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{ Monthly Archives } July 2007

White Lies

And you know that Ampersand could have filled up multiple comics just like it.

2007 07 31 mythago Politics
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Sunday book blogging: How to Save the World In Your Spare Time

Elizabeth May, now the executive director of Sierra Club of Canada, has written a short and highly entertaining book called How to Save the World in Your Spare Time. It’s hard to find the happy medium between dippy, counterproductive overoptimism and defeatist cynicism, but May does it. The book is somewhat slanted towards environmentalism, because [...]

2007 07 29 mythago Books
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More on the Federal budget

Athenian Abroad reads the Federal budget so you don’t have to, but should. The series: Estimating the true fiscal gap Eliminating tax loopholes, especially for the wealthy Deconstructing the fantasy of spending cuts without tax increases And a series of links for further reading.

2007 07 25 mythago Economics Comments Off

WAY more prejudicial than probative

When even the corporate defense lawyers are against you, it’s time to pack it in. In the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a gentleman named Harold Lischner filed a lawsuit for false arrest against Upper Darby Township. Apparently the President was visiting Upper Darby, and a catering facility allowed people to come onto its property to [...]

2007 07 20 mythago Law
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Numbers that can’t go on forever

Athenian Abroad explains “the deficit”, what it means, and how deep the hole we’ve dug really is.

2007 07 19 mythago Politics Comments (1)

+3 Nice Hot Cup of STFU

In response to Sanya’s post over at Eating Bees about the whole “lady gamer” thing, you’d expect the usual whiny “waaaa not all men are evil!!!!” it’s-all-about-me denial comments. Less common, but also expected, are the comments that pretend we live in a 1940s movie. You know, the type of movie that people who declare [...]

2007 07 15 mythago Feminism
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FAIL

Having lost my first solo trial, I decided to mark the occasion by getting a tattoo. It’s about 1/2″ long, so if (when) I lose trials in the future, I can get another, identical tattoo right above it. And so on. Rocio at Black and Blue did the work, which didn’t hurt at all, unlike [...]

2007 07 09 mythago Law Comments (4)

This will only encourage him

The Michigan Supreme Court agreed, in a split decision, that Geoffrey Figer does not have the right to smack talk judges. This is one of those cases where you kind of wish that both sides could lose.

2007 07 07 mythago Law Comments Off

Yet, upbeat

Michael Bérubé writes about raising a disabled child without being sappy, but still manages to be cheerful, and make some damn good points along the way. Also, in his own polite way he trashes that stupid fucking “Welcome to Holland” story.

2007 07 01 mythago Uncategorized Comments (1)