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...more like Mametshout: thematic statements imposed from on high and delivered with an epigrammatic stun gun. Racism is universal and unavoidable. ("I didn't do anything." "You're white.") Justice is an illusion. ("The legal process is only about three things. Hatred, fear or envy.") Free will is a joke. ("Why does he want to confess?" "All people want to confess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Downward Spiral of David Mamet | 1/11/2010 | See Source »

Best selection from Oprah’s Book Club (even though it's now kind of a joke...

Author: By James K. Mcauley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Books to Read Over J-Term | 1/3/2010 | See Source »

...airport in Lagos, as well as the one in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, passengers are now subjected to extra screening, with officials there saying everyone will now be subjected to body-screening. "It's a joke, man," Asaba-One says. "They may have functioning X-ray machines, even though they are older, but I'm not sure the person looking at the screen even knows what to look for. If, for example, I had a liquid explosive that is going through it, will they be able to tell the difference between a liquid bottle of Coke versus a liquid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Bad Is Security at the Lagos Airport? | 12/30/2009 | See Source »

...that some psychiatrist in the West once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting to get a different result. I thought that was pretty good, though I imagine in your State Department there are some folks who probably don't get the joke. But never mind. As you guys like to say, let me cut to the chase: In response to the choices you offer me, I choose B. Isolation. Penury. And nukes. (Most of all, nukes.) (See pictures of North Korea going to the polls...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dear President Obama: What North Korea Might Say | 12/22/2009 | See Source »

...would sound like a joke if everyone weren't so up in arms about it. Taking a stand against chocolate milk? It's like canceling Christmas. What could possibly be wrong with something that brings children such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Schools' War Against Chocolate Milk | 12/18/2009 | See Source »

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