July 2009
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Watch what you say
I will not bending every way
My back bone is gray stone
A...
– Hot Chip in Bendable Poseable
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So while philosophy is apparently just a bunch of misreadings, here’s a little about a misspelling. Just a quick random-but-associative ‘genealogy’ (of sorts) of a typo that feels right to me:
Everyday = anyway, everlong, nevermind, neverland, everywhere, ubermensch, internet..
There are more things between typos and neologisms, than are dreamt of by your spellchecker.
Now I...
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“Berns: Does some of the criticism of The Family have an anti-religious bent — in a nation that values religious freedom?
Sharlet: Why is Sen. Tom Coburn (Oklahoma Republican) going to the government of Lebanon, one of the most religiously torn countries in the world, and going as a U.S. senator paid for by The Family — and saying to the government that the solution to their problems is to...
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Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestra →
pix from last nite @ Beiteddine via @lnlne @chaftari
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overheard at baalbek festival, 09:
“Lebanon is always on fire, but it never burns?!”
*shared laughter*
“You burned 30 years of my life!”
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Fitting More Into Your Twitter Posts: With The...
@brad_fidler:
Twitter and the rest of the micrblogging services are based on posts that are no longer than 140 characters. Ideally this serves as a challenge for concise prose; there’s a beauty in that.
But conversely and understandably we’ve taken to shortening words and using number-homonyms. Srsly (seriously). I’m no purist, but on your bubble-sheet test I would tick off on our shortening...
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@unmodern:
I just created an editable map of local bookstores. Add your own favorites! http://tr.im/sNXD
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from 'Targeted Killing in U.S. Counterterrorism...
via @wikileaks: original url [pdf]
Conclusion
The ultimate lesson for Congress and the Obama Administration about targeted killings is “Use it or lose it.” This is as true of its legal rationale as it is of the tool itself. Targeted killings conducted from standoff platforms, with improving technologies in surveillance and targeting, are a vital strategic, but also humanitarian, tool in long-term...
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EuroNotes : Wordle →
found this app via @unmodern
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Interrogate Like A Pro →
bradfidler:
US Army Fm34-52 (Intelligence Interrogation)
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“the very act of remembering could change the... →
via @UtneReader
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badpaintingsofbarackobama.com →
via @UtneReader
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The Central European style of “enlightened absolutism”, of top-down reforms...
– GM Tamás
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