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“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet,” Dr. Hawking said. #qotd

Wed 05/02/12 at 12:57 pm

damn fine

‘Prometheus’ Returns Ridley Scott to Outer Space – NYTimes.com

“We only have to look at ourselves to see how intelligent life might develop into something we wouldn’t want to meet,” Dr. Hawking said.

‘Prometheus’ Returns Ridley Scott to Outer Space – NYTimes.com

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In !status updates, QOTD:
Newer: It’s a perfect July day. Uh-oh. #weirdweather
Older: We know the GOP lives to fight Roosevelt’s legacy. Who knew it was Teddy.

Artistic director records “music” from inside a head of lettuce. [Thanks for the quote marks.] #qotd

Fri 03/23/12 at 2:57 pm

Photo caption in Abqjournal.

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In !status updates, QOTD:
Newer: Tautology or koan: By the time the book comes out, I should be done with Chapter 1.
Older: This year, when we lend an hour to the future we get back an extra leap second as interest.

“The problem is not a … talk show host, but conservatism itself … has become a landfill. Limbaugh is just a seagull circling the top.”–Leonard Pitts #qotd

Tue 03/06/12 at 8:25 pm

Sex, lies and GOP extremism – Leonard Pitts Jr. – MiamiHerald.com

The problem is not a conservative talk show host, but conservatism itself as presently construed. It has become a landfill. Limbaugh is just a seagull circling the top.

Sex, lies and GOP extremism – Leonard Pitts Jr. – MiamiHerald.com

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In Election, NADA, QOTD:
Newer: Anybody but Romney?
Older: Republicans insist there is rampant voter fraud. The only frauds ever caught turn out to be Republicans.

“There’s class warfare, all right,” Warren Buffett told the Times, back in 2006, “but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”

Mon 02/20/12 at 3:14 pm

Barack Obama, Republicans, and the Campaign for the Middle Class : The New Yorker

“There’s class warfare, all right,” Warren Buffett told the Times, back in 2006, “but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”

Barack Obama, Republicans, and the Campaign for the Middle Class : The New Yorker

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In !status updates, Election, QOTD:
Newer: Screw the workers
Older: “Conservatives in power have never been — and can never be — as anti-government as they are in a campaign.”–EJ Dionne, Jr

“My heart is ever at your service.” ~ William Shakespeare, dog owner

Tue 02/14/12 at 8:47 pm

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In PotD, QOTD:
Newer: “There’s class warfare, all right,” Warren Buffett told the Times, back in 2006, “but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.”
Older: Photos of Deep Space
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“The party that once sold hope has become instead the party of grouchy codgers yelling at the future to get off their lawn.” — Leonard Pitts Jr. [amen] #qotd

Wed 02/01/12 at 4:55 pm

Looking for morning in America – Leonard Pitts Jr. – MiamiHerald.com

It reminds us that Republicans are no longer about sunshine and can-do. These days, they simply seem cranky and dyspeptic. As in Herman Cain vowing to build a fence to electrocute Mexicans, Newt Gingrich verbally punching out the media and debate audiences cheering for record executions and the death of the uninsured. As in Jan Brewer poking her finger in the president’s face.

Under Reagan, optimism about the future was the Republican brand. But that brand has curdled in the ensuing 30 years and the party that once sold hope has become instead the party of grouchy codgers yelling at the future to get off their lawn.

Thus, it has become the party of resentment and resistance, the last stand against ongoing racial, religious, cultural and sexual upheaval, the Alamo in the fight to forestall change. …Ronald Reagan would not recognize his party today. Morning in America is almost 30 years gone. It’s high noon now.

Looking for morning in America – Leonard Pitts Jr. – MiamiHerald.com

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In Election, QOTD:
Newer: Establishment Republicans have only themselves to blame: “The GOP is brain-dead.” — Richard Cohen
Older: Does Newty Gingrinch’s ascendance suggest Republicans are tired of being stupid on purpose?

“waking up to read a little, draft long letters, / and, along the city’s avenues, / fitfully wander, when the wild leaves loosen.” — Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke

Thu 10/27/11 at 1:30 pm

Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke : Poetry Magazine

Day in Autumn

By Rainer Maria Rilke

Translated By Mary Kinzie Read the translator’s notes

After the summer’s yield, Lord, it is time
to let your shadow lengthen on the sundials
and in the pastures let the rough winds fly.

As for the final fruits, coax them to roundness.
Direct on them two days of warmer light
to hale them golden toward their term, and harry
the last few drops of sweetness through the wine.

Whoever’s homeless now, will build no shelter;
who lives alone will live indefinitely so,
waking up to read a little, draft long letters,
and, along the city’s avenues,
fitfully wander, when the wild leaves loosen.

Day in Autumn by Rainer Maria Rilke : Poetry Magazine

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