Day: November 5, 2014

Fantasy Football Week 9 In Review And NFL Open Thread IFRL-Mindiv-Comics-Green-Lama

Fantasy Football Week 9 In Review And NFL Open Thread

Jaybird November 5, 2014

We're starting to mathematically eliminate people from the playoffs...

History as Determing Ideology IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-GAPD-altesnational.the-isle-of-the-dead

History as Determing Ideology

Saul DeGraw November 5, 2014

How does history determine ideology?

The Fish and the Manual IFRL-Plague-Maskreal

The Fish and the Manual

Burt Likko November 5, 2014

A revealing remark from a prosecutor arguing before the Supreme Court today, complete with Burt Likko's translation...

The Results of a Broken System IFRL-TLC-Scenery-Wunderwald-Berlin-3

The Results of a Broken System

Ethan Gach November 5, 2014

Democracy is a lonely business.

More on Liberalism: The Democratic Party and the White Working Class Vote IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426208

More on Liberalism: The Democratic Party and the White Working Class Vote

Saul DeGraw November 5, 2014

Yesterday I received an e-mail about a seminar on the future of life-work balance. The seminar was...

A Meathead Watches Gilmore Girls (“Kill Me Now” and “The Deer Hunters”) IFRL-NaPP-Asia-rawpixel-id-426265

A Meathead Watches Gilmore Girls (“Kill Me Now” and “The Deer Hunters”)

Sam Wilkinson November 5, 2014

Notes I am absolutely floored by the response to the first post, which has been simultaneously energetic...

Thoughts on the 2014 Midterm Elections and Liberalism’s Future IFRL-TLC-War-26022923368_e3092f76c0_b

Thoughts on the 2014 Midterm Elections and Liberalism’s Future

Saul DeGraw November 5, 2014

Saul Degraw attempts to read the tea leaves.

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…