December 2010
10 posts
Link: What Your Facebook Status Says About You →
Last week, Facebook’s data analysis team published some interesting facts about its users based on an analysis of 1 million status updates in the United States. Here’s some of what they found out… (h/t Jody Prettyman)
Jesus would be a liberal, right? - The Hill's... →
President Obama is a man of quiet but deep Christian faith. Isn’t it odd that every time the president quotes Scripture, he is met by angry rightists who seem to hate (hate is not too strong a word for some of them) that the president quotes the Sermon on the Mount and other teachings of Jesus?
100 Most Beautiful Words in English
http://j.mp/100BeautifulWords
I especially like to use “conflate,” “dulcet,” “erstwhile,” “evocative,” “Gossamer” (the name of my erstwhile pet snake), “nemesis,” “panoply,” “plethora,” “serendipity,” “surreptitious,” “untoward,” and “vestigial.”
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Bristol Palin Running for Congress?
The World’s Most Famous Pregnant Teen has bought a house smack in the middle of Arizona’s proposed new Congressional District. Bristol has five years to make her chops- you have to be 25 to serve in the House. Will she be able to harness the power of the Tea Party in another contest she isn’t qualified for?
Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to endorse and campaign with Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel (Playbook)
Nonviolence And Politics →
Nonviolent civil disobedience works by exposing the aggressor…
Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repealed After 17 Years of...
“The Senate voted 65-31 to pass the bill, with eight Republicans siding with 55 Democrats and two independents in favor of repeal. The House had passed an identical version of the bill, 250-175, earlier this week.” — AP
About time.
Sally Albright 2011 Resume →
Gabe Watson free on bail in Alabama →
May he find peace at home.