December 2010
1 post
Housekeeping
projectgutenberg:
What would you like to see more of on the Project Gutenberg Project? Illustrations? Classics? Archaic advice? Science? Fiction? Science fiction? None of the above? Let me know.
Here are some books about housekeeping.
Recommend the Project Gutenberg Project.
Thank you!
More classics!
November 2010
2 posts
“USA National Gas Price Heat Map”
– USA National Gas Price Heat Map - GasBuddy.com
Now you can see what gas prices are around the country at a glance. Areas are color coded according to their price for the average price for regular unleaded gasoline.
You will note that some divisions in price ranges follow state lines. These are...
October 2010
1 post
“Over the years I’ve come to adopt a pretty extremist view on this, and I think...”
– Matthew Yglesias » The Virtues of Nonviolence.
Dear Matt,
How?
(via ayjay)
You think the Germans would have stood for the coordinated slaughter of non-violent civilians in Poland, Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, etc? Killing people weighs on the conscience pretty...
September 2010
1 post
“Small is only too aware of what too much time spent online can do to other...”
– John Harris, quoting Dr. Gary Small (via wesleyhill)
I’m no Luddite—nobody has to convince me of the inventive awesomeness of modern technology—but I do think it’s true that we are just beginning to discover all the subtle changes in human interaction prompted by the online evolution.
(via sds)
...
July 2010
0 posts
Tough Questions Christians Face →
squashedcomments:
sds:
Media from the 2010 Ligonier Ministries conferences is up. Some of the phenomenal topics include:
How do we know which interpretation is right?
Is the exclusivity of Christ unjust?
Why do Christians still sin?
Is the doctrine of inerrancy defensible?
Does the doctrine of divine decrees eliminate human will?
Why does the universe look so old?
If God is good, how...
June 2010
3 posts
“I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black...”
– Bill Maher: Obama Not Acting Like A “Real Black” President - RealClearPolitics
James Taranto comments: “Those who’ve been desperately searching for racism in criticism of Obama have finally found it.”
(via hilker)(via sds)
In other news : Sarah Silverman hates Jews and blacks. And smelly...
“I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black...”
– Bill Maher: Obama Not Acting Like A “Real Black” President - RealClearPolitics
James Taranto comments: “Those who’ve been desperately searching for racism in criticism of Obama have finally found it.”
(via hilker)(via sds)
In other news : Sarah Silverman hates Jews and blacks. And smelly...
April 2010
6 posts
Food
theroyaladventure:
In case you haven’t noticed, we like to eat. And eating our own cooking here is often better, because we can order all our ingredients for a recipe online and have them shipped to the house. Tonight, it’s baked salmon with peppers and green onions in a white wine and lime sauce, with seasoned spinach, honey-glazed green beans, and rice.
Tonight’s gonna be a good night.
To...
“Democrats cannot win elections without capturing the votes of independent-minded...”
– Juan Williams: Tea Party Anger Reflects Mainstream Concerns - WSJ.com (via sds)
This is kind of silly. The tea party doesn’t have to be “labeled” as a racist kooks, they prove themselves to be racist every single time they have a march. They write it into the signs they carry around with them and...
Opinions of a Wandering Waif: ObamaCare and the... →
sdscomments:
…
—
ObamaCare and the Constitution - WSJ.com
via skooks777 (via hilker) (via obamacare)
That is not true. There is nothing in the bill that requires a person to buy a particular product. All is says is that if you want the tax break, you have to prove you have…
Congress can structure it however it wants; there’s no denying that you will be fined (or taxed, if...
"24601" | What does this mean? (quiz)
squashedcomments:
sdscomments:
squashedcomments:
(via sds)
I’m Jean Val Jean and so kabert you see it’s true. This man bears no more guilt than you
kabert? Please tell me that’s a typo.
Yes. That was me typing as quickly as I could on an iPhone.
And this is me being jealous of you for having an iPhone.
…
Oh yeah? Well, this is me typing on my iPad.
waifsworld:
sds:
“Never before has Congress required people to buy a private product to qualify as a law-abiding citizen.”
—
ObamaCare and the Constitution - WSJ.com
via skooks777 (via hilker) (via obamacare)
That is not true. There is nothing in the bill that requires a person to buy a particular product. All is says is that if you want the tax break, you have to prove you have...
"24601" | What does this mean? (quiz)
squashedcomments:
(via sds)
I’m Jean Val Jean and so kabert you see it’s true. This man bears no more guilt than you
kabert? Please tell me that’s a typo.
March 2010
5 posts
jasencomstock:
“Normally, politicians sell their programs to the public before enacting them into law. Representative democracy is premised on the consent of the governed, not the idea that it’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission. Expansions of the welfare state have always been controversial, but this is unprecedented: massive social legislation passed by a single party over the...
unecho:
sdscomments:
codeit:
I hate it when you follow someone for over a year and they unfollow you, but you are still “liking” there stuff because you didn’t realize they unfollowed you.
I would like a feature that allowed you to leave a little goodbye note.
My thing is when I get notified of a new follower, only to find out it was someone who followed me long, long ago and thought was...
codeit:
I hate it when you follow someone for over a year and they unfollow you, but you are still “liking” there stuff because you didn’t realize they unfollowed you.
I would like a feature that allowed you to leave a little goodbye note.
My thing is when I get notified of a new follower, only to find out it was someone who followed me long, long ago and thought was still a reader….
Calif state senator says he's gay after DUI arrest... →
danielholter:
sds:
So….does this solve the nature/nurture debate?
You lost me… how so?
It was a joke. The headline made it look like the DUI is what made him gay.
adding a “joke” tag in 3, 2, 1…
Squashed: On Objective Moral Standards →
doggabone:
squashed:
SDS and robot-heart-politics are having an interesting back and forth about Objective Moral Standards.
SDS writes,
Nobody argues with any seriousness that people who deny an objective moral standard can’t in fact act morally. Of course they can; they just can’t provide a valid reason why it’s moral and why anyone else should give a damn.
Robot-Heart (politics) responds,...
February 2010
5 posts
“I tend to side with Squashed that he is not actually a terrorist - though that...”
– bellatoris
I agree, Squashed is probably not a terrorist. We disagree quite often, but I’m willing to concede that he is not a murderous ideologue who wants to strike mortal fear into civilian populations.
Phew. Glad we got that out of the way!
Another Silver Bullet . . . →
squashedcomments:
sds:
From the article:
According to an analysis of one of Mr. Shadegg’s proposals by the Congressional Budget Office, in states where insurance is expensive because laws require more comprehensive coverage, prices would likely increase for less-healthy people who continued to buy insurance from in-state insurers.
Why? Healthier adults would buy cheaper policies out of...
Global Warming in Last 15 Years Insignificant,... →
squashedcomments:
sds:
hilker:
“Jones also allowed for the possibility that the world as a whole was warmer in medieval times than it is today — a concession that may also undermine theories that global warming is caused by man.
In addition, Jones admitted that an overall lack of organization, and his poor record keeping and office-tidying skills, had contributed to his reluctance to share...
danielholter:
robot-heart-politics:
squashedcomments:
Your call.
I still plan to avoid it. It’s gendered and derogatory. I’m pretty sure if I started saying “womansplaining” to refer to, say, women talking pompously about a historically male-dominated field, say, football, it would be all kinds of Not Okay.
I read this aloud to my boyfriend, since he’s here and I like to use him as a...
wtf?
codeit:
Why does strikethrough work on my tumblr blog but not in dash?
Yeah, it’s been that way for quite a while now….
January 2010
8 posts
Christopher Hitchens defends the Resurrection... →
sonoluminescense:
sds:
Sewell [former Unitarian pastor]: The religion you cite in your book is a generally fundamentalist faith of various kinds. I’m a liberal Christian, and I don’t take the stories from the scripture literally. I don’t believe in the doctrine of atonement (that Jesus died for our sins, for example). Do you make any distinction between fundamentalist faith and liberal...
“An intimate relationship does not banish loneliness. Only when we are...”
– Patricia Fry (via selfdoubt)
Truer words have never been spoken.
(via danielholter)
Truer words about true words have never been spoken.
(sorry)
“Sign this petition and demand CBS pull the anti-choice Superbowl ad:...”
– RabbleProChoice
Taken from @ReproRights and @ProChoiceNY.
(via rabbleprochoice)(via ihatethismess)(via waifsworld)
Just signed! Everyone sign this petition! This is a very important topic, women should have a voice and a choice!
(via metheliving)
I would like to see the ad before demanding its...
“Either there are two completely different Barack Obamas, or, in his first year...”
– Stephen Colbert (via squashed)
If that’s the case—and I have no doubt it is to some very small extent, considering the way politics often works—then welcome to conservatives’ world during the 8 Bush years.
Hello?!
(via sds)
Except that the Democrats didn’t remotely oppose Bush in the same manner...
Radical Rights
adamquinn:
sds:
Rather than respond to all the points in his post, I’ll just highlight a few of the more radical ones and let them speak for themselves.
adamquinn:
…a fetus is just as conscious and capable of suffering as my sperm cells. It is actually much less capable of suffering than any animal you’ve consumed. I mean, as far as being a violent action with a “victim” abortion is just...
Abortion Ethics: When Might Makes Right
adamquinn:
sds:
“Suppose, in the encounter between doctor and child [in an abortion], the child won half of the time, and killed the doctor in self-defense—something he would have every right to do. Very few doctors would perform abortions. They perform them now only because of their absolute power over a small, fragile, helpless victim.”
—Stephen D. Schwarz, The Moral Question of Abortion...
December 2009
5 posts
“Clandestine Christian Side-Hugs Behind Closed Doors… now there’s a band name. Or...”
– Daniel Holter
I’m starting a band with that name. Anyone wanna join?
(via sds)
I’ll write lyrics for you and help with promotion.
(via squashedcomments)
Are you skilled in baton twirling and interpretive dance? I don’t work with anyone who lacks those.
squashedcomments:
sds:
squashed:
Is prosperity theology even Christianity? Or is it something else? The dark underside of “Jesus wants you to be rich” is that if somebody isn’t rich they must be doing something wrong. You’ve abdicated any responsibility for the poor. Can you still call yourself Christian if you jettison the teachings of Christ?
And did prosperity theology cause the crash?...
Bourbon and cider
danielholter:
themattsmith:
that’s tasty
at 1:1, or… ?
Yesterday I had the Snakebite at Old Chicago: Guinness and cider. ‘Twas very tasty.
“I would still have thought it right to remove him. I mean obviously you would...”
– Tony Blair (via jhn brssndn!)
Could somebody who speaks Brit better than I do translate? Is that how you guys say, “We would of done it anyway—but we would have had to make up a different excuse?”
(via squashed)
Hmmm. That’s sure what it sounds like. I’d be interested to know more...
November 2009
2 posts
Good intention does not equal good policy
squashedcomments:
sds:
The left spends so much time and energy crusading against this ethereal enemy called “climate change”—which isn’t even confirmed or agreed upon—and their supposed trump card is “doing what’s right for the future generations,” etc. Yet to solve healthcare they would heap piles and piles of new debt onto piles and piles of current debt, all for our kids and grand kids to...
September 2009
5 posts
Officer, Only a 0.5% Fringe of My Blood is...
squashedcomments:
mentalreminder:
squashed:
The Denver Post’s David Harsanyi wants it to be known that there are other reasons for opposing Obama’s plans than racism. Remember this logic if you’re ever pulled over for drunk driving.
“Officer, by focusing on my .5% BAC, you’re ignoring the 99.5% of my blood that isn’t pure alcohol. Sure, some of my actions and seeming irrationality might be...
An Incredible Stolen Mac Story
meltinyourmouth:
A man had his Mac stolen from his home, so he bought a new MacBook Pro to replace it. Using a Time Machine backup, he restored all of his files. When our victim (we’ll call him Jim) sat down at his replacement laptop one night, he saw one of his missing computers come up as a share via the Back to My Mac feature of MobileMe. He clicked on the share, and explored the files of his...
Why do you have a song playing as soon as I open...
complicatedshoes:
Don’t do that.
No seriously.
Don’t do that!
This is the bane of my existence. My wife’ll have ten or so of her “mommy blogs” open in tabs, and one of them will have one of those idiotic auto-play embeds in the sidebar, and I have to search through each tab to find the damn thing.
August 2009
21 posts
beckypierson:
lizalizaliza:
Baby shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Baby shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Baby shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Baby shark (shark mouth with forearms connected at elbows) Momma shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Momma shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Momma shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Momma shark (shark mouth with full arms) Daddy shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Daddy shark, Doh-doh, doh, doh Daddy shark, Doh-doh,...
Failure to Connect
squashedcomments:
pinkindiaink:
squashed:
Reading Catbus’s account of abortion protesterswas pretty discouraging. I sometimes like to pretend that people who disagree—even on an issue as loaded as abortion—can at least communicate. Even if they can’t understand the other’s perspective, perhaps they can at least accept the other side’s good intentions.
Here’s the thing: when the other side...
“…prohibiting insurers from charging more to older and sicker customers amounts...”
– Cato Institute
This had not occurred to me. Would forbidding pre-existing conditions from influencing premium calculations, without being coupled with an individual mandate for insurace, in fact result in the above situation? (via sds)
Only if you screw up the rest of the bill. I think health...
dear tumblrs: a theological question
shiningdefiance:
What do you folks know about sanctification? It’s something my church at school talks about constantly, but I’m not sure I agree with their specific understanding of it. I know sanctification is true and biblical, but I’m confused about the process and what it actually means. Help me out?
Here are some links that might be helpful. John Piper is very good at explaining theology:
...
The dentist office just told me their 4pm...
squashedcomments:
(via sds)
Fortunately, we’re still a capitalist country. Slip the receptionist a Benjamin. She’ll get you in next week.
Actually, all it took was changing the date and time. I’m going tomorrow :)