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Things I have found interesting during the week.

Political

Fred Phelps is a Con Man

Fred Phelps does not believe what he is doing. This is a scam.

 

Andrea Dworkin: I Want A Twenty-Four Hour Truce During Which There Is No Rape

Have you ever wondered why we are not just in armed combat against you? It's not because there's a shortage of kitchen knives in this country. It is because we believe in your humanity, against all the evidence.

Shakesville: Breaking the Silence: On Living Pro-lifers Choice for Women
While I am touched that so many men in such various states are so deeply worried about women possibly being all sad from having an abortion, I wish to point out to these compassionately bleeding hearts that the alternatives are not exactly without their own emotional consequences.

Books

"Free" Books Aren't Free

But when you illegally download a book, you’re simply guaranteeing that a publisher will look at my royalty statements next year and decide not to publish the next one.

Potter plagiarism case dismissed in U.S., on in UK
Just remember, you can't copyright ideas. Ideas are a dime a dozen, to use an old cliche. Execution is what matters.

Culture

Serpens: a photo series by Guido Mocafico (contains pictures of snakes)

A Classical Break: breakdancing and Beethoven.

Numa Numa en Pointe

Humor

Free Cello on craigslist

John Scalzi, w00tstock Minneapolis: Morning Announcements

An Engineer's Guide to Cats