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End of the line
Posted Dec 10, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Presidential Debates
Posted Oct 18, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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If you like Campbell's Soup, you may also like Andy Warhol
Came across this article in the NYT about "art genome mapping." The idea is to create a massive data base of art through the ages which supposedly can analyze your artistic inclinations and direct you to works of art you... Continue reading
Posted Oct 15, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Bigotry's Flavor of the Month ... or Century
An apt opinion piece in the New York Times. Continue reading
Posted Sep 18, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Cats, cows and fence sitting
Posted Sep 12, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Skin Deep
Posted Sep 10, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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"Pairon Talle" (Soul of Sand): An independent Indian film
Promoting a film and a family member here. I haven't seen the movie and don't know whether I will be able to unless it is released on DVD. It is being shown in the Indy film circuit in India, Canada... Continue reading
Posted Sep 4, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Labor Day Links
Once again, I can do no better than post links to a few interesting stories I came across. A terrible political "documentary" by a delusional desi. Can a doctor do this? Apparently yes, according to the AMA's guidelines. Not exactly... Continue reading
Posted Sep 3, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Re-blogging [Cat (or Global Forces) Got Your Tongue?]
New posting has been sporadic at best for some time. Rather than leave the pages static for long periods, I plan to bring to the front older non-time sensitive articles that are either interesting in themselves, generated a lively discussion... Continue reading
Posted Aug 24, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Rape as contraception!
The media have been all atwitter with the news of congressman Todd Akin's (R-MO) radio interview where he claimed that a woman cannot get pregnant as a result of a "legitimate rape." "If abortion could be considered in case of,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 20, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Scribes in a digital age
The "Musalman," an Urdu newspaper has been published daily for 85 years in the southern Indian city of Chennai. It is written by hand. (h/t: Azra Raza of 3 Quarks Daily) Continue reading
Posted Aug 19, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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"Tasher Desh" (The Land of Cards)
Posted Aug 13, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a business / person ...
Didn't Mitt Romney know that if he ran for the highest office of the nation, his personal taxes were going to be of some interest to voters and the media? Of course he did. But for some reason Romney has... Continue reading
Posted Aug 9, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Forward into the Past
Posted Aug 6, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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The turban as target: why split hairs?
Since 9/11/2001, while Muslims have been subjected to official suspicion by governmental agencies, American Sikhs, more than any other group, have faced random violence unleashed by individual patriotic vigilantes. Yesterday's shooting at the Oak Creek Gurudwara near Milwaukee is being... Continue reading
Posted Aug 6, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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"The Immutable, Dusty Path"
A very interesting article at 3 Quarks Daily about dust. Continue reading
Posted Jul 30, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Cat Quote
Posted Jul 20, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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The un-American president
The right wing recklessly charges its opponents of harboring socialist / communist sympathies whenever there is a disagreement on taxes, spending or war. Democrats in congress as also Democratic presidents and presidential candidates since FDR have been targets of such... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Ruchira is now following Brian Leiter
Jul 13, 2012
Ruchira is now following The Typepad Team
Jul 8, 2012
Ruchira is now following S. Abbas Raza
Jul 8, 2012
Why science and religion don't mix well # 1874
Posted Jul 8, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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The God Asterisk* ?
On an otherwise slow news day (CNN's Anderson Cooper is gay, the US apologized to Pakistan so the war in Afghanistan can go on, another high profile banker resigned) physicists at CERN confirmed the discovery of the elusive subatomic particle... Continue reading
Posted Jul 4, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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Dean C. Rowan, Esteemed Film Critic
Posted Jun 28, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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The Feminine Hygiene Man
Do watch. It is not silly, I promise. Can't say whether his will be a "rags" to riches story but the man is an inspirational speaker and exceptionally diligent. Hope his wife and mother are back. (via 3 Quarks Daily): Continue reading
Posted Jun 24, 2012 at Accidental Blogger
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