Let’s call this an open thread.
Happy Friday!
by E.D. Kain on July 30, 2010
E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a tech blog at Forbes. Visit his politics blog here. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant. You can also contact him via email.
Borat, Art, and the Eye of the Beholder
Borat: “I do a picture, only small, of the Tishnik Masacre. Where many Uzbeks…crushed!”
Kindly Gray Hippie: “How did you feel when you drew this?”
Borat: “Very proud!”.
KGH: “I’m just listening with sadness…a little sadness for your people…?”
Borat: “Yes…no, it is not sad. It is us who do the kill!”
When in doubt, consult the classics [5:30 mark].
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Over on the Mindless Diversions site...
Our intrepid commenter A Teacher tells the story of how he published his NaNoWriMo book (and, of course, tells us how we can get a copy of it for ourselves). ( 1 comments)
Nobel Peace Prize Jury Faces Formal Inquiry
Read the story here. Here’s the paragraph that would make clicking through worthwhile, if you’re still undecided:
If the Stockholm County Administrative Board, which supervises foundations in Sweden’s capital, finds that prize founder Alfred Nobel’s will is not being honored, it has the authority to suspend award decisions going back three years — though that would be unlikely and unprecedented, said Mikael Wiman, a legal expert working for the county. ( 9 comments)
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Erik:
This your primary venue now? I always tried to read you a TrueSlant because it monetized your writing. Funny think for lefty to say.
As someone who enjoys drinking the occasional beer or two, as well as (much less often) smoking a bowl or two, I have to say it always bothers me when legalization advocates try to score points by showing alcohol consumption in the worst possible light and then saying, “But, hey, *that’s* legal!” Let’s be honest- the blue-noses they’re trying to convince to legalize pot will just look at something like that and say, “I guess they’re right- maybe we should criminalize alcohol!”
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