Category Archives: The Way The World Works

Once more unto the breach, dear friends

Posted on November 4, 2008 by lackhead

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility; But when the blast of war blows in our … Continue reading →

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Image of the day: Wall Street

Posted on October 1, 2008 by lackhead

Please, please, people. This is a credit crisis, not a stock crisis, and perhaps we should focus on addressing those issues, not just bailing out Wall Street. Wall Street is not the same as the American financial market, or the … Continue reading →

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My success in Scientology

Posted on July 28, 2008 by lackhead

Today I stumbled across the unveiling of a new search engine, called Cuil (pronounced “cool”). It started up recently as a challenger to Google’s search domination, and has taken a very different tack towards processing data out there on the … Continue reading →

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A French approach to North American geography

Posted on July 4, 2008 by lackhead

What is wrong with this picture? -c

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Quote of the day: fearmongering

Posted on April 21, 2008 by lackhead

Now one of Clinton’s Laws of Politics is this: If one candidate’s trying to scare you and the other one’s trying to get you to think; if one candidate’s appealing to your fears and the other one’s appealing to your … Continue reading →

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