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echoes of laughter

Posted by Harcamone A few days ago in a Goodwill store I saw an old LP, in good condition, of “The First Family,” the perfect-pitch satire of JFK & Co. by a comic named Vaughn Meader. Meader’s act was good; he … Continue reading

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too cool for words

Posted by Harcamone This site is so cool that it contains no information. If you need to know what it’s about, you are not cool.

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understanding

Posted by Harcamone Arianna Huffington doesn’t delude herself that Bush won on homo-hating. She has very interesting things to say about the election. And take a look at her blog-page, where she lays out some useful stepping stones to guide … Continue reading

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Bush won by gay-bashing?

Posted by Harcamone Yeah, sure. OK. But I don’t know if I believe that as much, and as absolutely, as Andrew Sullivan and his readers believe it. Still, the sense one gets about this tactic is very disturbing. It’s wrong, … Continue reading

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Harcamone asks …

Posted by Harcamone Is it appropriate, or polite, to laugh? Can there really be, as Reuters says, a huge wave of Americans who want to move to Canada because they are so disgusted/grieved/terrified/angst-ridden, whatever, that Bush was elected? Well, I … Continue reading

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Failing the Equivalency Test

Posted by Harcamone Ax yourself what might be the response from the liberal community — near and far — if a Moslem-themed poster, operating on the same disrespectful/satirical wavelength, were to appear on walls in Los Angeles advertising an art … Continue reading

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Failing the Turing Test*

Posted by Harcamone Artifical intelligence is so cool. Today, on amazon.com, I looked up The Cross and the Swichblade, a now-famous book about one man’s evangelical ministry to youth gangs in New York City circa 1958, and the conversion and … Continue reading

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