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Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:26:07 -0800

more Baudelaire becuase I can't get enough lately:

The Confession
Once, only once, beloved and gentle lady,
� � � � � Upon my arm you leaned your arm of snow.
And on my spirit’s background, dim and shady,
� � � � � That memory flashes now.

The hour was late, and like a medal gleaming
� � � � � The full moon showed her face,
And the night’s splendour over Paris streaming,
� � � � � Filled every silent place.

Along the houses, in the doorways hiding,
� � � � � Cats passed with stealthy tread
And listening ear, or followed, slowly gliding,
� � � � � Like ghosts of dear ones dead.

Sudden, amid our frank and free relation,
� � � � � Born of that limpid light,
From you, rich instrument, whose sole vibration
� � � � � Was radiancy and light —

From you, joyous as bugle-call resounding
� � � � � Across the woods at morn,
With sharp and faltering accent, strangely sounding,
� � � � � Escaped one note forlorn.

Like some misshapen infant, dark, neglected,
� � � � � Its kindred blush to own,
And long have hidden, by no eye detected,
� � � � � In some dim cave unknown.

Your clashing note cried clear, poor, prisoned spirit,
� � � � � That nothing in the world is sure or fast,
And that man’s selfishness, though decked as merit,
� � � � � Betrays itself at last.

That hard the lot to be a queen of beauty,
� � � � � And all is fruitless, like the treadmill toil
Of some paid dancer, fainting at her duty,
� � � � � Still with her vacant smile.

That if one build on hearts, ill shall befall it,
� � � � � That all things crack, and love and beauty flee,
Until oblivion flings them in his wallet,
� � � � � Spoil of eternity.

Oft have I called to mind that night enchanted,
� � � � � The silence and the languor over all,
And that wild confidence, thus harshly chanted,
� � � � � At the heart’s confessional.

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Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:20:44 -0800

The Poison
by Baudelaire

O wine can clothe in luxury
�� The ale-house foul and low,
And build a golden portico
�� With its red alchemy . . .
Like cloudy sunset in the evening glow.

And opium dreams can roam and rove
�� Past that which has no bourne,
Can plumb eternity, and mourn
�� The emptiness of love
And satiate the soul with joys forlorn.

All is nothing to the bane
�� That trickles from your eyes,
True mirrors of my miseries . . .
�� Green lakes where dreams in vain
Would quench in bitter gulfs their agonies.

Ah, nothing to the monstrous flow
�� That mingles with your breath
That brings oblivion beneath
�� Its waves of vertigo,
And bears me fainting to the brink of Death!

Why Software Should Be Free - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Sun, 05 Oct 2008 07:15:15 -0700

What's stupid about this article is that it sees the world as being totally polar. Because you can successfully make an argument for the healthy existence of free software does NOT mean that all software should be free. To use the author's own analogy, it is no coincidence that in the world today our roads are a hybrid of free and toll roads. It's an organic pattern. To further the analogy, notice how important, expensive roads tend to be the ones with tolls. I should also note that the road analogy is totally broken. There are really absolutely NO free roads. All roads are paid for by taxpayers, whether it's at the tollbooth or on in their income tax is irrelevant. So, unless you are willing to fund a totally free software industry with taxpayer dollars you are SOL my friend.

http://banishcare.com/content/fakers-and-how-i-faked-my-to-the-top

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:30:58 -0700

Almost everyone you meet that claims to be a "wine expert" is faking it, and I'm not so sure that's a bad thing.

http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/Pictures/evolution_study_new.jpg

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:43:10 -0700

While the information portrayed in this graph is interesting and relevant, it's a horrible presentation of said graph. I might point out that EVERY country above the US is much less populated than the US. Why is this important, you ask? The more people you cram in any given space the more idiots tend to prevail. Let the record show that the minority in the US still outranks almost every country above it by miles. My point is that we may not evolutionary "gravity" but we have the "mass" in spades. And why is THIS important, you ask? Regardless of ratios, the US is still the nexus for evolutionary science which largely proceeds without regard to popular opinion.

Your attempts to smear the US as being cut from the broad cloth of "creationists" is disingenuous and myopic.

Bailout CEOs who refuse pay cuts unpatriotic-Frank| Industries| Financial Services &Real Estate| Reuters

Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:33:35 -0700

Unpatriotic? Try treasonous. They should count themselves fortunate if they simply get fired when the government takes an equity position in these companies that have acted criminally irresponsible in the last few years. Of course, their severance package probably pays them more than their contracts, so it's pretty much a lose/lose for the US. Nice to know none of these Wall Street insider assholes give a shit.

GOP delegates hotel tryst goes bad when he wakes up with $120,000 missing - TwinCities.com

Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:24:21 -0700

Especially funny when you see the actual interview.

Clearly prostitutes support Obama.

Obama Advisor Franklin Raines Ignored Fannie Mae Accounting Warnings As Early As 2002 - Political Forum

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:31:57 -0700

Fuck children that bicker about politics like they're arguing over the superiority of this sports team or that. The American political system has devolved into a parking lot brawl after a football game. It's disgusting and I sadly have to report that we've got everything that's coming to us for this shit-hole that we've wrought.

harlem.org

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:06:34 -0700

Rarely do the members of a Renaissance movement think to get together as all these jazz luminaries did. While this photo is certainly not new, it is presented in a very informative and interesting way that it's worth another look.

Gabriel Schwartz - &Less Taxes, More War& | Link TV

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:54:05 -0700

I'm thumbing this up so that others can see this total moron. I sincerely hope that this guy doesn't speak for the majority...or ANY...of the conservative base.