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Question of the Day: Certitude is the Shadow of Knowing

by: Karmafish

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 12:15:07 PM PST


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Former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, once said something along these lines:

There are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.

Whatever anyone might think about Rumsfeld, that is actually a very smart statement and something that should be held in mind.   For, indeed, there are known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.  That is, there are things that we know that we know.  There are things that we know we do not know.  And there are things that we do not know that we do not know.


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Fire Under Their Seats - Progressives & The Democratic Party

by: Edger

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 09:19:40 AM PST


This is the fourth and last segment of Paul Jay's interview of journalism professor Jeff Cohen of FAIR and the Park Center for Independent Media.

In Part 3 Cohen talked about the struggle for power and direction within the Democratic Party from the days of the Viet Nam War to the present, and wound up with "Frankly... I would love to see a primary challenge to Obama when he's up for re-election... Because unless you build a base through elections and then you hold the officials accountable, then you'll never get anywhere."

Here in the conclusion of the interview Cohen expands on those ideas and fills in some of the outlines to draw a rough set of guidelines or roadmap of how to get from where things stand now with the Democrats as out and out corporatists to a world of the kind of progressive populism they have been well known for at various points in history, and how it is going to take a no more Mr. Nice Guy approach from progressives and a lot of very hardnosed and fearless aggressiveness, of the kind that I think  Muhammad Ali meant when he noted so many years ago "He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life."


Real News Network - February 6, 2010
Cohen: Far right Republicans are dangerous, but also need to primary against corporate Democrats

All 4 parts of this interview are at DocuDharma here.



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Monday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Mon Feb 08, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.
The touch of the sea is sensuous,
enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.

Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin

Born February 8, 1850


Wade Into the Fray :: (24 Comments)

MLW Super Bowl Pool

by: Maryscott O'Connor

Sun Jan 24, 2010 at 19:28:13 PM PST


(HERE WE GO! Good luck everyone... - promoted by Maryscott O'Connor)

As usual, winners pick in order -- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarters. You'd think the final score would take precedence, but when you REALLY think about it... it's just a damned luck of the draw thing anyway, so why should the person who wins the final quarter numbers get first pick of the prizes?

ACTUALLY... maybe it should be even MORE random than that. Maybe we should do another sort of thing to figure out who gets t pick in what order?

Can anyone come up with a good, totally unfair and random way to do that?


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Sunday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Sun Feb 07, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


And the National Rifle Association says, "Guns don't kill people, people do,"
but I think the gun helps, you know? I think it helps.
I just think just standing there going, "Bang!"
That's not going to kill too many people, is it?

Eddie Izzard

Eddie Izzard

Born February 7, 1962


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Saturday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Sat Feb 06, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


First and foremost, I'm a feminist.
And basically that stems from a strong belief
that all people and creatures
deserve equal opportunity, rights and respect.

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy

Born February 6, 1957


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Fight! Fight For Life!

by: Kathleen

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 06:55:41 AM PST


( - promoted by Maryscott O'Connor)

Food, Inc. Pictures, Images and Photos

One of my favorite things about the Oscar nominations is the new list of documentaries to see, on this list this year is Food INC.

Watching Oprah interview Michael Pollan, http://www.michaelpollan.com/ the other day talking about the Oscar nominated documentary Food INC. which he narrated, I was so intrigued I ordered the movie and watched it today.

For the sake of you and your families health, for the sake of the health of the planet, for the sake of the soul of the human race please I beg you to watch this documentary. You can get it through amazon for 10 bucks here: http://www.amazon.com/Food-Inc...

It is priceless in terms of what you get and you can pass it on to everyone you know.  Yes it is that important!

You know how you get little snippets of what is going on and you think you know but this documentary pulls it all together starting with the seed all the way to the plate and the grave.

It is gripping and had me shaking just like you do when you are cold.  I kid you not this film of where we are is like a cold splash of reality.  The bottom line message is we vote for this every time we buy something to eat.  If everyone saw this movie and we changed our buying habits the change would be powerful and swift.

Enough about the movie you just have to see it and get back to me.

More about this amazing man Michael Pollan after the jump....... talk about heroes this guy is way up there on the list!


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We're Not In Kansas Anymore

by: Edger

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 09:45:53 AM PST


Crossposted from Antemedius

Over at Mindfully.org you can find hundreds of big and small literary and informational treasures for those interested in peering through the veils of darkness that the media does it's best to pull over our eyes with all of their well practiced smoke and mirrors.

One such is in the Political/Social category. An article titled Beyond Voting about the limits of electoral politics, that is particularly relevant this year.

Here's an excerpt, but the entire thing is worth a close read, and some intense discussion or at least much thought, imo...

Roughly speaking we can distinguish five degrees of "government":

       (1) Unrestricted freedom
       (2) Direct democracy
       (3) Delegate democracy
       (4) Representative democracy
       (5) Overt minority dictatorship

The present society oscillates between (4) and (5), i.e. between overt minority rule and covert minority rule camouflaged by a facade of token democracy. A liberated society would eliminate (4) and (5) and would progressively reduce the need for (2) and (3). . . .
...
In representative democracy people abdicate their power to elected officials. The candidates' stated policies are limited to a few vague generalities, and once they are elected there is little control over their actual decisions on hundreds of issues - apart from the feeble threat of changing one's vote, a few years later, to some equally uncontrollable rival politician.


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Question of the Day: What are you grilling on Super Sunday?

by: Vacuum

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 01:47:37 AM PST


(Thank you Vacuum, today's guest questioner - promoted by puzzled)

 >

Five squares left, people--let's get this grid filled!

I am lucky enough to live in the San Francisco Bay Area, where on Super Sunday, the weather is almost always good for grilling.

    This year, partly cloudy with sweatshirt weather is predicted.

    So I will be grilling stuff before kickoff, with ribeye steaks as the star of the show grilled during halftime.


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Freaky Friday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Fri Feb 05, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Even more than the Pill, what has liberated women
is that they no longer need to depend on men economically.

Jane Bryant Quinn

Jane Bryant Quinn

Born February 5, 1939


Wade Into the Fray :: (11 Comments)

Health Care: Why not the best?

by: Shockwave

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 17:07:43 PM PST


Healthcare is a basic human right. The current healthcare system in America is dysfunctional and expensive. The bill that will pass in DC, eventually, will at best point in the direction of the need to make further changes, but most probably it will be the last time healthcare is tackled at the national level for quite a while.

We know that a Single Payer system is by far the best because it pays for itself by cutting down administrative costs to about 3%. And we understand that by allowing a government run insurance company to negotiate with pharmaceutical companies the cost of medicines will be reduced dramatically. In California these two items account for about 50% of all costs.

Single Payer Senate Bill 810 has a chance of becoming a reality in the most populous State. It is being discussed in the California Assembly as we speak.

When this happens other states may follow. And then we will all have healthcare at reasonable costs while maintaining the same quality of a privately run healthcare provider system paid by health insurance managed by the government.

Most Americans support this once they understand how it works.

Below I explain how you can help make SB 810 a reality and prevent thousands of unnecessary deaths.


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Cornucopia Thursday

by: Ed Tracey

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 04:29:41 AM PST


No, not even your television set is a respite today ... for you might see doppelgangers there, too:

FATHER-SON? - musician Ringo Starr  .....
                 

.... and TV star Howard Wolowitz from CBS's "The Big Bang Theory" (as portrayed by Simon Helberg).

Whatever your viewing habits: why not stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....    


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Thursday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Thu Feb 04, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


It is easier to live through someone else
than to become complete yourself.

Betty Friedan

Betty Friedan

Born February 4, 1921


Wade Into the Fray :: (10 Comments)

Every Woman; Elizabeth Edwards

by: Betsy L. Angert

Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 18:23:12 PM PST



GMA - Elizabeth Edwards on Oprah

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She is an eloquent speaker, an expressive author.  Elizabeth Edwards is effervescent, effusive, and has an excellent mind.  She understands profound policy issues as easily as she prepares a sandwich.   Her memoir appeared on The New York Times bestseller list.  Few think of Elizabeth Edwards as every woman.  Other daughters of Eve might say Edwards is exceptional; surely, she is not as I am.  Yet, life experiences might have taught Elizabeth Edwards otherwise.  Just as other ladies, she is brilliant, beautiful, and not nearly equal to a man.


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Wednesday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Wed Feb 03, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth,
and be who you are, and be proud of that.

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane

Born February 3, 1956


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Admiral Mullen -- AMERICAN HERO

by: Maryscott O'Connor

Tue Feb 02, 2010 at 13:59:16 PM PST





Mike Mullen Calls For Repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': 'Right Thing To Do'


WASHINGTON - The military's top uniformed officer on Tuesday made an impassioned plea for allowing gays to serve openly in uniform, telling a Senate panel it was a matter of integrity and that it is wrong to force people to "lie about who they are in order to defend their fellow citizens."

The comments by Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, set the stage for the Defense Department's yearlong study into how the ban can be repealed without causing a major upheaval in the military.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, appearing with Mullen before the Armed Services Committee, announced plans to loosen enforcement rules involving the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that has been in effect since 1993.

President Barack Obama has called for a repeal of the policy, although he did little in his first year in office to advance that goal. If he succeeds, it would mark the biggest shake up to military personnel policies since President Harry S. Truman's 1948 executive order integrating the services.


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Tuesday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Tue Feb 02, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce

James Joyce

Born February 2, 1882


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Monday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Mon Feb 01, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Hold fast to your dreams, for without them
life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes

Born February 1, 1902


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Question of the Day: Nazi-Zombies!

by: Karmafish

Sun Jan 31, 2010 at 10:33:45 AM PST


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Anyone who knows me knows that I have a longstanding fear of both Nazis and Zombies.  This being the case, I cannot even begin to describe my joy in discovering Nazi-Zombies!  (Or should the term be Zombie-Nazis?)  Either way, they've arrived and not a moment too soon.

{More gibberish below.}


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Weekend Open Thread

by: puzzled

Sat Jan 30, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


(Lazy Sunday-- - promoted by puzzled)

The difference between a hero and a coward
is one step sideways.

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Born January 30, 1931


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Freaky Friday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Fri Jan 29, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Evolution is what it is.
The upper classes have always died out;
it's one of the most charming things about them.

Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer

Born January 29, 1939


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Cornucopia Thursday

by: Ed Tracey

Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 04:21:41 AM PST


Just when you thought you'd heard everything .... something reminds you that it isn't even new ...

DEBAUCHERY CENTRAL - a 25 year-old man from Alabama has been hired as a gigolo - for female clients only - by a Nevada brothel.

Markus may be Nevada's first such male prostitute, but no way is the nation's first ..... after all, Saturday Night Live introduced us ....

.... to Fred Garvin, Male Prostitute three decades ago.
                                       

Glad that's settled. But for now - and with a salute to the late Howard Zinn - why not stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....    


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Thursday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Thu Jan 28, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men.
True nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

Elijah Wood

Elijah Wood

Born January 28, 1981


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Wednesday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Fascism is attracting the dregs of humanity--
people with a slovenly biography--
sadists, mental freaks, traitors.

Ilya Ehrenburg

Ilya Ehrenburg

Born January 27,1891


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Today in Moronia

by: Jules Siegel

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 07:47:20 AM PST


( - promoted by Maryscott O'Connor)

Whether you need to brighten your day or just plain kick it into whimpering submission, The People's Republic of Moronia is guaranteed to do the job.

This is my latest probably hopeless effort to find relevance in a world that refuses to cooperate. Unlike other similar sites, items on Moronia are all true (to the best of my ability to determine) and the headlines always fairly reflect the content.

Despite this, you will often be sure that these little glimpses of humans being as human as they ever get are from the Onion. No, they aren't. As Lily Tomlin has observed, "No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up."

Below the jump, some current examples.


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Question of the Day: Final Wishes

by: puzzled

Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 12:18:03 PM PST


depression

If it's Wednesday, it must be time for another installment of puzzled's depressing Questions of the Day.

I got a call a couple of days ago, letting me know that my sister's mother had died.

Sounds odd, hmm?  But I come from a very odd family.  She was my dad's first wife, and my half-sister's mother.  She and I never even met until after I had become a mom, so she wasn't my stepmother-just my dad's first wife.  And my friend.  

We became good friends, even though we lived practically as far apart as two people could be, while still living in the United States.  She and her daughter were estranged, and I think I filled the role of substitute daughter for her, and she of friend and confidante to me.

But I have no say in her funeral arrangements or the disposition of her possessions, even though I know that somewhere among them is a partially finished quilt she was making for me, embellished with pictures of my family.  


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Tuesday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


I'm a supporter of gay rights.
And not a closet supporter either.
From the time I was a kid, I have never
been able to understand
attacks upon the gay community.
There are so many qualities that
make up a human being...
By the time I get through with all the things
that I really admire about people,
what they do with their private parts is probably
so low on the list that it is irrelevant.

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Born January 26, 1925


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Jimmy Carter, Redux

by: Maryscott O'Connor

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 17:13:19 PM PST




I love Jimmy Carter.

I love Barack Obama.

(UPDATE:At least, I THOUGHT I loved Barack Obama. He just announced a freeze on discretionary spending. HOOVER Redux??? Dude, did we elect a genuine... REPUBLICAN? What the FUCK?)

But I do not want another Jimmy Carter Presidency. And I agree with this man's essay, in its entirety, though he doesn't come right out and say that a Jimmy Carter Presidency is where Obama is headed. If Obama doesn't turn things around, immediately, that is what we will have.

I am furious and frustrated. But I could never put it into words in as excellent a way as David Michael Green has. I hope he doesn't mind, but I'm going to quote him in his entirety below. It's just that fucking good, and just that fucking perfectly put:


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He Works. We Wait

by: Betsy L. Angert

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 11:46:21 AM PST



"White House to Main Street" Town Hall: Elyria, OH

copyright © 2010 Betsy L. Angert.  BeThink.org

A recent change of the guard in the Massachusetts Senate race force the President to reveal he is working.  We, the American people, are waiting, just as we have been for months and months.  For a full year, countless citizens have felt as though they were patient.  Yet, the President did not seem to have their interests at heart.  True change has not come.  Countless constituents anticipate none is forthcoming.  Three hundred and sixty five plus have gone by and the American people are tired of being patient.


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The Jewish-Liberal Dilemma

by: Karmafish

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 11:11:14 AM PST


{This not meant as a criticism of My Left Wing, but is a shout-out to the liberal-left, more generally.}

The liberal-progressive movement in the United States and Europe is forcing liberal Jews to make some very difficult choices. The voices who dominate the I-P discussion on the left are telling liberal Jews that they must make a choice; they can support Israel or they can support the progressive movement, but they cannot support both. This is rarely stated explicitly, of course, but it is the implication embedded in the never-ending disdain and contempt heaped upon the Jewish state by those liberals who claim to speak for human rights... even as they almost entirely ignore horrendous human rights violations by China or Russia or various African countries, not to mention the so-called Coalition of the Willing.


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Monday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 04:57:56 AM PST


For most of history, Anonymous was a woman.

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

Born January 25, 1882


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Sunday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Sun Jan 24, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Christ, seven years of college, down the drain.

John Belushi

John Belushi

Born January 24, 1949


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In Re: "Citizens United v. FEC"

by: konopelli

Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 11:23:10 AM PST



The proximal complaint which resulted in that most recent bit of Opus Dei Ass-wholery from the Roberts Court, the above-mentioned CU v. FEC excrescence, was a film about a candidate in the highest profile races run in the USofA, a presidential primary. The ruling effectively removes all limits upon the ability of deep pockets "interests" to reach out in support of (or to defeat) selected candidates for public, usually representative 'office.' The only thing apparently expressly forbidden is the direct donation of envelopes full of cash from corporate officers to candidates.

Pretty much everything else is "on the table" as they say.

Not just at the highest levels, where the machineries of such intervention are already plenty subtle and devious enough to withstand most scrutiny. No, it opens the vein of Murkin representative corruption all the way down to even the local, civic level. What if the Mormons or the Moonies had enough money and interst in your community to buy your city council, for example? Who ELSE in the local economy would have the resources (and the will) to oppose such a well-funded effort?


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Saturday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Clean air is a basic right.
The responsibility to ensure that
falls to Congress and the President.

Thomas Carper

Thomas Carper

Born January 23, 1947


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Friday's Question of The Day THIS IS IT- THE ANSWER

by: Kathleen

Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 12:14:05 PM PST


( - promoted by Curmudgette)

        money Pictures, Images and Photos

Too big to fail, they say.  We have to save the banks to save ourselves, they say.

Did we forget how powerful we are?  Have we been brainwashed for so long that we have forgotten how to think?

A life lesson below the fold.........


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Unemployment Insurance State Trusts In Crisis

by: Edger

Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 05:06:01 AM PST


Crossposted from Antemedius
ProPublica Unemployment Insurance Tracker:

The unemployment insurance system is in crisis. A record 20 million Americans collected unemployment benefits last year, and so far twenty-five states have run out of funds and been forced to borrow from federal government, raise taxes, or cut benefits. In many other states the situation is deteriorating fast. Using near real-time data on state revenues and the benefits they pay out, we estimate how long state trust funds will hold up.

(Hover your mouse over states on the map to see the current Trust Fund Balance for each state, and the Future Prediction of the balance, or the current Borrowed Amount if a state is in the red)



Click on a state [below] to find the latest, plus detailed historical data and charts, and details on tax increases and benefit cuts.

AK - AL - AR - AZ - CA - CO - CT - DE - FL - GA - HI - IA - ID - IL - IN - KS - KY - LA - MA - MD

ME - MI - MN - MO - MS - MT - NC - ND - NE - NH - NJ - NM - NV - NY - OH - OK - OR - PA - RI - SC

SD - TN - TX - UT - VA - VT - WA - WI - WV - WY


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Freaky Friday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Fri Jan 22, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon

Born January 22, 1561


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Hatred Trumps Evidence

by: Karmafish

Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 11:42:14 AM PST


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(Cross-Posted at Lord of the Karmafishes.)

I had a very enlightening exchange on Daily Kos yesterday and it confirms for me what I have long suspected, that hatred trumps evidence.  Liberals are people who like to think of themselves as fair-minded.  Liberals, intellectually, at least, recognize that fundamental notions of western justice are grounded in evidence.  We recognize that it is entirely unjust to condemn an individual, or a group, without that evidence.

{More below.}  


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Cornucopia Thursday

by: Ed Tracey

Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 04:23:21 AM PST


It's not only the fact that "He's baaacck...." across our TV screens in a dithering way ... it's that - haven't we seen him elsewhere?

SEPARATED at BIRTH - "Mr. Lebowski" and Dick Cheney.
                                 

This week more-than-most: why not stop in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....    


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Thursday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Thu Jan 21, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


We are put on this earth to have a good time.
This makes other people feel good.
And the cycle continues.

Wolfman Jack

Wolfman Jack (Robert Weston Smith)

Born January 21, 1939


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15 Minutes

by: Betsy L. Angert

Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 18:32:52 PM PST




Watch CBS News Videos Online

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Today, Americans are engrossed in earthquake coverage.  The tremor in Haiti bought unimaginable death and destruction just south of our borders.  Events related to the recovery and rescues emerge as banner headlines.  Haitians Seek Solace Amid the Ruins. For a week now, the struggle to survive, revive the injured, and retrieve the bodies strewn on the streets of Port-au-Prince was also the central theme of most every broadcast.  In the midst of the misery, many Americans, felt desperate for a reprieve from the devastation that emotionally drained them. Millions took time to escape in a welcome distraction.  Sassy, former Governor and Vice Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin Made Her Debut appearance on Fox.  Tomorrow another reality will replace these stories, just as each superseded the hoopla over Harry Reid's reference to race.  Metaphorically, the tales provide persons, policies, and, or practices fifteen minutes of fame.  In actuality, these  fade from our mind quickly.  


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Wednesday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


There is no end. There is no beginning.
There is only the passion of life.

Federico Fellini

Federico Fellini

Born January 20, 1920


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A Small Quiet Diary about the Massachusetts Election - and a Suggestion

by: shanikka

Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 06:09:52 AM PST


(Because shanikka always warrants front-page status - promoted by puzzled)

(This was originally posted at the Orange Place, but I am cross-posting here as well, as food for thought since it really applies to all of us no matter where we blog on the left.)  

Obviously, there are many people with many opinions about the debacle we have just seen happen in Massachusetts.  You can tell, because for the past week since Scott Brown was first reported as being ahead in the polls, there has been blame cast on everybody and their mama in advance of what we now know was Martha Coakley's loss of what was previously a "secure" Democratic senate seat.

No doubt, this little diary will sink under the weight of all the "No it's you damned progressives fault!", "Hell no it's you stupid centrists' fault!" "Hell no it's Obama's fault!" and numerous variants I can't even fathom right now but I feel driven to write it anyway.  And to make a suggestion.

I am going to suggest quiet reflection.  At least for 24 hours.


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Haiti: US Profiting From Disaster With Conditional Aid?

by: Edger

Wed Jan 20, 2010 at 06:58:35 AM PST


Crossposted from Antemedius

As aid trickles into Haiti and news trickles out, and as the extent of the horror unfolding there following the earthquake becomes more widely known, decisions are already being made that will affect the kind of country surviving Haitians will live in that emerges from the disaster.

In this video from The Real News today independendent journalist Ansel Herz reports live from Port-Au-Prince on the role that the deployed US troops are playing, while author Peter Hallward weighs in on the role that the US has played in Haiti's recent history and shares his concerns that post-earthquake Haiti will further cement the domination of the Haitian people by foreigners.


Real News Network - January 19, 2010
Transcript here

Haiti: Guns or food?
Presence of US troops provides both hope of relief, and fear of continuing legacy of US domination

Ansel Herz is an independent journalist and web designer originally from the United States but currently based in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. His personal website can be found at www.mediahacker.com.

Peter Hallward is a Professor of Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University in England. In 2007 he published the acclaimed historical account of post-1990 Haitian politics, Damming the Flood: Haiti, Aristide, and the Politics of Containment. He is the editor of the journal Radical Philosophy and a contributing editor to Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities.

Disaster capitalism at work?

As Benjamin Dangl wrote yesterday in Profiting From Haiti's Crisis:


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Tuesday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Tue Jan 19, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


All religion, my friend, is simply evolved out of
fraud, fear, greed, imagination, and poetry.

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

Born January 19, 1809


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Question of the Day: Creating Hate

by: Karmafish

Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 10:42:34 AM PST


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Well, I don't mean to be a scold, but I have to say that one of the more disappointing tendencies on the left-liberal blogs, or on the left, more generally, is the tendency to create hatred for a wide variety of "enemies," particularly those on the conservative right.  I noticed the other day that Keith Olbermann... a propagandist, for sure, but one of our propagandists... referred to Rush Limbaugh as a "thing."

{More gibberish below.}


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Monday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Mon Jan 18, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

A. A. Milne

A. A. Milne

Born January 18, 1882


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Weekend Open Thread

by: puzzled

Sat Jan 16, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


(Football party, bitchez--no time for a new Open. - promoted by puzzled)

Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest
in promoting fear.  A sense of the imminence of takeover
by aliens and real diseases are useful material.

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag

Born January 16, 1933


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Whose Country Is It, Really?

by: Phronesis

Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 15:09:06 PM PST


(Interesting essay - promoted by Karmafish)

Birthers, Tenthers, 9/12'ers, and all the contemporary manifestations of the John Birch Society or the Ku Klux Klan all claim that they want their country back.  Those of us on the Left, secure in our evaluation of their claims as the ravings of ignoramuses, racists, and nuts, wonder how an essentially liberal society like the United States could produce such lunacy.  

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Freaky Friday Open Thread

by: puzzled

Fri Jan 15, 2010 at 04:00:00 AM PST


Secrecy, once accepted, becomes an addiction.

Edward Teller

Edward Teller

Born January 15, 1908


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Cornucopia Thursday

by: Ed Tracey

Thu Jan 14, 2010 at 04:28:49 AM PST


Lest you think that déja vu applies only to current politicians: well .....

DIRECT DESCENDANTS? - the musician Sting and US President Ulysses S. Grant.
                 

You can run, but you can't hide ..... yet you can take a break by stopping in for a look at news items outside the headlines, in the arts and sciences; foreign news that generates little notice in the US media and ....well, just plain whimsy.....    


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