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Monthly Archives: August 2012

Selling the sizzle

Sunday, August 19, 2012

I’m back, so it's time to commence whining about the people who are destroying our society. Not that I've managed to completely forget them, but it certainly helps to be in comparatively sane Vermont. While in that island of sanity (only one Wal-Mart in the whole state) I began reading Joseph Stiglitz’s The Price of […]

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Annals of Equal Justice

Monday, August 13, 2012

The FCC has fined Google $22.5 million dollars for willfully violating the privacy of millions of people, after it had promised to stop doing almost exactly the same thing in another context: David Vladeck, who leads the agency’s consumer protection bureau, defended the penalty. “$22.5 million may not seem like a lot of money to […]

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The Ryan Pick: A gift from the gods

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Romney has grooved a fastball right over the middle of the plate. The question is, will the Democrats smash it out of the park, or pop it up? I agree the Ryan choice is all about nailing down the right-wing base, and that Romney is still not sure of their support. I'm also sure that […]

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I’m with Harry

Friday, August 10, 2012

I have to take issue with Kevin Drum, who believes Harry Reid is, let us say, stretching the truth in his charges about Romney’s taxes: Politically, of course, Reid’s ploy has worked like a charm. Romney’s taxes are back in the news and Romney’s ham-handed handling of the whole affair has kept it there. And […]

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Vermont Ramblings

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Pleasant times here in Vermont, blessedly removed from almost any exposure to what is happening out there in the world, though I do get the impression that the richest man to ever run for president, a guy who quite probably has paid taxes at a lower rate than I, has decided to attack the poorest […]

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Friday Night Music, and a bit more

Friday, August 3, 2012

Okay, so we’re beginning our annual Vermont vacation a bit early this year. My sister is renting the place we rent every summer this week, and our rental begins tomorrow, so we’ve been her guests since yesterday, and she’ll be our guest starting tomorrow. Political blogging will be sparse, though who knows, I may inflict […]

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