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Ascot wannabes owe me money
Everyone wants in on the ascot now—Michael Johns and David Beckham, no less. Look guys, you’re four months late. I was sporting the ascot this Christmas. You’re late to the party.
Doing whatever Chutney does. Now at the J Crew nearest you. -
ATLBloggers, UU
Free Tibet to theocratic feudalism?
04.08.08 | Permalink | 13 CommentsNo matter how cute and goofy the Dalai Lama is, the Tibet his predecessors ran was a theocratic feudal society. I’m not certain that the Daiai Lama isn’t a democrat, but I don’t remember him ever advocating for a Tibetan democracy. Tibetan Buddhism certainly isn’t democratic. (If there is anything out there […]
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ATLBloggers, UU
Fundamentalism is new
Karen Armstrong says pretty much the same, but here it is from a guy who went to Harvard to study fundamentalism.
Brett Grainger sees fundamentalism as an entirely modern phenomenon, one that was born as a reaction against the modern world, but that has also been shaped by it. “Contrary to conventional wisdom, fundamentalists are not […] -
ATLBloggers, UU
Optimus Prime docks with space station
BBC said it was a “robot space truck,” and I can’t imagine what else that could mean.
Robot space truck, more than meets the eye.
