{"id":1365,"date":"2007-03-02T07:27:30","date_gmt":"2007-03-02T12:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-mar-2-2007\/"},"modified":"2007-03-02T09:23:12","modified_gmt":"2007-03-02T14:23:12","slug":"unrequired-reading-mar-2-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-mar-2-2007","title":{"rendered":"Unrequired Reading: Mar. 2, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"

A week off has left me laden with uncommented-upon links, dear reader! Enjoy<\/p>\n

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It’s only Revolutions<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The books come with introductions by Slavoj \u00c3\u2026\u00c2\u00bdi\u00c3\u2026\u00c2\u00beek, a Slovenian psychoanalyst and social theorist, who assaults both the English language and the intelligence of those who actually manage to figure out what he\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s saying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

13 sidekicks who are cooler than their heroes<\/a>. (Aww, Willow’s so cute. . .)<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Airbus is trying to restructure, but its unions consider any layoffs “an act of war<\/a>.” Fortunately, unions in the U.S. aren’t so off-the-wall<\/a>. Well, at least they’re not trying to get an “employee free choice act<\/a>” passed.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Forest Whittaker could run for president right now. I mean, y’know, in Uganda<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

Michael Young takes Sy Hersh to the woodshed<\/a> for his recent Lebanon article.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

I have so<\/em> much more respect for George Soros now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/p>\n

On a whim, I bought this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I leave you with the best newspaper lede ever<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The second-best lede comes from the Sacramento Bee (reg. required, so no link):<\/p>\n

A locker room prank as common as the snapped towel has one Ponderosa High School student in danger of felony assault charges and another in danger of losing his testicles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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