December 2010
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November 2010
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interview with Jonathan Franzen, author of Freedom (his latest novel whose only problem is “the weight of its expectancy” one reviewer poignantly notes)
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creepin’ at middle school!
From "On the damned human race" - Mark Twain
In the beginning of change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, hated, and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. -1905
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easy on the sherry ralph! →
Body scanner makers doubled lobbying cash over 5... →
The companies with multimillion-dollar contracts to supply American airports with body-scanning machines more than doubled their spending on lobbying in the past five years and hired several high-profile former government officials to advance their causes in Washington, government records show.
L-3 Communications, which has sold $39.7 million worth of the machines to the federal government,...
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Pitchfork Reviews Reviews: the documentary... →
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during the christmas break of my sophomore year in college i went to california to visit friends and see california and get out of new york because i had just stopped dating the girl who i had been dating and i was sad about it, and i think there is this idea that when two people stop dating, the…
Stay away from those ASSHOLES in NZ!
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