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“ After sex and sleep, bacon is one of nature’s most powerful primary reinforcers, partly due to its high fat and protein content in comparison to other meats. Bacon has become known as the “gateway meat”: the smell triggers intense cravings, even in vegetarians. ”

“ From the economy and the collapse of the middle class to climate change and the pursuit of endless war, America faces as serious challenges as at any time in its history. They are issues of vast moral and even existential import. Liberals should shine here, and yet where are they? I wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for the minorities to re-align Congress, the millennials to recover their Obama-snuffed idealism or other fantasies. Don’t tell me about Occupy Wall Street: Not one Republican member of Congress fears for his seat because of this camp-out, whereas the Democrats could not capitulate fast enough when faced with some loud-mouths at district meetings and handfuls of white people in ersatz colonial dress. The whites will hold power for decades and too many of them are Fox viewers and pawns of the corporatists. ”

“ [T]he only way out of … deadlock is an electoral rout of the GOP, since the language of victory and defeat seems to be the only thing it understands. ”

“ The MPAA studios hate us. They hate us with region locks and unskippable screens and encryption and criminalization of fair use. They see us as stupid eyeballs with wallets, and they are entitled to a constant stream of our money. They despise us, and they certainly don’t respect us. Yet when we watch their movies, we support them. ”

“ If I sound biased, that’s because I am. Biased toward the actual record, not the spin; biased toward a president who has conducted himself with grace and calm under incredible pressure, who has had to manage crises not seen since the Second World War and the Depression, and who as yet has not had a single significant scandal to his name. “To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,” George Orwell once wrote. What I see in front of my nose is a president whose character, record, and promise remain as grotesquely underappreciated now as they were absurdly hyped in 2008. And I feel confident that sooner rather than later, the American people will come to see his first term from the same calm, sane perspective. And decide to finish what they started. ”

“ One of the main reasons David Cameron enjoyed The King’s Speech is that it showed him how a man less privileged than himself overcame his lowly breeding and learned how to conquer a stammer. ”