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Some little notes about things online

By Justin | December 26, 2007

Something that made me laugh, from a Times article touching, in part, on the analytical tendency to either synthesize or particularize: For the anthropologists, the exceptions were more important than the rules. Instead of seeking overarching laws, the call was to “contextualize,” “complexify,” “relativize,” “particularize” and even “problematize,” a word that in their dialect was [...]

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Procrastinating by reading the newspaper

By Justin | December 15, 2007

In America, the government doesn’t spy on you. They let the corporations spy on you, and then exempt those corporations from being prosecuted for breaking the law. So, wait… government does spy on you. In America, “the increase in incomes of the top 1 percent of Americans from 2003 to 2005 exceeded the total income [...]

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What the fuck, humanity?

By Justin | July 19, 2007

From The Patriot Ledger: On December 13, 4-year-old Rebecca Riley died a slow and painful death of a prescription drug overdose at her home in Hull. Her parents, Michael and Carolyn Riley, were charged with first-degree murder. Prosecutors say the overdose of their daughter was deliberate. There’s nothing like reading the entire 27-page affidavit detailing [...]

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Chalk up another for comprehensive sex ed.

By Justin | July 18, 2007

From an excellent article by The New York Times on the slow death of abstinence-only education: In northeastern Texas, advocates of abstinence education vow to fight for their mission because to them, it is not just a matter of sexuality or even public health. Getting a teenager to the other side of high school without [...]

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Paying one’s debt to society—and to a family

By Justin | July 17, 2007

This letter to the editor ran in today’s Patriot Ledger. It was written by Jen McLaughlin of Rockland: I read your June 30 article about the parole board rejecting Rod Matthew’s petition for release. My message is in response to the comment made by Matthews’ mother, Janice Matthews, quoted in your pierce as saying “My [...]

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A good case for capital punishment

By Justin | July 7, 2007

These sick fucks ought to be shot in their jail cells. Via AP: “Any rape case is horrible but this takes it to another level, something you can’t think of even in your worst dreams,” police spokesman Ted White said. According to the police report, a man knocked on the woman’s door at about 9 [...]

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