Since men value power and prestige as much as the possession of wealth—indeed, these three `goods’ cannot be completely separated—it is foolish to seek to establish an equality of wealth on egalitarian grounds. It is foolish first because it will not result in what egalitarians really want. It is foolish also because if we do [...]
Posted on May 27th, 2005 by pwyll
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A web page is not a sheet of paper. That is a lesson that many web designers paid dearly to learn. In the days of yore, (say five years ago) web designers frequently came from the world graphic design. They were used to complete control over every element of design, including fonts, colors, and spacing. [...]
Posted on May 26th, 2005 by pwyll
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Every possible human endeavor ought to have associated awards. Here are the Phallic Logo Awards.
Posted on May 25th, 2005 by pwyll
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Are you trying to cut back on meat, but still craving the sweet taste of human flesh? The internet cornucopia has just the thing for you, the Healthy Human Flesh Alternative.
Posted on May 25th, 2005 by pwyll
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Historian Philip Friedman provides the following eyewitness account of what happened to a young Jewish girl living in the Warsaw ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
Zosia was a little girl … the daughter of a physician. During an “action” one of the Germans became aware of here beautiful diamond-like eyes.
“I could make two rings out of [...]
Posted on May 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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ALBANY, N.Y., May 23 — A federal agency began notifying states Monday that they do not have to pay for Viagra for convicted rapists and other high-risk sex offenders.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services acted one day after the New York comptroller’s office said audits from 2000 through March found that 198 sex offenders [...]
Posted on May 24th, 2005 by pwyll
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