November 2010
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"A Message From a TSA Full-Body Scanner" →
I’d like to take the opportunity of this writing to allay these and other misgivings. Please know: I’m just here to measure your penises. And I’m very, very good at it.
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"Pie to Cupcake: Time’s Up" →
Pie had been lurking below the radar in recent years: taking cover during the ice cream trend, perhaps waiting to see which way the macaron tide would turn.
When I eat out, the only baked goods I ever get are pies or donuts. It’s a product of the fact that I bake; why should I spend $3-5 on a passable cupcake when I can make my own at home and whip the frosting to the exact...
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"The Hipster in the Mirror" →
“Taste is not stable and peaceful, but a means of strategy and competition. Those superior in wealth use it to pretend they are superior in spirit. Groups closer in social class who yet draw their status from different sources use taste and its attainments to disdain one another and get a leg up. These conflicts for social dominance through culture are exactly what drive the dynamics...
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"Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Faces Struggle... →
In comments to reporters in California this weekend, General Amos said that ending the ban in the middle of two wars would involve “risk” for Marines, who, unlike other service members who generally have private quarters, share rooms to promote unity.
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“I don’t know what the effect of that will be on cohesion. I mean, that’s what we’re looking at. It’s unit cohesion, it’s combat...
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"Morgan Stanley financial adviser escapes felony... →
Martin Joel Erzinger, 52, was set to face felony charges for running over a doctor who he hit from behind in his 2010 Mercedes Benz, and then speeding off.
But now he will simply face two misdemeanour traffic charges from the July 3 incident in Eagle, Colorado.
This is appalling. I can’t believe how many chances the criminal justice system will throw at people if they’re...
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"U.S. lawsuit targets Philly's 'stop-and-frisk'... →
The plaintiffs are seeking class status and rulings to prevent the police from conducting pedestrian stops based on race or national origin.
The suit also asks the court to order more police training, supervision, and monitoring to ensure that “stops, frisks, searches, and detentions comport with constitutional requirements.”
Oh, you. The idea that Terry stops are actually...
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"In Iowa, Voters Oust Judges Over Marriage Issue" →
“I think it will send a message across the country that the power resides with the people,” Bob Vander Plaats, a Republican who led the campaign after losing the Republican nomination for governor, told a crowd of cheering supporters at an election night party peppered with red signs declaring “No Activist Judges.” “It’s we the people, not we the courts.”
Oh, anti-intellectual populism,...
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