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Maia and I went to Northern Faire this weekend. Friends were seen, good times were had. Pictures to follow (including some rare ones of me).

Before I left

pnh linked to an Ezra Klein post Liberal Hawks and the Last Kiss which sparked an interesting, if heated, discussion at Making Light on a tangiental issue (there is someone defending the position of Liberal Hawks, and a lot of people disagreeing).

abi presented us with a topical sonnet, which I present to you.

Prefer all vague and incoherent threats
To real harm today, and here, and now.
(And those who pose such problems, disavow:
For lives are unfit subjects for such bets.)
When faced with lesser evils, don't forget
That evils they are still, and any good
Is dearly bought. When choosing evils, should
Inaction be an option, choose not yet.
The future keeps its counsel closely veiled.
Until then, all we have are guesses, made
For reasons good or ill, and blindly weighed
To fathom who'll be right, and who has failed.
Until the ends are known, the means are all
On which to judge; with them we stand or fall.