May 2009
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““YES, I’M A BAD AMERICAN
I Am the Liberal-Progressives Worst...”
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Received via email entitled, Fwd: Fwd: Subject: The Truth!!!!!!!!!, from a semi-acquaintance.
Good lord, is this really how people think? No wonder we’re in such a sorry state. Some folks are- how to phrase this euphemistically?- unable to see the gross contradictions and thinly veiled...
April 2009
10 posts
“The plural of anecdote is not data.”
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Good grief, America, make up your mind already!
Obama Is Nudging Views on Race, a Survey Finds
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/us/politics/28poll.html?_r=1&partner=rss&emc=rss
Rebranding Hate in the Age of Obama
http://www.newsweek.com/id/195085
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QED: The Law of Unintended Consequences, War on...
A global epidemic of violent crime
The economic meltdown is playing into the hands of crime syndicates and corrupt governments, as people worldwide grow desperate to make ends meet.
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on TomDispatch.com
By Michael Klare
“…The Mexican drug trade itself is nothing new. The illicit export traffic to the United States and the ensuing bloody...
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How many misleading statistics, rationales and...
Puff, Puff, Keep Drug Laws Passed
by Ron Brooks
“Legalization advocates would have us believe that marijuana is a benign drug. That message is not only reckless, it is dangerous. By treating marijuana as a joke, the pro-legalization lobby is using our kids as pawns in a dangerous political game.”
NPR.org, April 20, 2009 · As a 35-year law enforcement veteran and a father of two, I am alarmed by...
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Testing: 1, 2, whatever...
Are we recording right now?