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Who’s Your Mommy? Hillary Clinton at DNC

Edit The American Spectator 30 Jul 2016
Hillary Clinton’s advantage going into the final evening of the Democratic National Convention was her nonstop determination. The former first lady and secretary of state never gave up on her bid to become the first female American president. Unlike Donald Trump, she didn’t just stumble into the nomination ... Break out the tea and cookies ... “A man you can bait with a tweet is not a man we can trust with nuclear weapons,” quoth Clinton....

Kim Kardashian Declares ‘Big Computers’ Dead

Edit New York Magazine 11 Jul 2016
Kim Kardashian is on the cover of Forbes' “mobile moguls” issue, and while discussing her mobile gaming empire, Kim casually sounds the death knell for a piece of technology we all know and love. Quoth Kim. “I love my big computer, but I can’t even tell you the last time I ... More » ... ....

Bill O'Reilly Has Brief Bout of Sanity: Calls for Assault Weapons Ban

Edit Alternet 15 Jun 2016
Now, two Fox News Hosts have spoken out on this issue. You know the issue of gun control has hit peak outrage when even the denizens of disaster over at Fox News are calling for stricter measures. Bill O’Reilly joined his colleague Gretchen Carlson in speaking out against the easy availability of assault weapons in the wake of the Orlando massacre ... O’Reilly had some words for his sconservative viewers later in the day. Quoth O’Reilly.....
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File - Nick Bostrom, a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford, describing some of the properties of modes-of-being-space.

Artificial intelligence: ‘We’re like children playing with a bomb’

Edit The Guardian 12 Jun 2016
Sentient machines are a greater threat to humanity than climate change, according to Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom. You’ll find the Future of Humanity Institute down a medieval backstreet in the centre of Oxford. It is beside St Ebbe’s church, which has stood on this site since 1005, and above a Pure Gym, which opened in April ... Notably ... in a world of multiple fears, what precisely should we be most terrified of? ... Quoth he ... Facebook ... ....

Dating Site Specifically For Donald Trump Supporters Promises To ‘Make Dating Great Again’

Edit Inquisitr 10 Jun 2016
Are you a Donald Trump supporter whose dating life has gone to the dogs? Do you have a hard time finding other Trump fans to talk with about building walls, and rounding up illegals? If so, then David Goss has the site for you ... Trump Singles. Making Dating Great Again (this is a real ad) pic.twitter.com/tAvHH5lECR. — Quoth the Raven (@QuoththeRavenSA) June 10, 2016 ... Senator and Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders.” ... Hong]....

Edgar Allen Poe and ‘The Raven’ reception

Edit Naples Daily News 05 Jun 2016
It was award-winning Canadian novelist, poet and literary critic Margaret Atwood who made the following sage observation. "War is what happens when language fails." Many people don't realize that the parachute was invented before the airplane ... You've doubtless heard of Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" — or at least the famous line "Quoth the Raven, nevermore." ... John Morley. ....

California is the battleground for Trump’s war on data

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 31 May 2016
At an event in Fresno on Friday, the presumptive Republican nominee had the gall to declare that California’s severe four-year drought was a figment of voters’ imaginations. Never mind the record-low levels of Sierra snowpack last year, which, through runoff, provide about a third of the water used by the state’s cities and farms. Quoth Trump ... > ....

Sneed: Peace priest laments probable loss of civic-minded Noah

Edit Chicago Sun-Times 26 May 2016
Is Noah’s Ark sailing?. Sneed hears one big reason Chicago Bulls center Joakim Noah has told his teammates he’s done with the Bulls is because of the attitude being dispensed by fellow teammate Jimmy “G. Buckets” Butler, the team’s brash guard/forward ... “And, quite frankly, there are a whole bunch of guys on the team who are equally frustrated.”. OPINION ... ... “Life is tough, but it’s tougher if you are stupid,” quoth film legend John Wayne ....

Ferguson Effect by the Bay

Edit The American Spectator 24 May 2016
A chief of police walks the plank. “It’s as hard right now to be a cop maybe as it’s ever been,” San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr to the Chronicle Editorial Board Tuesday. At the time, Suhr was resisting calls demanding that he resign ... Four supervisors had jumped onto that bandwagon, but Suhr enjoyed Mayor Ed Lee’s support ... For that, he lost his job ... “I think there’s a Ferguson effect in all the police cases today,” quoth Rains....

The Dalai Lama's path to peace

Edit Deseret News 23 May 2016
DHARAMSALA, India — When posed a policy question, the Dalai Lama is surprisingly (for a religious leader) unprone to moralism. What, I asked him, does he think of the European backlash against migration? "In the name of sympathy, for the few who are desperate, (resettlement) is worthwhile." ... Better, he said, "to help people in their own land." He added ... "I am not God," quoth the 14th reincarnation of the Lord of Compassion ... ....

Criminals Welcome

Edit The American Spectator 10 May 2016
Last June, when he said he was running as a Republican for president, billionaire Donald Trump famously called out Mexico for sending “people that have lots of problems” across the border. Quoth the Donald. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” Many were offended to hear Trump equate undocumented immigrants with dangerous criminals ... He answered, “The U.S ... Wrong....

Michael Gerson: The Dalai Lama's path to peace

Edit The Oklahoman 09 May 2016
DHARAMSALA, India — When posed a policy question, the Dalai Lama is surprisingly (for a religious leader) un-prone to moralism. What, I asked him, does he think of the European backlash against migration? "In the name of sympathy, for the few who are desperate, it (resettlement) is worthwhile." ... Better, he said, "to help people in their own land." He added ... "I am not god," quoth the 14th reincarnation of the Lord of Compassion....

'Game of Thrones' Recap: 'Oathbreaker' reveals the consequences of blind faith

Edit Toronto Sun 09 May 2016
Spoiler warning ... Jon Snow is alive -- but he doesn't seem very happy about it ... R ... Just as intriguing is the revelation that though Bran may not have the power to truly change the past ("The past is already written, the ink is already dry," quoth the Raven), it appears that he can at least make his presence felt, with Ned seeming to hear Bran calling to him even though the event Bran is visiting took place decades ago ... on HBO....
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