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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Let these people go

Saturday, October 20, 2012

A few days ago I mentioned that I was reading Chuck Thompson’s book advocating expulsion of the Southern States. I continue to support his basic thesis, but he was wrong about one thing. He wants to keep Texas, mainly on economic grounds. I say, let those people go. Cheerleaders in the Southeast Texas town of […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, October 19, 2012

Okay, here’s how I got to this one. I wanted to find a song that would somehow tie into Obama’s “Romnesia” riff (see previous post); something about forgetting (a lost cause, by the way). So, I went to the google, and put in “songs about forgetting” and this is one of the songs that came […]

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Romnesia

Friday, October 19, 2012

Great Politics. Romney can’t match this. He has no timing.

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The rich are different than you and me

Thursday, October 18, 2012

“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” But to be fair, both rich and poor are barred from insider trading. Federal prosecutors want Rajat K. Gupta, once one of the world’s most prominent businessmen, to […]

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Adventures in copyright

Thursday, October 18, 2012

A few weeks ago I put up a video about Linda McMahon. It was sort of an abridgement of a film made by Jackson Katz. The abridgment itself, as I understand it, was made by Mr. Katz, so I would have to assume that he holds the copyright thereto. He is a crusader against violence […]

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Romney’s tax plan detailed

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

You can get the full scoop here.

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Why, oh why?

Monday, October 15, 2012

Okay, I just bailed on the Murphy-McMahon debate. I can’t take it anymore. I have a simple question I would like to ask all Democratic candidates. When asked about social security or Medicare, every Republican candidate responds with some variant of the claim that he or she will not cut benefits for those saintly seniors […]

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Can’t happen here, cause it already has

Monday, October 15, 2012

We learn in this morning’s New York Times that inequality is growing in North Korea, further proof of the failure of their system. DANDONG, China — On her weekly shopping trips to downtown Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, a 52-year-old pig farmer who gave her name as Mrs. Kim tries to ignore the dusting […]

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Book Review

Sunday, October 14, 2012

At the moment I’m rereading the Hitchhiker’s Guide series, sandwiching each silly installment between works of non-fiction. This post is about the latest slice of, shall we say, literary meat between the tasty bread baked by Douglas Adams. Despite the title, this is not really a book review, as I’ll content myself to pointing to […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, October 12, 2012

Okay, I got next to nothing. This is by way of approbation for Joe Biden, who I gather is being roundly criticized by the Republicans, with the media following their lead, for laughing at the truly risible Paul Ryan. So Joe, don’t let the bastards grind you down. Listen to Randy. (There’s a bonus track […]

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