the guy just married a stray dog, no fuss, no muss.
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Tuesday link roundup
- Google Earth and Sketch Up
- Contra Matt Stevers: A study says curvy women are smarter (anyone catch the reference?)
- TweakVista
- Patrick Lang puts it very well in a column and the fallacy of humanities “homogenous future” with Brooks and Friedman have missed something in their discussions of religion.
They have missed a simple truth. MOST PEOPLE WHO PROFESS RELIGION ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN THE TRUTH OF THEIR GROUP’S TEACHING ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE MEANING OF EXISTENCE. They do not see their sect, denomination, church, etc. as a mere vehicle for the expression of social concern for the welfare of others.
Orthodox Christian theology proclaims the majesty of a triune God. Muslims and Jews do not. Mormons believe in something altogether different.
Members of those groups (if they are truly members and not just “life cycle” auxiliaries) are capable of accepting each other as “good people” and fellow citizens. They are NOT CAPABLE of accepting the truth of groups who deny the essential beliefs of their own group.
That is what was meant in the recent pronouncement from Rome of the limits of Christian-Muslim dialog. Dialog among all religious groups is desirable as a means of establishing a harmony of the peoples, but there are limits imposed by THEOLOGY beyond which such discussions can not progress.
I would have added “No matter how may of those “CoExist” bumper stickers you see.”
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