Links With Your Coffee - Thursday
- The Right-Wing Relativists | Campaign for America's Future
There was a time when conservatives used to commonly insult liberals with an accusation that they were empty "pomo relativists." Lynn Cheney, in particular, made a point of it when she was the chairman of the National Endowment of the Humanities and even wrote a book about it called "Telling The Truth," if you can believe that.
CHENEY: It's postmodernism, the notion that there is no such thing as truth. There's only your version of events and my version and Charles' version and Harry's version, and the one that prevails will be that of whoever is the most powerful. This seems to fly in the face of the way scholarship has proceeded for hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
It takes your breath away, doesn't it? The exposure of the conservative movement as extreme epistemic relativists has been one of the most fascinating (and frustrating) stories of the Bush years. - Good Math, Bad Math : Pathetic Innumeracy - this time from Great Britain
The British lottery put out a "scratch-off" game called "Cool Cash". The idea of it is that it's got a target temperature on the card, and to win, you need uncover only temperatures colder than the target. Simple, right?
- Bring back the Greek gods - Los Angeles Times
Prominent secular and atheist commentators have argued lately that religion "poisons" human life and causes endless violence and suffering. But the poison isn't religion; it's monotheism. The polytheistic Greeks didn't advocate killing those who worshiped different gods, and they did not pretend that their religion provided the right answers. Their religion made the ancient Greeks aware of their ignorance and weakness, letting them recognize multiple points of view.
- Palimpsest: the guide to a (mostly) paperless life | 43 Folders I'm putting that scanner on the Amazon Wish List
- YouTube - BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Jeremy Scahill | PBS
- WRITERS’ STRIKE KNOCKS OUT ‘FAKE NEWS SHOWS,’ LEAVING ONLY … FAKE NEWS
- Aardvarchaeology : History Carnival 58
- denialism blog : Who's Nuttier: Apple Fans or Ron Paul Fans?
- Drinking and Praying: Proposal Could Tip Irish Priests Over Legal Limit You've got to love it. Christ's blood is over the legal limit.
The job description for a Catholic priest doesn't include a lot of perks -- perhaps one reason that their numbers are shrinking rapidly across the Western world. In Ireland, though, the gig might be further complicated by a new proposal to lower the legal blood alcohol limit for drivers. Priests there are speaking out against the proposal because it could render them legally drunk after performing Mass. . .
"Perhaps it could be enough for you to fail a drink-driving test," the Rev. Brian D'Arcy, a priest from Enniskillen, told the Irish Times. "I don't like to use the word wine, as it is Christ's blood in the Eucharist -- but it still has all the characteristics of wine when in the blood stream."
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Norm, stop the hate on Ron Paul fans or I'll swap OneGoodMove time with jogging or something. Your last two posts on him have been unsubstantial, name-calling articles more about his supporters than the issues. That's a mainstream media trick, not a OGM trick. I mean, come on, don't you think that at least 5% of your audience supports Ron Paul? Would you really alienate us all with these posts?
Would you really alienate us all with these posts?
I don't think I make a grave error in presuming that Norm would indeed really do so. :)
Still... I wasn't really offended by the past few Ron Paul jokes myself, but mpkomara might have a point; I haven't actually seen anything linked here (afaik) that actually directly addresses what the disagreeable aspects of Ron Paul's policies are and why they'd be disastrous for America, despite being an exciting experiment and truer to the US Constitution, perhaps, than the current travesty of a Federal government.
At least ron paul wasnt a coward who went along with bush like hillary and edwards.
What a fascinating metric to elect the leader of the freeworld with.
Hmmm if your stupid enough to trust bush, that should automatically disqualify you. that was my point, not if you dont trust bush that qualifies you for president. I dont think ron paul is the best choice, but he doesnt seem like the worst. I like kucinich the best. But you did fail at trying to sound smart and make me look dumb.
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