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29 April 2009

Sympathy minus empathy

I feel bad for you, but I don't really know why.

Posted by bomfog on Wednesday, April 29, 2009

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Word of the Decade

kakistocracy

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kakistocracy

1829, "government by the worst element of a society," coined on analogy of aristocracy from Gk. kakistos "worst," superl. of kakos "bad" (which is perhaps related to the general IE word for "defecate") + -kratia "rule of," from kratos "strength, power, rule" (see -cracy).

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washingtonpost.com - Editorials

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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Updated Mozilla Add-ons

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Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall

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t r u t h o u t

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Marginal Revolution

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Harpers

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WiredRights

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Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist

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Angry Bear

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Mozilla Labs Blog

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NewWest.Net Headlines

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Google Operating System

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TRUTH ON THE MARKET

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The American Prospect Articles

Policy, Pressure, and Peace - If the United States wants peace in the Middle East and Afghanistan, it's going to have to use its leverage.
10 hours ago
mozdevblogs

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13 hours ago
MotherJones.com

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13 hours ago
Salon: Glenn Greenwald

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14 hours ago
NYTOpinion

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18 hours ago
Official Gmail Blog

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23 hours ago
Economic Policy Institute

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National Bureau of Economic Research Working Papers

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Data Mining: Text Mining, Visualization and Social Media

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Greg Palast

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The Levy Economic Institute of Bard College News Wire

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Blogger in Draft

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1 week ago
US Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Swivel Featured Graphs

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Brain - current issue

Editorial -
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GoogleReaderBlog

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Newest Mozilla Add-ons

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Webb Wilder - Webb News

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1 month ago
Pogo Was Right

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Froomkin

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LibraryThing

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WaPoColumns

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mcclatchydc.com: Economics

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edilee

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7 months ago
CentBudgPolPrior

States Should Tap New Tools to Help Medicaid Beneficiaries Maintain Coverage -
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World Socialist Web Site

Iraqis protest against proposed security agreement with US -
1 year ago
CEPR

We Need to Drive a Stake into the Heart of Conservatism - Dean Baker TPM Café Book Club (Talking Points Memo), October 6, 2008
1 year ago
Observer.com: NYO Table of Contents

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1 year ago
On Point

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1 year ago
Google Librarian Central

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1 year ago
7:Blogs

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JourAut&DevDis

Joint Engagement and the Emergence of Language in Children with Autism and Down Syndrome - Abstract Systematic longitudinal observations were made as typically developing toddlers and young children with autism and with Down syndrome interacte...
1 year ago
Language Log

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1 year ago
TomPaine

The High Cost of Doing Nothing - Make no mistake: The costs of switching to clean energy and an energy-efficient economy are far less than the costs of doing nothing.
1 year ago
Green Party News

Global Greens, representing 70 Green Parties and Green groups, issue declaration on reduction of greenhouse gases - WASHINGTON, DC -- Global Greens has published a declaration on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations in Bali addr...
1 year ago
Latest Issue of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Asperger Syndrome and Medication Treatment -
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Washington -- McClatchy Washington Bureau

Search protections apply to car passengers, court rules - WASHINGTON - The Constitution protects car passengers as well as drivers from illegal search and seizures, the Supreme Court ruled Monday. In a case arisin...
2 years ago
TomDispatch

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2 years ago
Unclaimed Territory - by Glenn Greenwald

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2 years ago

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