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Today on Salon: Two smug bearded preppies take time off from their Saturday shopping at The Gap to write “pro” and “con” pieces on libertarianism

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Smug Button-Down Preppie, pictured below, is using the “No True Galt” debate tactic in his defense of Libertarianism

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Click Smug White Guy ’s photo to read his opinion.

…while Smug Hoodie Preppie, pictured below, has moved to something he calls “libertarian-socialism”, which sounds a lot like “kosher pork rinds”:

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Click Smug White Guy ’s photo to read his opinion.

Ignoring the content of their articles — which, given the subject matter, is a good idea — these guys are smugness selfie amateurs. Let me show you how a professional does it:

this is how you do smug

Damn straight.

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Pill-swallowing spray: Another product I didn’t know existed

pill glide swallowing spray

Hot on the heels of learning that manga eye makeup existed, I stumbled into this product while picking up groceries at Publix the other day.

I don’t think there’s really a need for this when a solution already exists. It’s my understanding that Americans will eat anything that’s been covered with enough ranch dressing, which is probably way cheaper thanks to economies of ranch dressing scale.

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What the accordion player saw

And now, some photos yanked from my “random snaps” collection on my iPhone that I shot this week.

love seeing palm trees everywhere:

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Ah, pork. Great meat, or best meat?

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I manage to get in at least a half-hour of swimming four times a week these days:

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This is a viable business in a place where winter almost doesn’t exist:

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I cannot confirm nor deny that I set foot in this establishment:

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Yes, there are places in America that aren’t full of 300-pound people on motorized sccoters, where people actually walk or bike to places that aren’t located inside a mall:

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And for the next couple of days, this is my office. It’s within wifi range, and there’s a power outlet out here!

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If you’re an eligible Ontario voter, vote!

hudak as the joker

It was a bad PR move for a member of the Liberal Party of Ontario to use this in their campaign materials, but it’s AWESOME for a satirist like Yours Truly to use it in his blog. If you’re an eligible Ontario voter, go and vote in today’s election. I did, even though I’m hundreds of miles away, so you have no excuse. Vote!

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It’s official: Manga is now part and parcel of American pop culture

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Manga, which in North America was once the domain of serious comics fans, Japanophiles, and the creepier guys at sci-fi, game and comics conventions, is now mainstream, if this eye makeup display in Walgreens is any indication.

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Sometimes, a car spoiler is useful

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Of all the “performance enhancements” you can add to your car, spoilers — not the kind where you give away the story, but the wing- or fin-like attachment you place near the back of a car — are probably the worst. They’re of little to no use on most cars and driving situations, they’re often mounted on the trunk, where their minimal effect is reduced to zero, they’re usually low-quality, and more often than not, they lower the resale value. If you have a spoiler on a car whose drive wheels are on the front and you’re driving fast enough to generate downforce, you’ll actually make your car’s grip on the road worse (think about it: the downward force exerted by the spoiler will be applied to the rear of the car, lifting your drive wheels off the road). They’re a near-certain marker of a person who’s doubly dense, with neither style nor substance.

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Still, there are those times when a spoiler can be useful. One such case: when you need to change a rear tire and for some reason, you don’t have a jack:

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Or if you’re on the go but still want to eat al fresco:

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Or if you’ve got a big function or hot date to attend and want to make sure your clothes look crisp:

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Graduating with grace

It’s that time of the year, so I’m posting this for those of you who aren’t clear on the concept:

how to receive your diploma