Day: January 10, 2011

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Happy Meal Conservatism

Erik Kain January 10, 2011

This is an appropriate time to turn back, once again, to one of my favorite John Derbyshire...

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Rightwing Duck

Erik Kain January 10, 2011

Bob Cheeks wants an example of Glenn Beck being inflammatory. Well that’s Beck’s whole schtick, and while I...

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Crazy people doing crazy things

Erik Kain January 10, 2011

A lot of conspiracy theorists are considered right-wing because they have a deep mistrust of the government....

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IFRL-TLC-War-GAPD-tate.sir-arthegal-the-knight-of-justice-with-talus-the-iron-man-from-spensers-faerie-queene-194

A Closer Look at Jared Lee Loughner

Mark of New Jersey January 10, 2011

Anyone trying to understand what happened on Saturday needs to read this piece in Mother Jones, which...

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Government and Violence

Jason Kuznicki January 10, 2011

Radley Balko writes: [I]t’s worth remembering that the government initiates violence against its own citizens every day...

Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025This situation reminds me of the whole "U leaders don't deal with sex offenders" problem. The compli…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointOh I agree; I noted as such in my original comment. But I can't help but notice that all the stories…
Dark Matter in reply to Michael Cain on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Military spending is roughly half of that $1.6T discretionary spending I think Musk didn't review th…
Michael Cain in reply to Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”Do those numbers put DOD and military spending done by other parts of the government in discretionar…
Michael Cain in reply to North on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointTexas, and to a somewhat lesser extent Florida, build because they can sprawl. Where are the desirab…
Dark Matter on From the NY Times: DOGE Savings “85 percent less than its objective”All federal discretionary spending combined is $1.6T. This includes what most of us view as primary…
North in reply to Michael Cain on From Freddie de Boer: Abundance, Up To A PointThat is a fair critique to a very broad blanket statement but Florida and Texas are, iirc, the large…
Dark Matter in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025If it were still scientifically accurate, then maybe it would be. Or maybe we've become more accepti…
Jaybird in reply to KenB on Saturday Morning Gaming: Hollow KnightI am *EXCEPTIONALLY* irritated. I watched a youtube that said "fight them like *THIS*" and I went an…
Jaybird in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 4/7/2025My Ethics professor freshman year (so, 1991-1992) was approximately one jillion years old and he exp…