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“The Prince” author revealed

Posted by linkmeister on 29 July 2012, 12:24 pm

A question I’ve never followed up on: just who was Macchiavelli and how was it his name came to describe political tactics the Western world has judged deplorable? Well, thanks to a link from Making Light, I have a much better idea. This is part one of a story about Macchiavelli but also about his …

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Es muy estupido

Posted by linkmeister on 29 July 2012, 10:09 am

Okay, I thought nothing could beat Meredith Vieira’s and Matt Lauer’s ignorance of Tim Berners-Lee’s identity for sheer foolishness this weekend, but then I read that Associate Justice Anthony Scalia would be willing to accept hand-held rocket launchers as “arms” in a Second Amendment case if somebody sued for his right to carry the things. …

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