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The NBA: Where a pretty predictable post-season happens IFRL-TLC-Patterns-GAPD-reinasofia.guitar-with-inlays-301

The NBA: Where a pretty predictable post-season happens

Will April 16, 2009
I’ve got Kobe’s Lakers over Lebron’s Cavs in five games. If the series goes to six or...
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The Five Horsemen of the Federal Budget IFRL-Mindiv-Fantasy-edit-unautremondetran00gran_0_0128

The Five Horsemen of the Federal Budget

Erik Kain April 16, 2009
“Let’s put this simply. 80% of the budget falls into five categories: Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, Veteran’s...
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These are big protests but… IFRL-TLC-War-3g12666v

These are big protests but…

Erik Kain April 16, 2009
…it still feels like, despite strong attendance, the one real thing they have going for them is...
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This… IFRL-TLC-Scenery-pawel-nolbert-291146-unsplash

This…

Mark of New Jersey April 16, 2009
Is exactly what I was talking about.  Is it an anti-Obama protest, an anti-spending protest, an anti-tax...
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What the Iraq War Is and What it Isn’t IFRL-NaPP-Asia-Yoshitoshi-Yorimasa

What the Iraq War Is and What it Isn’t

Erik Kain April 16, 2009
Let’s start with “isn’t” first: ________________________________________ It’s not a war just about spreading democracy. It’s not a...
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Setting the Record Straight

Mark of New Jersey April 15, 2009
I’d be a bit remiss if I didn’t link to this interview between Rachel Maddow and Stephen Gordon...
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Tea Time

Erik Kain April 15, 2009
What can be said that hasn’t already about the Tea Party Phenomenon?  Perhaps phenomon isn’t the right...
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Speaking of that DHS Report…. IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-venus

Speaking of that DHS Report….

Mark of New Jersey April 15, 2009
I’m with Thoreau – first in, first out.  The DHS report is ridiculous, disturbing, terrifying, etc. –...
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A Plea for Engagement

Will April 15, 2009
Via the American Conservative, I see that Sean Scallon’s challenging article on Jimmy Carter is getting some...
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Poor Brother Mark just can’t get any respect… IFRL-Mindiv-26476433351_66eb12b90d_b

Poor Brother Mark just can’t get any respect…

Dave April 15, 2009
If it isn’t the intellectually-challenged on the Right accusing him of applauding Hamas’ rationality and descending into the darkness...
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pentecostalization

Chris Dierkes April 14, 2009
In honor of the Easter weekend I suppose, the Sunday Magazine lead article in the NyTimes this...
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I’ll Take Getting the Econ Crisis Wrong for $2,000 Alex IFRL-TLC-Scenery-alice-pasqual-182043-unsplash

I’ll Take Getting the Econ Crisis Wrong for $2,000 Alex

Chris Dierkes April 14, 2009
Sorry Mr. President this just isn’t right: The heart of this financial crisis is that too many...
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Call to Arms

Will April 14, 2009
I think conservatives are justifiably upset by the Department of Homeland Security’s recent report on right-wing domestic...
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tech bleg

Freddie April 14, 2009
So I’m the kind to always build my own PCs from parts, cause I hate paying a...
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There’s GAAP and then there’s GAAAP IFRL-NaPP-Space-31528824221_9af60ea3ba_c

There’s GAAP and then there’s GAAAP

Dave April 14, 2009
When I was in my graduate finance program many years ago, the accounting professors told us that...
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quote of the day

Erik Kain April 14, 2009
It must have been caused by a gay marriage in Vermont! ~commenter jaycbird over at Dreher’s digs,...
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Correctly Political: Tea and Sympathy for the Devil You Know IFRL-TLC-War-kris-cros-1194186-unsplash

Correctly Political: Tea and Sympathy for the Devil You Know

Guest Authors April 14, 2009
“Children’s Tea Party,” Morton H. B. Bly, 1919 by jfxgillis R.S.V.P. Wednesday, April 15th, Tax Day (reminder...
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Fragmentation

Will April 13, 2009
Esteemed co-blogger Chris Dierkes has a challenging post on the democratic process. Here’s a decent summary: In...
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you can’t be a pacifist if you haven’t got a war to fight

Erik Kain April 13, 2009
Kyle Cupp has this to say about my professed culture-war pacifism:
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Abu-Jamal and the Costs of Reflexive Anti-Leftism IFRL-Plague-Cleansing

Abu-Jamal and the Costs of Reflexive Anti-Leftism

Freddie April 13, 2009
In the interests of showing that I will disagree as loudly with my friends as with my...
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