Month: October 2006

Did North Korea Really Explode A Nuke?

Some US intelligence analysts aren’t so sure that North Korea’s much ballyhooed nuclear test really was all that — well — nuclear: U.S. intelligence agencies say, based on preliminary indications, that...

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Piercing the Simulacrum:

Of Faux Democracy, Petty Tyrants, and Painful Realities by Jason Miller “The ideal tyranny is that which is ignorantly self-administered by its victims. The most perfect slaves are, therefore, those which blissfully and...

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From Netroots to Staffer on One Week PA-08

Just over a week ago I finally submitted my thesis and found myself with plenty of free time while I wait to defend my thesis and look for postdoc positions. What else is a good Kossack to do with free time in October, but head...

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Tuesday News Bucket PLEASE UNRECOMMEND

There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don’t know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president.   – Kurt Vonnegut BTW, Vonnegut said that in 2004, so we know...

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