Daily Archive: June 3, 2016

2016 Elections / Politics

June 3, 2016

The Ethics of Political Violence

We can all agree that violence at a political rally is wrong, right? Right? Well…

June 3, 2016

The Church Has Shifted from Religious Outreach to Religious Profit

Dear Church,
Find a way to spend more money on your outreach and less on your facilities.
Sincerely,
An Uncomfortable Christian

June 3, 2016

A Thought on Art and Entertainment

Two movies — one significantly weightier than the other.

June 3, 2016

On Foreign Policy (The War Sort)

Bleak musings for your weekend

June 3, 2016

Linky Friday #169: Psychedelic Pork

This week: Crime, Transportation, Resources, Cities, Economics, and Television!

June 3, 2016

Weekend!

Holy cow! Is it time to set up the air conditioner already?

Indeed it is.

Editor Picks

Weekend Plans Post: Pantherine Vandals

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James Joyce's Ulysse

POETS Day! On James Joyce’s Ulysses with a Few Poems Thrown In

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Recent Comments

David TC on Tariffs Making China Great AgainI'm going to petition the US government to fix my _huge_ trade deficit with the local Walmart by hav…
David TC on Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For DeportationAnd here we go with the constitutional crisis: A Federal judge Paula Xinis has ordered the Trump adm…
LeeEsq in reply to Michael Cain on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25From the article: Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in response to Xinis’ ruling that the judge…
LeeEsq in reply to Michael Cain on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25The governments argument was that he was a dangerous criminal and gang member and not coming back un…
David TC in reply to Dark Matter on Read It For Yourself: How Trump Admin Defines “Gang Members” For DeportationWe do not have a lot of chaos in this. We have court system that functions, and we have whatever Tru…
Michael Cain in reply to Marchmaine on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25As I've said before, my working assumption is that the goal is the North American Empire under Donal…
Michael Cain in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Isn't this the case where the DOJ's argument is "Neither we nor the Salvadorans can find him"? With…
CJColucci in reply to Derek S on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25There was no tariff plan you would have been okay with. Hell, I doubt there is much of anything Pres…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/04/el-salvador-deportation-ruling-trump-administration-0027287…
Slade the Leveller in reply to Marchmaine on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25You're telling me 2 months of ciphering isn't enough time to negotiate something that might crater t…

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