January 2011
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“Those quotations aren’t taken directly from anything Matthew England has...”
– Setting an example on climate change - Jonathan Holmes, The Drum
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“It is too easy to demonise Israel, in part because the government, the army and...”
– Israel: The ugly truth - as it slides further into open and violent racism, Israel offers the Western world a reflection of itself. (via thenoobyorker)
“Since 1995 anyone who has dismissed animated films as ‘just for kids’, has...”
– Grog’s Gamut.
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“Why discredited and disgraced ratings agencies continue to be taken seriously is...”
– Bernard Keane - The Discredited Agencies That Drive Labor Policy. I’ll post link after Crikey de-paywalls it.
“Pleonasm [from Greek, ‘Pleon’: more, too much] is the use of more words or...”
– Pleonasm - Wikipedia // real clever (via tristn)
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“Sometimes you have to work with the brain you have, not the brain you might have...”
– Drew Westen
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Twitter is full of regional accents, study finds →
Salt Lake Tribune via @rosieryan
“I should not wish to be thought in earnest only when I am solemn.”
– Bertrand Russell, preface to his Basic Writings.
“Constant media updates and information have ensured the further safety of...”
– Mike Boyd: Dear Premier Bligh
It’s nothing, just something in my eye, that’s all.
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“They told the UN it must approve a universal blasphemy law to protect religious...”
– Only religious thugs love blasphemy laws: Nick Cohen, the Observer
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The Fitzroy river is peaking today at 9.4 metres.... →
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“It’s a weird bit of judo that seeks to leverage the social consensus that racism...”
– On Ascriptions of Racism (via azspot)
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