Month: May 2012

Wanker of the Day: Clive Crook

Clive Crook wanks: As always Bill Galston and John Cassidy are well worth reading. In interesting new commentaries on the election, both think Obama has the edge, while emphasizing that it might be a close thing and warning...

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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.353

Hello again painting fans. This week I’ll be continuing with the southern Arizona scene.  The photo that I am using is seen directly below.  I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on an 8×8 inch gallery...

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Democratic Front NGOs Spreading Capitalism of Greed

. This diary is a follow-up of my position in a comment and previous diaries. Somehow, it comes close to a tribute to our very own AG. Under the first link, there are another number of essays worth reading. Western Democracies...

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Do You Trust Gallup?

I don’t have independent confirmation of these numbers, but I trust Jon Chait to get them right: The white share of the electorate has been falling steadily for two decades, from 87 percent in 1992 to 83 percent in 1996 to...

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Pity the Straight White Male

I’m not much of a gamer. I play a little video soccer. I own Madden football but I don’t play it. I basically think video games are a gargantuan time-sink that are ruining the health of a whole generation of...

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