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Category Archives: O mores
Oxford English Dictionary ‘will not be printed again’ – Telegraph
Until six months ago I was clinging to the idea that printed books would likely last for ever. Since the arrival of the iPad I am now wholly convinced otherwise.
Radio Free Europe, Freedom of Speech, and Liberty
P.J. O’Rourke tries to be serious and funny at the same time, failing both.
Goldman Sachs Bans Naughty Words in Emails – WSJ.com
In the spirit of the times, there is no written directive specifying which curses now are officially cursed. Gosh. Gee whiz. Golly. Holy cow! Presto chango, all you traders are now alter boys and little miss perfects. And, since we … Continue reading
Posted in O mores, Observatorio, Pickle, Rod Serling, Words
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Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride
Except for a brief stint helping to set the stage for the California electric deregulation debacle, I spent my entire legal career in, but not of, the worlds described by Michael Lewis in this pair of nonfiction financial thrillers that … Continue reading
Sex and (Vatican) City
A friend once asked what I thought the most important new development in the 20th century was. He was nonplussed that I named the pill. He had in mind, perhaps, computers, the bomb or the end of the cold war. … Continue reading
Is the Earth striking back? – CNN.com
Yet something else is lately worrying geologists: the likelihood that the Earth’s crust, relieved of so much formidable weight of ice borne for many thousands of years, has begun to stretch and rebound. Let’s see, where did the ice go, … Continue reading
Ann Coulter went home : Macleans OnCampus
‘We came together because we’re angry about the fact that Ann Coulter’s views risked being exposed on our campus,’ said University of Ottawa student Mike Fancie.’ Those touchy Canadians come roaring out of their hinterlands to harass the Bad Girl … Continue reading
Posted in Malthus, O mores, Observatorio, Rod Serling, Vance Parker, Words
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Election Looming, Tories Put Posh Foot in Mouth – NYTimes.com
Last year, worried about how an impeccably pedigreed Tory candidate named Annunziata Rees-Mogg would go over with the hoi polloi, Mr. Cameron suggested that she might want to campaign under the name ‘Nancy Mogg.’ … She refused, although, to be … Continue reading
Japan Sees Decline in Fish Consumption – WSJ.com
Fish. Fish. Fish. You get smart when you eat fish. Smart Smart Smart. Fish Fish Fish. You get healthy when you eat fish. Healthy. Healthy. Healthy.
Swiss Data Theft Hits 24,000 HSBC Clients – WSJ.com
HSBC Holdings PLC said a former employee stole data on about 24,000 accounts in its Swiss private bank that wound up in the hands of French authorities What wound up in the hands of French authorities? Was it the bank, … Continue reading