October 2008
17 posts
The degree to which U.S. tax policies favor the poor over the wealthy should not...
– Chad Stone (Center for Budget and Policy Priorities)
How do you spend $150,000 on clothes in two months? What did you buy? The...
– Jon Stewart, talking about Sarah Palin’s shopping spree.
I admit to a personal interest. I have a 9-year-old son named Omar. I firmly...
– Fareed Zakaria
Six Reasons to be an Atheist
Six Reasons to be an Atheist from The Little Book of Atheist Spirituality by Andre Comte-Sponville
The weakness of the opposing arguments, the so-called proofs of God’s existence
Common experience: If God existed, he should be easier to see or sense.
My refusal to explain something I cannot understand by something I understand even less.
The enormity of evil.
The mediocrity of mankind.
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jakehurwitz:
I really like this video on CollegeHumor.
Hand Comes out.
What's Your Tumblr Number?
joelaz:
Tumblr assigns a sequential number to each site on their service. The lower the number, the older the site. To find your number, login to Tumblr, go to the Following Page, then click on the name of your site in the top right corner of the screen just below the “log out” link. Now, look at the URL in your browser address bar and note the number at the end of the URL. Mine looks like...