Category Archives: usa

What’s Wrong with Yang’s UBI Proposal?

Posted on 2019-10-23 by alan

US Democrat presidential nomination candidate Andrew Yang includes a kind of universal basic income in his platform; and he identifies it as a “dividend” which I prefer because it clarifies that it is not welfare but a deserved share of … Continue reading →

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Only Obama

Posted on 2011-05-03 by alan

Only Obama Succeeded Where Bush Failed (“Great shot sir!”) Only Obama can deal with the financial collapse caused by the right wing libertarian attitude towards proper regulation of financial institutions Only Obama could persuade us that the Lion King was … Continue reading →

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And They have the guns!

Posted on 2011-03-25 by alan

From Discover Magazine:

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Obama Speech on Religion

Posted on 2010-12-07 by alan

This comes from before he was president. But note that (at 2:30 on the tape) he says “politics involves compromise” and perhaps that is being applied also to the very principles advocated in this speech.

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Collateral Murder

Posted on 2010-06-09 by alan

Arrest over leaked video of US gunship attack – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). The video really is shocking – especially since nothing I could see (except the camera) looked remotely like a weapon to me. But the former soldier … Continue reading →

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Stephen Hawking . . .

Posted on 2009-08-15 by alan

. . . would have died long ago if he had lived in the UK – or so said an anti-medicare US “thinktank” (the Investors Business Daily) until Jay Bookman and others pointed out that . . . he does!

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Stupid ‘stupid’

Posted on 2009-07-24 by alan

Obama’s retraction is refreshing, but does leave some questions about his willingness to comment on the basis of incomplete information.

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McCain Puts Country Second

Posted on 2008-08-30 by alan

John McCain’s nomination of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate is a mind-blowingly cynical choice in the light of his criticism of Barak Obama as not yet ready to assume the highest office. Michael Cohen says it well in … Continue reading →

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Neo Culpa indeed!

Posted on 2006-11-06 by alan

WOW!

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Contrary Brin: Arguments for your obstinate uncle…

Posted on 2006-09-26 by alan

David Brin quotes and annotates Russ Daggat comparing Bush and Clinton records.

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Brin: The Decadence Excuse

Posted on 2006-07-31 by site admin

Contrary Brin: The Decadence Excuse… The Song Sung by All Our Foes. comments on the anti-intellectual attitudes of bushite right wing america

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MT on BF

Posted on 2006-07-12 by alan

Mark Twain’s “The Late Benjamin Franklin”

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Senator John Kerry | The Right to Dissent

Posted on 2006-04-25 by site admin

Senator John Kerry | The Right to Dissent was linked from David Brin

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