Daily Digest for 9 January
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Published Lost.
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Published Lost.
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I haven’t written for this weblog in a month. I’ve been lost, and I’m only just now finding my way out.
As is frequently the case, music expresses things better than a thousand words, and better than even a picture sometimes:
I don’t see the way out, but I haven’t given up yet…
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Published Holy cow!
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There are TWO of them! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Published Quote-fest
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For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
-H. L. Mencken
For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.
-Richard Feynman
The thought of sucide is a great consolation; by means of it one gets through many a bad night.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing is ever accomplished by a reasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw
Part of being sane, is being a little bit crazy.
-Janet Long
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
-Eric Ambler
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
-Flannery O’Connor
The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
-Edith Sitwell
Patriotism is often used as a shelter for the thoughtless, arrogant, and greedy.
-Otis Beck
In light of the not so recent end of the George W. Bush administration, it is worth evaluating the value of a high IQ versus the ability to make rational, fact-based decisions. I found this article very enlightening:
Clever fools: Why a high IQ doesn’t mean you’re smart
It is something worth thinking about.
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Cross-posted between Random Fate and The Moderate Voice.
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This MSNBC.com headline certainly won’t help the feeling that many Americans have that the wealthy get taken care of and the rest are left to hang:
Amid shortage, big NYC firms get swine vaccine
Rules allow company docs to request vaccine, distribute to high-risk groupsNEW YORK – Some of New York City’s largest employers – including Wall Street firms like Goldman Sachs and big universities – have started receiving doses of the much-in-demand swine flu vaccine for their at-risk employees.
The government-funded vaccine is being distributed to states, where health departments decide where to send the limited doses. In New York, health officials are allowing businesses with onsite medical staff to apply for the vaccine.
Doctors for large companies can ask for the vaccine along with other doctors but must agree to vaccinate only high-risk employees like pregnant women and those with chronic illnesses, said Jessica Scaperotti, a spokeswoman for New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
While there is more to the story than the headline and sub-headline, you have to dig deep into the article to find the non-inflammatory content. While it is traditional that “if it bleeds, it leads” one must wonder if the headline needed to be quite this inflammatory.
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Cross-posted between Random Fate and The Moderate Voice .
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The specific problems we face cannot be solved using the same patterns of thought that were used to create them.
-Albert Einstein
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Cross-posted between Random Fate and The Moderate Voice.
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Shared Money Mules.
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Shared Taking a Stand on Healthcare.
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Shared Let The Sun Shine In.
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Shared How They Do It In Chicago.
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