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November 2012

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Here’s something famous that Umberto Eco wrote about Casablanca:

Casablanca is not just one film. It is many films, an anthology. Made haphazardly, it probably made itself, if not actually against the will of its authors and actors, then at least beyond their control. … When all the archtypes burst in shamelessly, we reach Homeric depths. Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion. Just as the height of pain may encounter sensual pleasure, and the height of perversion border on mystical energy, so too the height of banality allows us to catch a glimpse of the sublime. Something has spoken in place of the director. If nothing else, it is a phenomenon worthy of awe.

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Disney and Star Wars - Grantland

Return of the Jedi Want to save Star Wars VII? Then let’s talk about Casablanca.
Nov 8, 2012
“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people”.” —How to get rid of religion « Why Evolution Is True
Nov 8, 2012

February 2012

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December 2011

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Dec 29, 2011

November 2011

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“the likelihood that most of the people who had the authority at Penn State to stop the raping of children by Jerry Sandusky proved themselves to have the moral backbone of ribbon worms.” —Charles P. Pierce on the brutal truth about the crimes at Penn State - Grantland
Nov 15, 2011
“Well, you know what, Mike Bloomberg? FUCK YOU. People are not protesting for their own entertainment, you asshole. They’re protesting because millions of people were robbed, by your best friends incidentally, and they want their money back. And you’re not everybody’s Dad, so stop acting like you are.” —Mike Bloomberg’s Marie Antoinette Moment | Matt Taibbi | Rolling Stone
Nov 3, 2011

October 2011

6 posts

Oct 24, 20112 notes
Robert Reich: The Flat-Tax Fraud, and the Necessity of a Truly Progressive Tax → robertreich.org

robertreich:

Herman Cain’s bizarre 9-9-9 plan would replace much of the current tax code with a 9 percent individual income tax and a 9 percent sales tax. He calls it a “flat tax.”

Next week Rick Perry is set to announce his own version of a flat tax. Former House majority leader Dick Armey – now chairman of…

Oct 22, 2011297 notes
“In the interests of transparency, I should point out that it isn’t only Oxford that won’t see me on the night Craig proposes to debate me in absentia: you can also see me not appear in Cambridge, Liverpool, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow and, if time allows, Bristol.” —Why I refuse to debate with William Lane Craig | Richard Dawkins | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Oct 21, 2011
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Oct 15, 20115 notes
“Warren fought back, not only by calling in support from the White House, but also by speaking out in public. In March 2010 she lashed out in the Huffington Post: “My first choice is a strong consumer agency,” she said. “My second choice is no agency at all and plenty of blood and teeth left on the floor.” —The Woman Who Knew Too Much | Politics | Vanity Fair
Oct 11, 2011

September 2011

7 posts

Sep 27, 20112 notes
I Am An Atheist: 16 Things Atheists Need Christians to Know → iamanatheist.com
Sep 15, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
“One of the painful things about our time is that those who feel certainty are stupid, and those with any imagination and understanding are filled with doubt and indecision” —

Bertrand Russell

Dunning–Kruger effect - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sep 7, 2011
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