douglas-the rushkoff kind-talks about me on his blog.
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thanks for the no-link, dude! :-)
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this “no as default” rule I have to use as a mantra in negotiations… my hippie parents teach me to “give it everything” and I always assumed people would give me back when I needed… that’s when i learned the difference between friends and family.
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living and learning.

what makes someone a chicken hawk
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A chicken hawk is one who strikes the pose of a warrior, who imputes the personal courage of a soldier in combat to themselves by virtue of the fact that they are in favor of sending that soldier off to war, or who parades around with the pretense of personal courage and resolve while assuming none of the risks. And a chicken hawk will, conversely, attempt to depict those who oppose such wars as being weak, spineless and cowardly even though the war opponents are not seeking to avoid any personal risk to themselves, but instead, are arguing against subjecting their fellow citizens to what they perceive are unnecessary dangers.

“I could not have lived a lie forever,” says Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil
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Homosexuality is banned in India and punishable by up to 10 years in jail, but gay activists are trying to lift the veil of secrecy.
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i say kudos to him. between the pressure from the outside or the pressure from the inside, he choose to to be free in his heart.

SnowDog74 on the absurd of musical contracts
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SnowDog74 (again) on RIAA’s worst nightmare
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Dhaos on porn dominance on tech
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Ckwop on sony schizophrenic behavior
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v1 on global price fixing
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mrchaotica on computer ownership

overwhelmingly suicide-terrorist attacks are not driven by religion as much as they are by a clear strategic objective: to compel modern democracies to withdraw military forces from the territory that the terrorists view as their homeland

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by robert pape

from boingboing: Brazil rejects Bush’s faith-based AIDS money
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“Brazil has rejected Bush’s AIDS-relief money because it came with strings attached: a requirement to condemn prostitution, rather than working with sex-workers to promote safe sex. The Bush AIDS money comes with requirements to block abortion, birth control and sex-ed in favor of abstinence programs. Developing countries can’t afford the luxury of hypocritical “faith based” HIV/AIDS prevention (e.g., if you believe hard enough, prostitutes will stop plying their trade), but Brazil is the first country with the guts to stand up to America’s extraterritorial bullying. This is gutsy as hell — bravo, Brazil!”

google maps now work with safari.
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sadly, their direction instructions are walk only (like, I saw a comics store on the financial center, and google suggests me to walk from ave D to there. I’ll keep using hopstop to get directions, thank you.