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For great visuals, special effects, and pacing, "Gravity" delivers a great ride.  Made me a bit queasy, but I really…
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Thumbs up for "Nebraska?"  I loved Payne's "Sideways" and loathed "The Descendants."
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Very difficult to accomplish through health insurance when the supply has been allowed to develop into a high cost product.…
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Bingo: Ireland lacks an apprenticeship system on the scale of Germany to promote skilled employment in a wider range of…
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I prefer the truth about the nefarious and possibly illegal and unconstitutional policies and/or actions OUR government engages in.  If…
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Doubt that there are any institutions that don't have some non-group think employees.  Not at the top and not high-profile.…
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If not for billmon's twitter feed, might have missed the royal pardon for Alan Turing.  billmon's comment, "But it's really…
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Can read here w/o one of those machines.
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Have no idea who Steve Bloom is -- and while I basically agree with what you excerpted from his comment,…
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It's "billmon" as a wrote in my first comment on this thread.  Had to check my memory on that and…
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Not the first time Billmon has been trashed in blogland -- and for exactly the same reason.  He's quite adamant…
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Gilliard seemed like a nice guy -- but became very tiresome during the initial stage of the Iraq invasion with…
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In that category would also add Chris Floyd.
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No.  Like tattoos, I leave that to the kids.
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Still does.  Rolling Stone: Matt Taibbi on Sports. What did you think he was covering for "Men's Journal?  Fashion shows?
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Doubt they are the best writers, but covering playgrounds undoubtedly facilitates the development of writing skills. However, you sort of…
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Called this one way back in 2006: A Case for Staying in Iraq. ...While the NSA is busy collecting so…
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Definitely a big screen picture.  The visuals and special effects are stunning.  WRT the storytelling, the pacing is first rate.…
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He tweets.  Charlie Peirce gave one a h/t today.
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Could there be a problem that the best writing from political commentators (Pierce, Taibbi, Olbermann, Zirin ...) developed their craft…
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