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The magic of this is that an enormous amount of assistance can be provided while maintaining a small footprint on shore, greatly reducing the chances of a clash with the Burmese armed forces while nevertheless dealing a hard political blow to the junta. Concomitantly, drops can be made from directly overhead by the Air Force without the need to militarily occupy any Burmese airports.

Aid at the Point of a Gun - New York Times

May 14, 2008

Trip to Target has yielded several items in preparation for the coming dog. Said items are all pink.
twitter_com May 14, 2008

Secret Life by Jeff VanderMeer

Prime Books (2006), Paperback, 284 pages
tags: library book, science fiction, magic realism, dark fantasy
librarything_com May 14, 2008

Obama also takes change from the tip jars at coffee shops.

In the clip above, a voter explains that she can’t support a Muslim.

Gold.

(via fatmanatee)

reblog May 13, 2008

Slate Magazine - Letter to a Young Procrastinator

(via friends)
reblog May 13, 2008

The Lunsford Collection: Bruce Lunsford... More Baggage Than You Can Handle!

Now, I’ve heard of political attack ads, but I’ve never heard of political attack Web sites!

Greg Fischer and Bruce Lunsford are both running for the Ky. Democratic party’s nomination for U.S. Senate this year. Fischer’s campaign created a Web site to advertise Lunsford’s “baggage.” Hey, whatever works to keep Lunsford out of office.

May 12, 2008

FontStruct

This is so awesome: a Web app that lets you build your own fonts. It’s like Kuler for fontheads. I love it.

Via angad, via joelaz.

reblog May 11, 2008