On President Endorses States' Rights
@Multiphasic Sorry, you lost me. I wasn't estimating any population numbers. My point is just that Obama couldn't swing the NC amendment vote anyway, so politically it was smarter not to try and get tagged with the label "can't get it done."
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On President Endorses States' Rights
@Multiphasic But is Obama really trying to avoid pissing off the conservative base? I think he's trying to appeal to centrists, by seeming calmer and less radical than the conservative activists. It's not trying to mollify the dog mauling your leg so much as trying to mollify the ... umm, the second dog who might yet join either side.
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On President Endorses States' Rights
@Multiphasic No, it was perfect timing from a political standpoint. If Obama had spoken out before the NC vote, then it would have been HIS defeat when the anti-gay amendment passed anyway. Now he avoids that pitfall while highlighting the differences between him and the Republicans.
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On President Endorses States' Rights
This clearly proves that Obama reads The Awl.
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On Make $2000 Working from Home, Ask Me How (Spoiler: By Finding a Cat)
Wasn't this a Veronica Mars episode?
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On What Books Make You Cringe To Remember?
@oldtaku Dude, Alan Dean Foster is still alive. Are you thinking of Robert Asprin? His Myth Adventures series might be the closest thing I'd have to an entry here. But even as a kid I never loved them enough to be embarrassed now. Dragonlance, though....
I saw Alan Dean Foster at a convention once about ten years ago and he did not look anything like I imagined: surprisingly young, and almost intimidatingly fit.
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On Monstrous Lie Told
"Chic" is a meaningless term; therefore, technically, we cannot prove that socks with sandals are not chic. However, they are most definitely ugly and stupid. If it's warm enough to wear sandals, it's too warm for socks. If it's chilly enough to wear socks, it's too chilly for sandals. Wearing both is like having the heater and the AC running at the same time.
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On "Alternative History Fiction" Is the Tackiest Genre
I read a lot of alternative history, but I'll freely admit that 95% of it is crap -- noticeably worse than the mere 90% crap rate in most other genres.
What gets me is how people can find current fiction interesting but historical fiction boring. Or how people can find life interesting but history boring, for that matter. History is just yesterday's life, after all.
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On The Livestream Ended: How I Got Off My Computer And Onto The Street At Occupy Oakland
If I can quibble, that CBS picture is the Capitol, not the White House. But aside from that, I found a lot to agree with here.
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On President Endorses States' Rights
@My Number Is My Address @Multiphasic @Moff Okay, it's a cigar-smoking crow carrying a machine gun.