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Ordinary World for 22 Oct 2018 world

Ordinary World for 22 Oct 2018

Andrew Donaldson October 22, 2018

Your Ordinary World for Monday, 22 Oct 2018, with links pondering civility-or a lack there of-in the...

In Praise of Jane Hamsher, et al: Redefining the Art of the Possible

In Praise of Jane Hamsher, et al: Redefining the Art of the Possible

Mark of New Jersey December 23, 2009

Jane Hamsher has been taking a lot of flak in recent days for coming out against the...

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Erik Kain July 2, 2009

James Joyner points to this piece by Mark Tapcott, in which he says a lot of what...

Jaybird on From Marginal Revolution: o3 and AGI, is April 16th AGI day?The benchmark that makes sense to me: Can it beat Pokemon? 10-year-olds can beat Pokemon.
Jaybird in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Apparently, a guy went down to the address and, when the lady who lives there came out of his house,…
Dark Matter in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Members of my extended family are homeless or headed there. They make terrible choices because of so…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The extent to which that thought is comforting compared to "the government is feckless if not malici…
Chris in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025One of the interesting things about homelessness is that we don't want to spend resources on people…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Eh, it's fixing the problems you can talk about instead of the problems you can't talk about. And, a…
Chris in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Having a philosophy background, I'm sure you've thought a lot about language and thought (the house…
Jaybird in reply to Chris on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The good news is that the article itself goes back to the good term: Department data shows nearly ha…
Jaybird in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The Newsweek article talks about stuff from 2023. But, hey. People make mistakes. Does the governmen…
Jaybird in reply to Philip H on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025My goodness. Is there footage of the event? We should be able to determine whether this was a case o…