Link Me Up, Scotty - A New Year Edition

Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Timothy McSweeney provides a product review of The Invisible Backpack of White Privilege from L.L. Bean. Satire, thy name is Jonathon Swift (and Timothy McSweeney).
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Zen Pencils once again hits it out of the park with this quote from Eleanor Roosevelt, who was a complete badass, no shit.
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A doctor tries to make a difference to rural patients who require palliative care by doing the unthinkable - making house calls. Well done, sir - well done, indeed.
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Laurie Penny takes on the issue of Nerd Entitlement in modern society, and how a patriarchal hierarchy hurts not only women, but other disenfranchised groups. H/T BrainDoc.
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Ta-Nahisi Coates asks a critical question: If it's less risky now to be a law enforcement officer than any other time in the last century, then why do police want you to believe they're constantly in imminent danger? Hint: It has more to do with an inability to accept criticism than with reality.
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An interesting take on the use of Smart Phones for work after-hours. This bears deeper thought on my part, as each year I find myself becoming more and more "available," and not only to professional contacts.
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Are the military academies a waste of time and money? Annapolis Professor Bruce Fleming thinks so, and while I can't speak first hand to the cultural norms of the USNA, I can confirm that as a Senior NCO I found the ring-knockers to be arrogant, smug, linear thinkers, and less effective at actual leadership than other officers. YMMV. H/T Brother Seth
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Frederick County Councilman Kirby Delauter has run afoul of the Streisand effect in a most spectacular fashion. I could almost feel sorry for the guy, if I wasn't weeping about the fact that an elected official is so stunningly ignorant about the First Amendment. Be sure to click through and read the Frederick News Post's editorial on the matter. It made me snort coffee out of my nose.

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