Day: August 27, 2015

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Donald Trump Is More Important — and Dangerous — than You Think

Tod Kelly August 27, 2015

The question isn't whether or not the Donald will lose. He will. The question is to what degree...

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The Limits of Vision

Aaron David August 27, 2015

A Public Service Announcement

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The Boy Who Kills

zic August 27, 2015

It's all in the framing.

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Timewasters!

Glyph August 27, 2015

Prepare to waste some time.

No, Women are not More Likely to be Murdered at Work than Men. IFRL-NaPP-Retro-800px-France_in_XXI_Century._Air_cab

No, Women are not More Likely to be Murdered at Work than Men.

Vikram Bath August 27, 2015

A counterintuitive claim appears to be wrong.

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Skipping The Summer Reading

Burt Likko August 27, 2015

This essay is about reading gay porn before class. And it resurrects an Ideological Outrage Of The...

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John Silber Flunks an Interview

Jon Rowe August 27, 2015

The interview that arguably cost John Silber the office of Governor of Mass.

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If Biden Runs, It’s Bad News for Clinton

Mr Peel August 27, 2015

If Joe Biden runs, he probably thinks Hillary Clinton has been weakened by recent events. And he...

Dark Matter in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025which would still result in more births than deaths. Although to be fair that's using the high end o…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025Free Palestine. What does "Free Palestine" look like? Is that, "The entire area is free from Jews" s…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025every estimate now has the population of Gaza shrinking 5-6% since 10/7. That includes people who ha…
Jaybird on Weekend Plans Post: Chowder TheoryWhilst listening to "I Was Wrong" by The Sisters of Mercy, the youtubes reminded me that "Osmosis Jo…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025It's disappointing, isn't it? Arguing against people who cannot even comprehend someone with an oppo…
Chris in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025First, the 50k is pretty much universally acknowledged to be a gross underestimate of the death toll…
Chris in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025Free Palestine. Simple question, thanks. And several people in the Free Palestine movement have been…
James K in reply to North on Andor Finale Sticks the LandingWith the benefit of hindsight, I think it also helps show the development of the Rebel Alliance over…
Dark Matter in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025Hmm... in 2022, 21% of employed individuals in the Palestinian territories were working in the publi…
Dark Matter in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025... IF Biden had say 6 good connive hours from 0800 to 1400 each day If he were that functional he w…