Author: Marie3

Bad News – UPDATE

(This won’t be much of a diary and am only using this forum feature because I think it’s important and it’s not been given any attention here.  I’ve been relying on Glenn Greenwald’s tweets...

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I’m with Kaepernik – UPDATE #2

Colin Kaepernick explains why he sat during national anthem. Sort of. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick told NFL Media in...

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A Good Man is Hard to Find

AP Big Story – AP Sources: Manafort tied to undisclosed foreign lobbying Salon – GOP congressman calls for investigation into Manafort as leaked memo shows Trump campaign chair laid groundwork for Putin’s...

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DWS-Canova Debate

The four parts are posted on the Sun-Sentinel website  (They are labeled I-IIII but aren’t posted in order; so, some futzing is required to view it sequentially.) My overall impression is that it’s similar to...

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Who Elected JFK?

It sure as hell wasn’t “educated white men.” JFK lost big among the college educated: 39% to 61% He did, however, win among men: 52% to 48% (inflated by all those “uneducated” men). Professional and...

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