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Given the mental difficulties involved in deciphering sarcasm, it’s interesting to note that the right hemisphere has been repeatedly implicated as an essential component of sarcastic processing.
via Sarcasm : The Frontal Cortex.

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Some of the brutal interrogation methods that Mr. Yoo and Mr. Bybee approved for use on Qaeda prisoners, including wall-slamming and the near-drowning of waterboarding, had never before been authorized in American history, and the United States had condemned such treatment as torture and abuse when used by other countries.
Um, perhaps because it is torture?
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John Yoo, page 251
Jay Bybee, page 255
Steven Bradbury, page 258
Michael Chertoff, Adam Ciongoli, John Ashcroft, page 259
OPR Report On Torture Memos.
Based on the results of our investigation, we concluded that former Deputy AAG John Yoo committed intentional professional misconduct when he violated his duty to exercise independent legal judgment and render thorough, objective, and candid [...]

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I left a message on the HRC website. It took 30 seconds.
[C]ontact the Human Rights Campaign on behalf of the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”
OUR MESSAGE TO HRC IS SIMPLE:
Publicly demand that President Obama take the lead in getting DADT repealed this year.
1) That means the President needs to state publicly that he wants [...]

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via my G1 Android phone and the new WP app.

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[I]t makes sense for us to take a leadership role in ensuring that people are treated the same. —President Barack Obama, January 28, 2010
(via Towleroad.)
So, if a state’s laws say it is legal, and a couple’s church says it’s moral, and a same-sex couple gets married, why isn’t their marriage recognized by the federal government? [...]

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Early morning, Wednesday, 27 January
Just in from Kathleen Bartholomew, Kage Baker’s sister and care giver:
Kage’s doctor has informed us she has reached the end of useful treatment. The cancer has slowed, but not stopped. It has continued to spread at an unnatural speed through her brain, her lungs and – now – reappeared in her [...]

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OK Go – This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.

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Sully becomes a stand-in for all of us—the post-industrial, post-blue collar office worker stuck in our civilized ways. We are effectively paralyzed too, chained to our desks and DSL lines, far from Eden, far from nature, far from the magical thinking of yore.
via Tor.com / Science fiction and fantasy / Blog posts / Avatar is [...]

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Good morning, sir. Stephen Fry as my valet.

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