Month: September 2007

On MoveOn

I think Matt Stoller asked excellent questions and was really well prepared. I think Gen. Wesley Clark explained very concisely why Stoller’s view of the MoveOn situation is ultimately wrong. There are some things I could...

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There’s more than tazers in the future

How about little and big microwave ovens. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=482560&i n_page_id=1965 http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/v-mads.htm How...

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Masterpieces of Conquistador Mentality

One of the hallmarks of conquistador mentality is the treatment of minority/ostracized groups as savages.  The belief that there is something inherently deformed in the being of these others, therefore their very existence...

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An Effort at Punditry

Let me take off my advocacy hat and put on my punditry hat. If we take a look at the political climate it appears that we’ve reached an impasse. Here is how DemFromCT puts it: And when the votes are not there, you...

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Thousands March for Jena 6

An estimated fifty thousand demonstrators marched in Jena, Louisiana in support of the Jena 6 (see this link for details of this blatant case of racial injustice) according to some estimates. We may be seeing the revival of the...

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