The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.
– Antonio Gramsci
H/T to Jon Taplin, who covers this with more facility than I can muster. I will say this, another stolen quip though, that the fault, dear [...]
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Yes! Yes! Yes! We did it friends and neighbors! Today, after all the provisional and absentee ballots have been counted, it has been reported that Barak Obama won Salt Lake County by 296 votes.
I guess my vote counted after all.
-c
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September 26, 2008
New Rule: A candidate for president should not be judged by the color of his skin. And to – and to anyone who thinks differently, I say, please do not reject John McCain just because he’s white. I think the recent news from Wall Street has made us all less tolerant, and [...]
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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 hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope. That’s [...]
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Greetings sportsfans!
Lackhead here. I haven’t posted in a long time, mostly due to being overwhelmed by my upcoming trip to Tours, France, and spring climbing season. I’m sure the entire Interwebs have missed my virtual smiling face these long weeks (should that be “has missed”? Is “Interwebs” plural?). I have toyed with doing [...]