Friday, June 29, 2012

Talmudism at the Supreme Court

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One pictures the scene: Five justices arguing long into the night over whether the insurance-mandate penalty is constitutional under the Com...

Court Overrules the Law of Excluded Middle

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You'd think that any X is either a tax or not a tax. It's the law of excluded middle, right? The Supreme Court begs to differ. The p...
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Sunday, June 24, 2012

Recent Scribblings

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TGIF: “Cleaning Up After the Elephants (and Donkeys)” Op-ed: “How to Get Money Out of Politics”
Friday, June 15, 2012

How Dare They!

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More Hypocrisy

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Funny to hear the Obamians blame the Great Recession on "the policies of the past." They approve of what caused the financial and ...
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Happy Flag Day

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If you're not convinced that nationalism is cultish, look up the rules for the proper handling of an American flag. My favorites: ...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

On Reaching the Pearly Gates

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I don’t believe in the god of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Jesus, and Muhammad. But should it turn out that this deity exists and should it ever a...
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Human Scientists

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Scientists are human beings. That's not meant to be a compliment.

The Hell with It!

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The inventors of religion overreached. Hell is so obviously improbable that no one is really deterred from doing whatever he wants to do. C...
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Latest Scribblings

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TGIF: There’s No Such Thing as Economic Freedom Op-ed: The Wisconsin Union Fight Reconsidered
Saturday, June 09, 2012

Another Bad Conservative Prediction

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Remember when conservatives feared that a president with the middle name Hussein would be reluctant to slaughter Arabs and Muslims?

Panetta’s Chutzpah

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U.S. War Secretary Leon Panetta says he and other American muckety-mucks are “reaching the limits of our patience” with Pakistan. That’s wh...

More on the Six-Day War

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On this day 45 years ago, the Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors continued. For insight into the alleged threat Israel faced-...
Friday, June 08, 2012

USS Liberty: 45 Years after the Israeli Attack

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For full details, see Jeffrey St. Clair's article about attack in  Counterpunch . Here's a taste: In early June of 1967, at th...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

The Six-Day War

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Forty-five years ago at this time the Six-Day War raged between Israel and Egypt, Syria, and Jordan, leading to the occupation of the West B...
Sunday, June 03, 2012

Send a Message: Don’t Vote in November

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Only a super low turnout at the polls would send a message that we are fed up. So stop agonizing over whom to vote for, and resolve not to v...
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Monday, May 28, 2012

Revisionist History Day, 2012

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Today is Revisionist History Day , what others call Memorial Day. Americans are supposed to remember the country's war dead while bein...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

This Says It All

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Peace, Not War

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"We perpetuate war by exalting its sacrifices." --Paddy Chayefsky, The Americanization of Emily

On Religion

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All elements of religion but the love of universal justice and compassion--as found in the Prophets--constitute idolatry, including worship ...
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