One of the things I always thought odd about American taste in fiction and cinema is our aversion to tragedy. Filmmakers, in particular, are constantly changing movie endings for American audiences to “lighten” them up. Many British books just aren’t carted over the ocean for the simple fact that they’re just “too depressing.” I had […]
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In conversation with my mother: “Well, with this Obamacare thing, we’ll all get rationed healthcare.” “Mom, do you even know what `public option’ means?” “The government’s taking over healthcare!” “Mom, the government isn’t running healthcare. All they want to do is expand Medicare to cover people who don’t have insurance or are underinsured. That’s it.”
“After months of committee meetings and hundreds of hours of heated debate, the United States Congress remained deadlocked this week over the best possible way to deny Americans health care.“ I love The Onion.
Would not be at all excited about this… except that got the absolute most perfect person to play the alien leader, Anna. This clip shows just how perfect she is. Perrrrrfect.
I do love it when somebody has one of those, “Oh, shit, we totally missed something incredibly obvious” moments. The mere act of physically approaching their potential romantic partner, behavior far more typical of men than women, makes people more confident and increases their attraction to their potential partner. In other words, by acting more
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All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other. — H. P. Lovecraft
Why, YES, this IS a TWO-PERSON crime. Seriously, people, why has it taken us thousands of years to put this together? In most communities, prostitution has been a one-sided battle focused on the women who offer sex. Their customers, when they are arrested, are usually cited for a misdemeanor and fined. By comparison, prostitutes are
I will be one of 8 guest speakers at Dayton’s first Pechu Kucha night held at C{space (20 N. Jefferson St.) in downtown Dayton, OH on Thursday, August 27th (that’s next Thursday!). Doors open at 6:30 pm for mingling. Program starts at 7:20 (if you’re just coming for me… (oohhhh, imagine that!!) I’m currently on
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This was a tidbit of particular interest to me from the article I link to below: Indeed, some scholars say they believe the reason Muslim countries have been disproportionately afflicted by terrorism is not Islamic teachings about infidels or violence but rather the low levels of female education and participation in the labor force. Like
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