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Comment on Meet America’s newest conservative welfare queen by Update on Curt Schilling, America's new welfare queen | Scholars and Rogues

Update on Curt Schilling, America's new welfare queen | Scholars and Rogues — Fri, 25 May 2012 02:23:49 +0000

[...] you recall, the troubled video game company recently missed a payment to the state of Rhode Island, which had engineered a massive GOVERNMENT HANDOUT LOAN DEAL to lure [...]

Comment on ars poetica: Reflecting on what exactly poetry is (after completing my latest book) by Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:23:22 +0000

What was the four-line poem in question?

Comment on ars poetica: Reflecting on what exactly poetry is (after completing my latest book) by K-Soo

K-Soo — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:21:00 +0000

I think the power of poetry is underestimated. The words that sing in our ears and stick in our memories tend to have a poetic component to them. This really hit home for me when we were discussing bible translations in one of my history classes and we were comparing the King James version with a couple of the modern translations. The King James bible was so much more powerful. When I tried to put my finger on it I decided that it was the musicality and descriptive power of the language. I found out that the majority of the bible was translated by a single person (William Tyndale, I believe). I don’t think he was a poet but he had a way of phrasing verses that jumped off the page.

Comment on ars poetica: Reflecting on what exactly poetry is (after completing my latest book) by K-Soo

K-Soo — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:33:52 +0000

I love your starting quote (poem = story minus journalism). I have always been baffled by poetry and don’t really sense what is “good” poetry vs. “bad” poetry. Or even why some writings are called poetry.. like your note to the milkman plus line breaks

One of the most interesting poems that we covered in lit class was only 4 lines long… and yet we were able to spend nearly the whole class talking about all the meanings and imagery imbedded in those four lines. That was some serious word economy!

Comment on ars poetica: Reflecting on what exactly poetry is (after completing my latest book) by Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:32:49 +0000

I still harbor fantasies of one day returning to academia. I would, should I find the right opportunity, need this book to count. Self-publishing does not count, no way no how.

Comment on ars poetica: Reflecting on what exactly poetry is (after completing my latest book) by K-Soo

K-Soo — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:18:26 +0000

Have you thought about self-publishing? I know you can do it through Amazon or other eBook sellers.

Comment on Meet America’s newest conservative welfare queen by Plutocracy Democracy | Economy In Crisis

Plutocracy Democracy | Economy In Crisis — Thu, 24 May 2012 21:52:13 +0000

[...] Schilling, dubbed “America’s Newest Welfare Queen” by Sam Smith of Scholars & Rogues, thinks people’s only interaction with government should be to run away from it. Except when [...]

Comment on Space X’s Falcon 9 launch leaves dreamers behind by Lance S

Lance S — Wed, 23 May 2012 19:57:34 +0000

Actually this launch re-invigorates American space exploration. By offloading the near orbit role to private firms, this will free up NASA for deep space exploration like a return to the moon, travel to asteroids, the moons of Mars, Mars itself, and maybe even the moons of Jupiter. Plus NASA can strengthen focus on their amazing robotic exploration. Astronauts are astronauts whether the ride in Dragon or Orion. The dream lives!

Comment on Unpaid internships triggering lawsuits by Ask not for whom the bell tolls, recent college grad. It tolls for thee. | Scholars and Rogues

Wed, 23 May 2012 17:01:48 +0000

[...] and most college graduates don’t really have much in this department, aside from possibly an internship or two. In the meantime, in order for you to get that diploma, you had to place yourself in debt up [...]

Comment on The book about terrorism crying out to be written by Nancy Kobrin

Nancy Kobrin — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:16:00 +0000

Have you read my book THE BANALITY OF SUICIDE TERRORISM, POTOMAC 2010?

It is the only theory to date that is beginning to receive support from neurosciences. It is written from a psychohistorical perspective.

Comment on Denver EMS takes 24 minutes to respond to call in downtown; Mayor Hancock, this is NOT acceptable by brandon

brandon — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:59:06 +0000

Not sure how this happened cause it’s my understanding that Denver has a really great EMS system. Also, the more numerous fire departments almost always arrive before the Denver Health paramedics and the fire department would typically provide care until the paramedics take over and transport.

Comment on Who’s the biggest Heat and Celtics fan in the world? by Samuel Smith

Samuel Smith — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:10:40 +0000

Oops. Good catch. Thanks.

Comment on Who’s the biggest Heat and Celtics fan in the world? by Tom Shortell

Tom Shortell — Tue, 22 May 2012 20:03:14 +0000

Is San Antonio 27 or 37 in the television markets? The post says one thing and the chart says the other.

Comment on Heartland Institute attacks critics, still refuses to apologize for Unabomber billboard by chris

chris — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:16:58 +0000

Krugman weighs in.

But how could they make such a stupid mistake? I think there’s a process going on here, in which wealth and power creates a bubble in which people are so eager to please the paymasters that they lose any sense of what it sounds like to those not already answering to the same paymasters.

Ouch.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.c.....inization/

Comment on The Dead: As good as zombie movies get by cwmackowski

cwmackowski — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:32:13 +0000

I know some zombie purists exclude the 28 Days films from the zombie canon for the reason you point out, but as Matt Mogk says in his definitive book, “If the infected maniac lumbering down the street looks like a zombie, bites like a zombie, and is contagious like a zombie, then for all intents and purposes, it’s zombie enough for most. At this point, thanks to Boyle’s blockbuster innovation, living zombies are firmly ensconced in the zombie film subgenre.” (pg. 23) That’s good enough for me.

Hope you enjoy The Dead. It was a fantastically crafted film!

Comment on Doubleplusungood: Adam Smith (D-WA), indefinite detention “hero” of NDAA amendment fame, pushes domestic propaganda by Brian Angliss

Brian Angliss — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:20:08 +0000

Chemtrails? Really? Give me a break.

Comment on The Dead: As good as zombie movies get by RW

RW — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:34:47 +0000

28 Days Later is a good film but it’s not a zombie film. The things that are chasing people are infected with a disease, not reanimated dead people.

The Dead sounds good though, thanks for highlighting it!

Comment on Doubleplusungood: Adam Smith (D-WA), indefinite detention “hero” of NDAA amendment fame, pushes domestic propaganda by no

no — Tue, 22 May 2012 02:23:24 +0000

Smith is a snake. He sponsored the FIRST NDAA bill into the house, and voted for it. He knew it would not be amended. He clearly got early word of Forrest’s decision. He knew the amendment wouldn’t pass, it was a campaign stunt. Smith is on the Arms Committee, a filthy shill for the military industrial complex killing machine. Everybody reading this should see congressmanadamsmith.com. Somebody did a knockout job mocking up what Smith really is. He better not be re-elected, nor most of the other incumbents.
People need to start informing others OFFline. Make a note with the following ‘See free online movie ‘Loose Change Final Cut’. Visit projectcensored.org, and endthelie.org and also see free online movie ‘what in the world are they spraying’ and website aircrap.org. Mention we now have 30,000 drones coming to our skies, and the ndaa bill citizen detention. Make copies to hand friends/stranger, and put on neighbor mailboxes. Tell 20 people to tell 20 more. Don’t depend on others to do it, you do it or we’re all in big trouble.

Comment on Heartland Institute billboard continues a long pattern of dishonesty by Heartland Institute attacks critics, still refuses to apologize for Unabomber billboard | Scholars and Rogues

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:13:37 +0000

[...] Kaczynski to Al Gore in 2006. If Bast apologized, he would also have to apologize for the many dishonest, deceptive, and hypocritical allegations he made the “Billboards” [...]

Comment on Heartland distorts AMS climate survey results, paper by Heartland Institute attacks critics, still refuses to apologize for Unabomber billboard | Scholars and Rogues

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:13:18 +0000

[...] part of the reason why the dialogue has become so “polarized and corrosive.” Taylor has misrepresented surveys and scientific papers. Bast has called for the banning of scientists from public discussions on [...]