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"Are we creating a brave new, standardless world stripped of any canonical texts? Or are we reaching backward?"
11 Sep 2021, 5:06 am
"[M]any of those behind the most radical political experiment in history studied in little, rickety houses, in medium-sized, mostly uncultured cities or on the edges of sprawling farmlands. [read post]
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Film clip for 9/11.
11 Sep 2021, 4:03 am
 Don't be put off by the larger context here. [read post]
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"When acceptance is the highest value, when avoiding condemnation online is worth more than the truth, the truth will be swiftly discarded."
11 Sep 2021, 3:21 am
"Online likes, followers and reputation — weak, empty values — dominate the teenage world because teenagers are not being taught alternative ones by the culture or, often, by the adults in their lives. [read post]
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"It was the last known missile fired by the United States in its 20-year war in Afghanistan, and the military called it a 'righteous strike'..."
11 Sep 2021, 2:55 am
"... a drone attack after hours of surveillance on Aug. 29 against a vehicle that American officials thought contained an ISIS bomb and posed an imminent threat to troops at Kabul’s airport. [read post]
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6:34 a.m.
10 Sep 2021, 5:38 pm
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6:11 a.m.
10 Sep 2021, 9:47 am
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"Every Republican in the country — especially those running to the right in primaries — is salivating over Joe Biden [igniting] the vax debate. Republicans think that he's made even pro-vax conservatives into 'anti-vax mandate' Americans."
10 Sep 2021, 9:33 am
Said a top House Republican aide" quoted in "America's civil war of 2021" (Axios). [read post]
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"Then the Comments section of your blog became taken over by a far-Right cabal which was just as offputting as any conceivable Far Left gang of assholes might have become."
10 Sep 2021, 8:21 am
I received this email from Todd Grimson which begins with a compliment about this post that I put up yesterday and continues with some less-than-complimentary stuff:Exceptional piece. [read post]
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"Michelle Obama said that it was 'the best piece of art in any form that I have ever seen,' an observation that put Michelangelo, Mozart and Miles Davis in their place."
10 Sep 2021, 7:39 am
"There have been a few detractors but most have been confined to isolated pockets of social media, like guerrilla fighters facing overwhelming odds. [read post]
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"A woman in a gorilla mask riding a bicycle threw the small white object past Elder’s head..."
10 Sep 2021, 6:46 am
"... as seen in a video posted on Twitter by Spectrum News reporter Kate Cagle. [read post]
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"Authoritarians found God. They used religious symbols as nationalist identity markers and rallying cries...."
10 Sep 2021, 6:10 am
"Xi Jinping is one of the architects of this spiritually coated authoritarianism. [read post]
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Sunrise rowing.
10 Sep 2021, 5:47 am
This morning at 6:35 on Lake Mendota. [read post]
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"Our politicians, rich people and powerful people have built such houses by shedding people's blood. We hope to see Allah's paradise. This [mansion] doesn't mean anything to me."
10 Sep 2021, 3:32 am
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Sunrise, 6:27.
9 Sep 2021, 4:38 pm
 Write about anything you want in the comments. [read post]
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"It was just very cordial, very understanding. He was awesome. He was just talking about the finest of the finest. He said he heard and saw everything that we had said, and he offered his condolences several times, and how sorry he was."
9 Sep 2021, 11:04 am
Said Darin Hoover, father of one of the Marines who died recently in Afghanistan, quoted in "Trump reaches out to families of U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan" (WaPo).Hoover, who traveled to Dover Air Force Base when his son's body was brought home, "declined an offer to meet with President Biden. [read post]
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"A second federal judge in Washington questioned whether the lead felony charge leveled by the government against Capitol riot defendants is unconstitutionally vague..."
9 Sep 2021, 8:14 am
"... as 18 Oath Keepers accused in a conspiracy case urged the court on Wednesday to toss out a count carrying one of the heaviest penalties against them. [read post]
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"Just watched as a massive crane took down the magnificent and very famous statue of 'Robert E. Lee On His Horse' in Richmond, Virginia."
9 Sep 2021, 7:44 am
"It has long been recognized as a beautiful piece of bronze sculpture. [read post]
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"... Biden’s decisions on withdrawal were mostly buttressed by his long-held belief that, when al-Qaeda was driven out of Afghanistan and Osama bin Laden killed, America’s strategic needs had been met."
9 Sep 2021, 7:33 am
"Despite his deep convictions about the correctness of his decisions, Biden brought trouble on himself by offering cheery predictions – such as that the Afghan government wouldn’t fall any time soon. [read post]
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"In your post, you talk about cutting the statue in 3 pieces."
9 Sep 2021, 7:29 am
Says Meade, answering my question why the advertising AI was serving me up an ad for a "plasma cutting table" (something I had to click through and read about even to begin to understand):When I asked the question, I thought this shows AI is not so smart. [read post]
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"While the Ministry of Culture and Tourism is preparing a ban on karaoke songs deemed out of line with 'the core values of socialism'..."
9 Sep 2021, 7:23 am
"... city officials are regulating dancing in China’s parks, a popular pastime for retirees.... 'Everything the government does — they do it to maintain the stability of its governance, sometimes without considering the impacts on individuals,' [said Ouyang Haotian, a 22-year-old student]. 'It is a trial and error process, so people have to accept those errors and move on.... [read post]
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