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Distorted World View?

Random thoughts on the embedded TED piece. All news agencies are going to skew their reports to local interests. British news will talk more about Britain than other places, and so on. So a certain degree of disortion is to … Continue reading

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I'm Impressed With Ford

The Ford Story (which features the attached video) runs down Ford’s argument in favor of a Detroit bailout and their perspective on it. I don’t find it impressive in terms of how persuasive it is… I’m just stunned that someone … Continue reading

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I’m Impressed With Ford

The Ford Story (which features the attached video) runs down Ford’s argument in favor of a Detroit bailout and their perspective on it. I don’t find it impressive in terms of how persuasive it is… I’m just stunned that someone … Continue reading

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To All of Those Who Threatened to Leave the Country If Obama Lost…

I just watched an episode of Forensic Files featuring a Mexican man who was imprisoned for two-and-a-half years on a murder conviction. He was released when new evidence demonstrated that his wife had actually committed suicide, as he had claimed … Continue reading

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What I Have To Live With

After years of people giving me shit, I finally registered to vote in 2004. And the first vote I cast for a president was for John Kerry, a guy I didn’t really care about, one way or another. Four years … Continue reading

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Where McCain Won

First, his concession speech was better than Obama’s acceptance. By a mile. And his SNL visit was better than Obama’s and Palin’s put together.

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I Luv You, Ms. Silverman

The Great Schlep from The Great Schlep on Vimeo.

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The World Isn't Going to End

I’m incredibly annoyed by all the doomsaying out there. It’s coming from all sides, and even when (as below) they go for the funny, it just feels like too much. Capitalism sometimes sucks. Wars always suck. And these too shall … Continue reading

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The World Isn’t Going to End

I’m incredibly annoyed by all the doomsaying out there. It’s coming from all sides, and even when (as below) they go for the funny, it just feels like too much. Capitalism sometimes sucks. Wars always suck. And these too shall … Continue reading

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Screw "Our Families", Barack

This irritates me: Dude, there are plenty of underpaid women in this country who are single, shacked up, or married without brats… they matter, too. I know you know that, but still… quit trying to frame equal pay for women … Continue reading

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