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I am a job creator: A manifesto for the entitled
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/i-am-a-job-creator-a-manifesto-for-the-entitled/2012/09/28/756f2e90-07ee-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_story.html
I really encourage my reader(s) to look at the whole thing. I excerpted a few that I like the most…
…I am the misunderstood superhero of American capitalism, single-handedly
Iran sanctions now causing food insecurity, mass suffering
Yet again, the US and its allies spread mass human misery though a policy that is as morally indefensible as it is counter-productive
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/07/iran-santions-suffering
Since us Americans, as a species, tend to …
Blue Truth, Red Truth
Both candidates say White House hopefuls should talk straight with voters. Here’s why neither man is ready to take his own advice
http://swampland.time.com/2012/10/03/blue-truth-red-truth/?hpt=hp_t2
The ‘truth’ is, in fact, mutable, though it is clear that not everything …
Nate Silver: The polls aren’t wrong
Bias? The stats guru who nailed the 2008 election tells Salon it’s very hard for this many surveys to all be off
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/29/nate_silver_the_polls_arent_wrong/
The most interesting revelation to me in this article is that …
I was sick Monday and still recovering on Tuesday, hence my recent silence.
Five lessons from the de-listing of MEK as a terrorist group
A separate justice system for American Muslims, the US embrace of terrorism, and other key political …
Wall Street Rolling Back Another Key Piece of Financial Reform
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/wall-street-rolling-back-another-key-piece-of-financial-reform-20120920
Idint great to be an American? It fills me with pride to know that our government is so diligent in serving and protecting the oligarchy! So nice that we …
Or how we lost universal health care because of the actions of two people and a lot of money.
The Lie Factory
How politics became a business.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/09/24/120924fa_fact_lepore
Yes, this is a long article (not sure that the New Yorker …
Occupy’s new ground: Debt resistance
A new manual marks the launch of a new campaign and, possibly, a movement
http://www.salon.com/2012/09/18/occupys_new_ground_debt_resistance/
This is a very interesting idea, though I fear it really represents the seed for the return to debtors prison …
Our boy had Monday off from school for some reason so we took advantage of that to get some extra work in our construction project. Today not much grabbed me until now, but I thought these two might be of …
Why I miss Ross Perot: Mitt Romney and Barack Obama ads are full of outright lies
Mitt Romney and President Obama are taking a break today from negative campaigning in honor of September 11. But that doesn’t change the outright …