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Word Clouds: Four Religious Texts

The King James Bible: The Koran: The Tao Teh Ching, Stephen Mitchell’s version: and the Bhagavad Gita:

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What “Occupy Wall Street” means to me – and probably to you.

So there’s a lot of yammering out there about OWS, and what it means, or doesn’t mean, and even some opinions that OWS protestors are less grateful than a panhandler, and perhaps more immoral, too, since they are capable, presumably, … Continue reading

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I’m not saying he’s a despot, but perhaps there are common personality traits…

Observed:                 No comment required, really.

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It was a Sunny Day, with a Pre-9-11 Frame of Mind

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Might could dust off this little gem of Molly Ivins’:

The single most common misconception about [the Texas governor] is that he has been running a large state for the past six years. Texas has what is known in political science circles as “the weak-governor system.” You may think this … Continue reading

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Treasuries: Here we go again?

Via “The Marketplace Morning Report:” JEREMY HOBSON: Global stock markets are still excited about what the Federal Reserve said yesterday afternoon. That interest rates for banks that borrow from the Fed will remain near zero percent for the next two … Continue reading

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Carmaggedon

Doesn’t “Carmaggedon” describe the usual state of affairs in Los Angeles?

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Teh Awesome!

Asked Emma if she wanted to watch a movie. Yes, she did. But the TV was on, and she got sucked into a PBS Nova show about cuttlefish. Awesome! It even took her three tries before she got bored enough … Continue reading

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“When I grow up…”

“I’m going to be a scientist.” This after a discussion about whether there’s such thing as a chupacabra. I said there wasn’t, because no one, and especially no scientist, has ever produced any evidence of one – no bodies, no … Continue reading

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Dear Samsung,

Thank you for making the front of your fridge out of a non-magnetic material. No. Seriously. *Thank you.*

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