February 2012
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Feb 20th
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The Least Loved Branch
Our society doesn’t pay enough respect to our judicial system. Some justices have delighted in their near anonymity. Retired Justice John Paul Stevens cherished one particular encounter, said Richard Davis, a professor of political science at Brigham Young University. One day, Justice Stevens was walking outside the court when tourists stopped him. They wanted to know if he would mind...
Feb 20th
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Feb 15th
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Who would have thought that would happen? →
Ten years ago Portugal decriminalized all drugs. Since then, drug abuse is has dropped by 50%. Instead of locking people up, addicts are able to get the treatment they need. Maybe someday our country will wake up to reality and end the war on drugs.
Feb 14th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 5th
January 2012
4 posts
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Jan 20th
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Jan 15th
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Jan 8th
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Jan 7th
December 2011
6 posts
Dec 20th
Dec 17th
Dec 15th
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Dec 5th
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 1st
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November 2011
12 posts
Nov 29th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 23rd
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“Staring at a maple leaf Leaning on the mother tree I said to myself we all...”
– Gavin Degraw, Chariot
Nov 17th
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Winter Quarter
I almost for got that yesterday was my enrollment appointment for winter quarter. I think it was supposed to be at noon. I didn’t remember it until during class in afternoon but I promptly forgot about it due to the inthralling discussion of the Japanese economy we were having. Anyways, I just got around to hitting up myUCSC to get my schedule worked out. So here it is: ECON 100B ...
Nov 16th
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Lecture Hall Poetry
I was in my statistics class this morning and I noticed some verse scrawled in pencil on my little fold out desk. It was quite interesting so I thought I would share it. I cleaned it up a bit since some parts were smudged beyond recognition and added line breaks for effect. College is only a moment. It is not an ultimate judgement. It does not depict the rest of your life. It is but a...
Nov 7th
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Nov 5th
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“Some pundits are still trying to dismiss concerns about rising inequality as...”
– Paul Krugman, NY Times 11/4/11
Nov 5th
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“If your confusion leads to learning and then to knowledge you may be better off...”
– The other Anonymous
Nov 4th
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Nov 3rd
October 2011
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Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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“How did you get w - 0.25w = 0.75w?”
– Blond girl
Oct 28th
Veto Veritas
May It be know throughout these great lands that henceforth THE TRUTH IS FORBIDDEN to be spoken.
Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Dewey: Do you take credit cards?
Pizza guy: Yeah.
Dewey: Is one enough?
Pizza guy: You better make it two.
Oct 23rd
Oct 21st
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“He’s such a dangerous pilot he should have moving TFR around him whenever...”
– One of Eric’s comrades
Oct 16th
“There’s the little boys’ room, the little girls’ room and the...”
– David Ciani
Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
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Oct 15th
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“That one individual should awaken in another memories that belong to still a...”
– Jorge Luis Borges, Evaristo Carriego (1930) Ch. 2
Oct 15th
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