February 2011
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January 2011
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Groom of the Stool →
bestofwikipedia:
The Groom of the Stool (formally styled: “Groom of the King’s Close Stool to King (name)”) was the most intimate of a monarch’s courtiers, whose physical intimacy naturally led to him becoming a man in whom much confidence was placed by his royal master, and with whom many royal secrets were shared as a matter of course. This secret information he was privy to, whilst it would...
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“You have little time left, and none of it for crap. A fine state. I would say...”
– Carlos Castaneda
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“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,...”
– Albert Einstein
Favorite quote ever.
(via theblahinspirations)
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“To seek freedom is the only driving force I know. Freedom to fly off into that...”
– Carlos Castaneda
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Argument from ignorance →
bestofwikipedia:
Argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam or appeal to ignorance, is an informal logical fallacy. It asserts that a proposition is necessarily true because it has not been proven false (or vice versa). This represents a type of false dichotomy in that it excludes a third option, which is: there is insufficient investigation and therefore insufficient...
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The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV →
“True compassion,” King declared, “is more than flinging a coin to a beggar; it comes to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring.”
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Taco Bell Beef is Only 36% Beef →
10secondsatatime:
Water, isolated oat product, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, tomato powder, oats (wheat), soy lecithin, sugar, spices, maltodextrin (a polysaccharide that is absorbed as glucose), soybean oil (anti-dusting agent), garlic powder, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, caramel color, cocoa powder, silicon dioxide (anti-caking agent), natural flavors, yeast, modified corn...
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Watchfuturejournalismproject:
Journalism and Society: Reporting From Inside North Korea
Via The Economist
THE only publication written by North Koreans, about North Korea, for consumption by the outside world, is named after a river that flows from the North to South Korea and into the Yellow Sea. Rimjingang’s eight reporters are dotted about the totalitarian state; their backgrounds range from...
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“If man is to survive, he will have learned to take a delight in the essential...”
– Gene Roddenberry
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