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  1. @mathewi In fact, the whole "feeling smug" stance in the lede is worse than any reaction on Twitter. This Carr guy should learn humility.about 2 hours ago from web in reply to mathewi
  2. @mathewi Yeah, I read Carr's piece and had the same takeaway. It's not ego. It's the compulsion to know and feel, even with bad intel.about 2 hours ago from web in reply to mathewi
  3. Cures for furious dispositions: Wodehouse's wonderfully omniscient sentences and Waugh's absurd subtleties (in the earlier books, at least).about 2 hours ago from web
  4. Joe Lieberman pledges to filibuster if a public option is presented before the Senate. http://bit.ly/3CxtjG Someone T.P. this guy's house.about 5 hours ago from web
  5. Stupak: "Laaaaady, don'tcha know we luv ya / Sweet laaaaady, place no health care for ya"about 15 hours ago from web
  6. Now listening to Stupak Shakur's "Stupakalypse Now." Really disturbing album. Glad Stupak isn't rapping anymore. Oh wait...about 15 hours ago from web
  7. @TheOccasional Read David K. Shipler's THE WORKING POOR and Howard Karger's SHORTCHANGED to see how these "benefits" have hurt lives.about 16 hours ago from web in reply to TheOccasional
  8. Dennis Kucinich: Why I voted NO. http://bit.ly/3RyH4511:08 PM Nov 7th from web
  9. More on the misogynistic anti-abortion Stupak amendment. http://bit.ly/ocMwc10:11 PM Nov 7th from web
  10. RT @brooklyn377 The poor always seem excluded.. and the language ambiguous.. http://bit.ly/KTvDR (link via @Caterina )9:56 PM Nov 7th from web
  11. @TheOccasional WRA was reliant on economy. What came? The rise of predatory lending the decline of income among the working poor.9:55 PM Nov 7th from web in reply to TheOccasional
  12. The positive: prohibiting preexisting condition exclusions, nondiscrimination. The negative: murky public option.9:49 PM Nov 7th from web
  13. Without a public option, this bill has the potential to be as evil as the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Good on Kucinich for voting against it.9:45 PM Nov 7th from web
  14. Since the working poor are forced to pay for health care they can't afford (or be fined), how are we "providing" health care to the people?9:38 PM Nov 7th from web
  15. Now HERE is how you block a film scene. Watch the guys creeping in the back and jumping up at the door. http://bit.ly/2XrN748:27 AM Nov 7th from web
  16. .@ZoeRochelle @littlefluffycat Nonfiction. Have clippings, but looking for books. I tried out John Perkins's memoir, but it was unsuitable.4:16 PM Nov 6th from web
  17. A query to the Twitterverse! I'm looking for good books on corporate espionage for research purposes. Can you recommend any? Thanks.4:06 PM Nov 6th from web
  18. @jasonpinter Fair point. My point here is that Pixar could take MORE risks and get away with it, while pushing the emotional envelope.7:50 AM Nov 6th from web in reply to jasonpinter
  19. @jasonpinter Jacques Tati bankrupted himself to give us his stunning masterpiece PLAYTIME. THAT is a risk.7:39 AM Nov 6th from web in reply to jasonpinter
  20. @Joe_Wallace @jasonpinter @sarahw But since Pixar has made so much money and can afford to take a risk, why not be touched AND challenged?7:30 AM Nov 6th from web in reply to Joe_Wallace