Pick o’ th’ Moment: Imperial March (Rage Mix)
By Ashlar | January 29, 2010
The dork is strong with this one. Th’ li’l’ one calls it, “Angry.” We listen to it a lot in the car.
Current Mood: 
chipper
chipper
Imperial March (Rage Mix) [2:27m]: 
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Autism and Stem Cells
By Ashlar | January 28, 2010
Part of the problem with using stem cells to treat autism is that we don’t know what we are treating. Despite the enthusiastic promotion of various “theories” about what causes autism, there is no generally agreed upon pathology or “lesion” to treat. Even genetic studies fail to show one single genetic cause of autism, suggesting that what we call “autism” is a number of different disorders with a similar (or not so similar) appearance. Injecting stem cells in the vague hope that they will find the problem and fix it is foolish. Stem cells have no more idea of how to “fix” autism than we do – which is to say, “none”.
via Prometheus
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Webcomic of note: Octopus Pie
By Ashlar | January 24, 2010
An indie webcomic about two female hipster-types living in Brooklyn. Found via @templesmith.
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Pick o’ th’ Moment: “Older Crowd”– MC Chris (Serpah’s Breaktastic Trance-y Remix)
By Ashlar | December 6, 2009
Remix track, resonated with me as I continue my song by song trek through iPod library (now on ‘O’).
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Jamais Cascio Singularity Talk
By Ashlar | November 29, 2009
Singularity Salon Talk
View more presentations from Jamais Cascio.
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A reminder…
By Ashlar | August 10, 2009
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On terms being thrown around in today’s political discourse…
By Ashlar | July 22, 2009
Governance cannot be termed fascism if the majority rule is involved in the making of policy, e.g. a majority of Americans elected the current administration and continues to hold electoral power.
Socialism, as defined by the article above, especially ‘modern’, is not all bad– I would remind those who call themselves Christians of these two addages: “Do unto others…” and, “…your brother’s keeper…”
A final note: bipartisan requires BOTH sides to be willing to participate. If one side chooses to be obstructionist, then the other needs must carry on without. You cannot throw a tantrum and expect to be taken seriously.
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(Supra Mega) Feed Dump
By Ashlar | March 6, 2009
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Been busy, a little backed up. Some nuggets for your perusal:
The Boom Is Over. Long Live the Art! – NYTimes.com
FAIR: Does the Post Fact-Check George Will?
SJ Mercury News: Commentary: To start fixing budget, fix California’s schools
Doubting Darwin: Debate Over The Mind’s Evolution : NPR
Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police | Politics and Law – CNET News
Think Progress » Barnes: When Bristol Palin Said That Abstinence ‘Is Not Realistic At All,’ She Meant That It ‘Actually Is Realistic’
Think Progress » Rove ignores House Judiciary Committee subpoena.
Liza Mundy: Multiple Births ‘Changing Our World’ : NPR
Talking Points Memo | Obama and McCain, Together Again
Obama State of the Union Transcript | Sean Percivals Blog
Let’s Talk About Race–or Maybe Not
Think Progress >> Limbaugh: ‘I Hope Obama Fails’
Think Progress >> Whitehouse: ‘Blanket immunity’ that prevents prosecution of Bush officials is a ‘mistake.’
Daily Kos: Memo to the media
Leahy calls for ‘truth commission’ on torture – CNN.com
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Daily Kos: Stewart Destroys CNBC
Think Progress >> Jon Stewart unloads on CNBC’s Rick Santelli for ‘bail[ing] out’ of Daily Show appearance.
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