Friday Lazy Linking
Chronic Ironic Postergirl of the nineties. Theis S?@c3;b8;ndergaard, Wired Reread (2010-03-12).
Scan originally appeared in Wired 03.11, November 1995. What I find truly ironic about the 90’s was that none of us teenagers back then had yet grasped the distinction between irony and sarcasm, thus we coined the phrase Chronic Ironic about our extensive use of sarcasm, unwittingly doing something incredibly…
(Linked Wednesday 2010-03-31.)More Of The Same. Jennifer, Ravings of a Feral Genius (2010-03-22).
“Hey, America! You know those wealthy, politically connected corporations who totally trashed our economy? We’ve decided to reward them with more of your money.”That’s what the government did with the bank bailouts, and now they’re doing it with the health insurance companies, too. Frankly, I suspect an outright single-payer program…
(Linked Wednesday 2010-03-31.)Und Now Ze Pig. cherylcline, der Blaustrumpf (2010-03-31).
I think we all ought to be suspicious not only of William Golding's novel The Lord of the Flies, but also the timing with which it is assigned in public schools. I recall being compelled to read the book in early high school. Along with The Catcher in the Rye,…
(Linked Wednesday 2010-03-31.)The Mutualist #1 – Intro. Shawn P. Wilbur, Out of the Libertarian Labyrinth (2010-03-31).
I’m putting the finishing touches on issue #1 of The Mutualist, and will start shipping orders over the next couple of days. Here is the introduction to that issue:Out of the LabyrinthThis first issue of THE MUTUALIST continues the work begun in the two issues of LEFTLIBERTY, but with significant…
(Linked Wednesday 2010-03-31.)New Sim City. cdn-www.cracked.com (2010-04-01). (Linked Thursday 2010-04-01.)