February 2012
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Agendas
Someone else has an agenda if they support policy that you oppose. But it’s not an agenda if you support policy that someone else opposes. #backwardsthinking
Surprise, Marketers! Social Influence Doesn't... →
The Scale of the Universe 2 →
Looking at everything that exists as far as we know by size
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Why mainstream is so horrible
Me: *turns on radio*
Taylor Swift: feels feels feels revenge slut-shaming more feels you broke my heart and now I'm making a catchy country tune about it yeah yeah yeah acoustic guitar
Bruno Mars: suicidal thoughts and plaid and war zones and gratuitous morphine use pain angst hurt for some reason all my songs involve me unnecessarily dying for you
Rihanna: no one cares what I'm singing about but you can assume it's a shitty metaphor for sex while I gyrate in little to no clothing on fake animals but at least it's stupidly catchy
Every single rap artist: bitches hoes in da club lots of money she wants the dick all these songs are about clubbing and sex and does anyone honestly live this lifestyle outside of music videos
Nick Minaj: hkjhkjhcw fweljfhwjhddljhd hfojencojen nieukjdh lots of fast talking in a weird accent ha ha ha pop culture reference I'm a feminist with lots of wigs and in case you haven't noticed BIG BOOBS I don't even know what I'm rapping about lol
Me: *turns off radio*
January 2012
9 posts
LDS Accuracies in the Book of Mormon musical.
Andrew Ainsworth | 1:54 p.m. June 14, 2011
IRVINE, CA
Here is a partial list of accurate doctrinal, cultural, and historic portrayals in the Book of Mormon musical:
1. Joseph Smith claimed to have talked to God.
2. Joseph Smith claimed to have found gold plates in upstate New York containing a history of an ancient people who lived on the American continent.
3. Joseph Smith claimed that an...
Why Chris Dodd Failed With His SOPA/PIPA Strategy... →
An in-depth commentary about what MPAA’s Chris Dodd did to cause the January 18th blackout, and what he should have done in order to succeed at what he wants to do.
December 2011
6 posts
November 2011
15 posts
MormonVoices | Correcting inaccuracies about... →
Originally launched as the Mormon Defense League, MormonVoices helps respond to public discussions and comments from public figures that misrepresent The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We do this primarily by helping encourage and direct average Mormons to get involved in online discussions and thereby help shape the public understanding and perceptions of the Church.
#OccupyDenver Discusses The Importance Of Tents To... →
I always wondered why tents are so important to the Occupy Movement, and what sets the movement apart from other protesters such as the Tea Party who don’t use them.
"In the startup community, there’s a real stigma... →
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A little note/overshare on this piece: I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I didn’t have some skin in the game, here. I’ve never been big on unilateral issue advocacy, but having personally dealt with this first-hand - something that my family is genetically predisposed to, and part of the reason I never met my Dad’s mother (a guilt-ridden Holocaust survivor who killed herself when he was in...
October 2011
7 posts
A Jobs Agenda - By Kevin D. Williamson - The... →
I don’t know what Steve Jobs’s politics were, I don’t much care, and in any case they are beside the point. The late Mr. Jobs stood for something considerably better than politics. He stood for the model of the world that works. The model that made this:
into this:
and this:
into this:
That old Motorola cinderblock would cost about $10,000 in 2011 dollars, and you couldn’t play Angry Birds...
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