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Earthquakes & Miniskirts;
Sophistry & Guns
Rich Galen
Wednesday April 21, 2010
- "� Iranian Cleric ... ": Here's a link to the London Daily Mail piece about why earthquakes are women's fault.
- "� Time Magazine & DC Voting ... ": Here's a good, if slightly dated, summary of the DC voting rights issue.
- "� AP and DC Voting ... ": Here's a link to the AP's coverage of the DC voting rights legislation.
- "� sophistry ... ": From Webster's Third Unabridged
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): -es
Etymology: Middle English sophistrie, from Middle French, from sophistre sophist + -ie -y
1: Reasoning that is superficially plausible but actually fallacious (his masterful but irresponsible sophistry)
- "� Congressional Research Service ... ": Here's a link to the Congressional Research Service issue brief on DC Voting Rights.
Mullfoto of the Day
Along 19th Street in Your Nation's Capital.
One of the many jobs I'm glad I don't have, because I wouldn't be able to do it.
Catchy Caption of the Day
Actual Caption:
New Yorkers are bracing for a possible strike by 30,000 doormen, porters and other building workers. If the workers go on strike, hundreds of New York City buildings will lose the people who accept packages, fix leaky faucets and hail taxis, among other things.
Quick! Get Anderson Cooper on the Phone. We need another national fundraiser for people who will have to accept their own packages "among other things."
(AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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