Philosophy
You may remember from a few days ago that video reminiscent of the children's story Go the F**k to Sleep, in which Samuel Jackson highlighted the importance of civil and political involvement, and complained about voter apathy by inciting voters to Wake the F**k Up! Of course, of the two main candidates running, Obama is clearly the better choice over Mitt Romney, but the least of two evils is still not the best state of affairs.
So, the folk over at Reason.com decided to play Jackson's game... and sort of kick his ass :)
Ouch!
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Philosophy
Samuel Jackson, Wake the F**k Up! - A Rebuttal
So, the folk over at Reason.com decided to play Jackson's game... and sort of kick his ass :)
Ouch!
- Movie Better Than The Book?
At dinner last night, the less short of the short people claimed that while the Percy Jackson movie was significantly worse than the book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs was, in fact, better. The explanation, I hold, is that one is a children's...
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LilBro just got back from a conference in Orlando and, of course, brought the fam to spend some Disney time. One of the regular events at the park is getting autographs from the characters. Are these real autographs? Apparently, it does not matter who...
- On Epiphenomenal Qualia And Lacrosse
Justin asks, I'm trying to figure out how to phrase this. I recall talking in one of my philosophy courses that if someone makes a sudden movement, apparently the neurons the cause the muscle movements fire before the ones in our brain that allow...
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson ? the one who said that only the best residents should be allowed to return to New Orleans public housing - publicly declared that he won't give government contracts to people based on their...
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"How astronomy solved a Civil War mystery" Why did Confederate troops shoot their own general, 'Stonewall' Jackson? The position of the moon played a big role, an astronomer discovers. by Clara Moskowitz May 2nd, 2013 The Christian Science...