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发帖数: 29846 | 1 By Roger D. Luchs
A quotation in the September 19, 1926 edition of the Chicago Tribune
included the following observation on the electorate of the day:
No one in this world, so far as I know - and I have searched the records for
years, and employed agents to help me - has ever lost money by
underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people.
Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.
Its author was H.L. Mencken, a noted journalist. Could it be that President
Obama, a... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 2 http://capitalismmagazine.com/2002/04/do-states-have-a-right-of
Americans celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but H.L. Mencken
correctly evaluated the speech, “It is poetry not logic; beauty, not sense.
” Lincoln said that the soldiers sacrificed their lives “to the cause of
self-determination — government of the people, by the people, for the
people should not perish from the earth.” Mencken says: “It is difficult
to imagine anything more untrue. The Union soldiers in the battle act... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3096 | 3 http://capitalismmagazine.com/2002/04/do-states-have-a-right-of
Americans celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, but H.L. Mencken
correctly evaluated the speech, “It is poetry not logic; beauty, not sense.
” Lincoln said that the soldiers sacrificed their lives “to the cause of
self-determination — government of the people, by the people, for the
people should not perish from the earth.” Mencken says: “It is difficult
to imagine anything more untrue. The Union soldiers in the battle act... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 4 美国人爱打官司，美国人更爱看打官司，一些大案也就成了举国上下
人人关注的新闻事件，被称为“世纪审判”，比如弹劾克林顿案、
辛普森谋杀案，毒打罗德尼·金案，都被媒体冠以这个称呼。去年,
有一家电视台评选二十世纪的最大案件，O.J.辛普森案当选。
但是这些案件是否能经得起历史的考验，再过几十年是否还会有人谈起，
很值得怀疑。
倒是1925年发生在田纳西州代顿（Dayton）镇的“猴子审判”
（因为进化论往往被一般人误传为“人是从猴子进化来的”，故名），
75年来仍时时被提起，十天前美国各主要媒体还纷纷发表
评论纪念它发生75周年。它是名副其实的世纪审判。有三个传奇式的人物
参与其中：美国历史上最著名的大律师、无神论者克伦斯·达娄（Clarence
Darrow）担任被告律师，“原教旨主义的教皇”、著名的政治家威廉·布
莱恩（William Jennings Bryan）担任公诉律师，这两人都被视为天才的
演说家。
整个案件，由最伟大的美国记者之一门肯（H. L. Mencken）报道、评论。
在审判过程中，法律史上闻所未闻的戏剧性场面一再出现。
但是，更重要的，是该审判的象征意义和深远影响... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 279 | 6 Pre-Columbian Americans: (pdf) Spreading from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego,
America's first immigrants cultivated maize, developed sophisticated
calendars and used zeros, built temples and pyramids without the use of
wheels, but were helpless against the disease and weapons of the Europeans.
Chart: 16th & 17th Century European Colonizing Efforts (pdf)-Five European
nations (Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, France, and England) played
major roles in opening up the New World to priests, treasure-... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 793 | 7 2015年10月，欧文·希夫，一个一生信奉并践行自由的人，在有警卫把守的重症监护室
中凄凉离世。他坚持认为联邦政府开征个人所得税违宪而拒绝缴纳；他对联邦政府废弃
金本位后发行的纸币嗤之以鼻；他公开抗税并因此被捕入狱却从不服软，还因为“藐视
法庭”被加长刑期......
按照规定，已经年近九旬、身患癌症晚期的老希夫可以获批保外就医与家人共度最
后的时光，但直到他去世，家人的申请仍然被淹没在官僚主义的审批中；相反，也是在
今年，一个犯有杀人重罪的囚犯的申请却很快获批。或许，在联邦政府眼里，“逃税犯
”比杀人犯更可怕——只要杀的不是自己。
欧文·希夫死了，比他更早死去的，是曾经的自由灯塔——美利坚合众国。
一个杀人犯和一个政治犯的人生终点
每逢这节期，巡抚都释放一个囚犯。当时有个出名的杀人犯叫巴拉巴。巡抚问众人
：“你们要我释放哪一个给你们？是巴拉巴呢？还是称为基督的耶稣呢？”他们说：“
巴拉巴！”巡抚说：“那称为基督的耶稣，我该怎么办呢？”他们都说：“把他钉十字
架！”巡抚说：“为什么呢？他做了什么恶事呢？”他们便极力喊着说：“把他钉十字
架！”——马太福音27章
根据美国联邦监狱局（Fe... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 9 Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and
deserve to get it good and hard.
H. L. Mencken |
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发帖数: 24893 | 10 美国人爱打官司，美国人更爱看打官司，一些大案也就成了举国上下
人人关注的新闻事件，被称为“世纪审判”，比如弹劾克林顿案、
辛普森谋杀案，毒打罗德尼·金案，都被媒体冠以这个称呼。去年,
有一家电视台评选二十世纪的最大案件，O.J.辛普森案当选。
但是这些案件是否能经得起历史的考验，再过几十年是否还会有人谈起，
很值得怀疑。
倒是1925年发生在田纳西州代顿（Dayton）镇的“猴子审判”
（因为进化论往往被一般人误传为“人是从猴子进化来的”，故名），
75年来仍时时被提起，十天前美国各主要媒体还纷纷发表
评论纪念它发生75周年。它是名副其实的世纪审判。有三个传奇式的人物
参与其中：美国历史上最著名的大律师、无神论者克伦斯·达娄（Clarence
Darrow）担任被告律师，“原教旨主义的教皇”、著名的政治家威廉·布
莱恩（William Jennings Bryan）担任公诉律师，这两人都被视为天才的
演说家。
整个案件，由最伟大的美国记者之一门肯（H. L. Mencken）报道、评论。
在审判过程中，法律史上闻所未闻的戏剧性场面一再出现。
但是，更重要的，是该审判的象征意义和深远影响... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 By Monty Pelerin
The number of Obama supporters seems inversely related to his time in office
. Many wonder what happened to "The One We Are Waiting For."
Obama assumed office in difficult economic times. After a couple of years
of excuses -- which included "the problems were worse than we knew" and the
generic, all-purpose "it's Bush's fault" -- Obama now owns the original
problems and new ones of his own doing. An incomplete report card on his "
accomplishments" would include the following:... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2054 | 12 对了解alt-right应该有帮助.
An Establishment Conservative’s Guide To The Alt-Right
by Allum Bokhari & Milo Yiannopoulos29 Mar 20164584
A specter is haunting the dinner parties, fundraisers and think-tanks of the
Establishment: the specter of the “alternative right.” Young, creative
and eager to commit secular heresies, they have become public enemy number
one to beltway conservatives — more hated, even, than Democrats or loopy
progressives.
The alternative right, more commonly known as the alt-right, is ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: newIdRobot (新器人), 信区: Military
标 题: 最后的诱惑：福音派何去何从 ZT
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Oct 22 00:54:06 2018, 美东)
最后的诱惑：福音派何去何从
从一个文化自信的宗教力量陨落到焦虑的少数派，福音派如何一步步做出违背宗教传统
的选择，投入特朗普的政治保护伞下
The Atlantic April 2018 cover story: “The Last Temptation” by Michael
Gerson
授权翻译 / Translated with permission / 转载请征得同意
(Artist: Javier Jaén)
【作者】 迈克尔·格尔森 (Michael Gerson) 是《华盛顿邮报》专栏作者，他每周两
次的专栏文章在全国范围内被同步转载。曾担任小布什总统最高助理和演讲撰稿人
【翻译】 张拓木，张海云，杨刁刁，华思睿
【校对】 李雅坤，Xujun Eberlein
原文链接：
http://www.theatlanti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38600 | 14 Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and
deserve to get it good and hard.
H. L. Mencken |
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发帖数: 2568 | 15 居然身在米国性感之都。。。
Victoria's Secret Angel descends upon San Diego, dispenses wisdom
What is sexy?
By Walter Mencken, Sept. 27, 2015
Stunning Victoria's Secret Angel Martha Hunt made an appearance at Fashion
Valley Mall yesterday afternoon, following San Diego's selection via popular
vote as America's Sexiest City. (Other winners included TV actress Ellie
Kemper for Sexiest Sense of Humor and Celebspiration.com YouTuber Tess
Christine for Sexiest Social Style.) But while the model is most famous for... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 9094 | 16 There are many English idioms whose true meaning (意译) usually has nothing
to do with their literal definition (直译). For example, the idiom “let the
cat out of the bag.” This phrase doesn’t literally mean to let a cat out
of a bag. Although originally that’s what it might have meant, now “
letting the cat out of the bag” means giving away a secret, as in Mom let
the cat out of the bag and told us Karen was engaged. This expression
alludes to the dishonest practice of a merchant substituting a wor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 14569 | 17 BigBlue，你包容一点啊，这让我想起H Mencken的
For every complex problem, there is an answer that is clear, simple and
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发帖数: 82482 | 18 不过，大众一直都是堕落的，呵呵……
公众的智力是没有下限的：
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American
public.
－－Mencken
你又重复了一遍。。。这里面没有文学地位的问题，扯出文学地位的问题本身就是评论
家没自信的表现了。
一般扯出这个问题的，不管是起因还是结果，都是上面因为对文学和大众的堕落痛心疾
首，所以往下踩一腿。 |
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发帖数: 82482 | 19 这里把American Public换成全球public也成
不过，大众一直都是堕落的，呵呵……
公众的智力是没有下限的：
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American
public.
－－Mencken
你又重复了一遍。。。这里面没有文学地位的问题，扯出文学地位的问题本身就是评论
家没自信的表现了。
一般扯出这个问题的，不管是起因还是结果，都是上面因为对文学和大众的堕落痛心疾
首，所以往下踩一腿。 |
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发帖数: 24893 | 20 美国人爱打官司，美国人更爱看打官司，一些大案也就成了举国上下
人人关注的新闻事件，被称为“世纪审判”，比如弹劾克林顿案、
辛普森谋杀案，毒打罗德尼·金案，都被媒体冠以这个称呼。去年,
有一家电视台评选二十世纪的最大案件，O.J.辛普森案当选。
但是这些案件是否能经得起历史的考验，再过几十年是否还会有人谈起，
很值得怀疑。
倒是1925年发生在田纳西州代顿（Dayton）镇的“猴子审判”
（因为进化论往往被一般人误传为“人是从猴子进化来的”，故名），
75年来仍时时被提起，十天前美国各主要媒体还纷纷发表
评论纪念它发生75周年。它是名副其实的世纪审判。有三个传奇式的人物
参与其中：美国历史上最著名的大律师、无神论者克伦斯·达娄（Clarence
Darrow）担任被告律师，“原教旨主义的教皇”、著名的政治家威廉·布
莱恩（William Jennings Bryan）担任公诉律师，这两人都被视为天才的
演说家。
整个案件，由最伟大的美国记者之一门肯（H. L. Mencken）报道、评论。
在审判过程中，法律史上闻所未闻的戏剧性场面一再出现。
但是，更重要的，是该审判的象征意义和深远影响... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3 | 21 1. The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams
2. The Varieties of Religious Experience, William James
3. Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington
4. A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf
5. Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
6. Selected Essays, 19171932, T. S. Eliot
7. The Double Helix, James D. Watson
8. Speak, Memory, Vladimir Nabokov
9. The American Language, H. L. Mencken
10. The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes
11. The Lives of a Cell, Lewis Thomas
12. The Fro |
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发帖数: 6973 | 22 Andrew Roberts, O Captain, Our Captain; George Washington was a genius and a
titan, but it was politics, not war, at which he excelled. Wall Street
Journal, Oct. 2, 2010.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703882404575520061512222160.html
Note:
(1) feline (adj):
"2: resembling a cat: as
a : sleekly graceful
b : SLY, TREACHEROUOS
c : STEALTHY
All definitions are from www.m-w.com, except where noted.
(2) It is unclear (to me) what the first sentence means. But see
Otto von Bismarck
http... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 38403 | 23 "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the
entrails of the last priest"
-Denis Diderot
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god
than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible
gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
-Stephen Roberts
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet."
-Napoleon Bonaparte
"Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a
dose of common sense."
- Cha... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6791 | 24 美国人爱打官司，美国人更爱看打官司，一些大案也就成了举国上下
人人关注的新闻事件，被称为“世纪审判”，比如去年的弹劾克林顿案、
几年前的O.J.辛普森谋杀案，以及更早一点的毒打罗德尼·金案，都被媒
体冠以这个称呼。去年有一家电视台评选二十世纪的最大案件，O.J.辛普
森案当选。但是这些案件是否能经得起历史的考验，再过几十年是否还会
有人谈起，是很值得怀疑的。倒是1925年发生在田纳西州代顿（Dayton）
镇的“猴子审判”（因为进化论往往被一般人误传为“人是从猴子进化来
的”，故名），75年来仍时时被提起，十天前美国各主要媒体还纷纷发表
评论纪念它发生75周年。它是名副其实的世纪审判。有三个传奇式的人物
参与其中：美国历史上最著名的大律师、无神论者克伦斯·达娄（Clarence
Darrow）担任被告律师，“原教旨主义的教皇”、著名的政治家威廉·布
莱恩（William Jennings Bryan）担任公诉律师，这两人都被视为天才的
演说家，整个案件，又由最伟大的美国记者之一门肯（H. L. Mencken）
报道、评论。在审判过程中，法律史上闻所未闻的戏剧性场面一再出现。
但... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 14569 | 25 Singleton is not evil as a pattern. But it is so easily to get singletonis
for a programmer.
For every complex problem, there is always an answer that is clear, simple,
and wrong. -- H. L. Mencken
Singleton is such an answer in many cases.
1. In real life, most programmers use singleton as global data holder/
processor. Think this way -- if your 30 classes all use/depend on a class,
isn't that too tight dependency? Is that evil, yes. Why? You find it is so
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