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Monthly Archives: July 2015
The Leader
Is it just me, or do you find this photo from Politico’s story “A peek inside Hillary’s Brooklyn HQ” downright creepy?
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He Got Along With Everyone
How many times now, have we seen “he seemed like a regular guy” descriptions from the growing list of ‘spontaneous’, isolated eruptions of Individal-Muslims-Going-Mad? The former high school wrestling coach of Chattanooga shooter Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez spoke to CNN’s Erin … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Islam
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Demography is Destiny – Pt. 11,819,335
From the Daily Mail: A Democratic congressman wants millions of people who hold U.S. green cards to become American citizens in order to send Donald Trump and other Republicans a message that they’re ‘mean and frankly, let’s be honest, racist.’ … Continue reading
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The Ballad of Atticus Finch
Atticus Finch, particularly as played by Gregory Peck, was and is a paragon of virtue, a liberal’s wet dream of a southern gentleman who is… just like them. The publication of Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman has, um, problematized … Continue reading
Posted in Culture Wars, Film, Literature, Political Correctness
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NYT: Paragon of Journalistic Integrity – Pt. 311,824
From Politico: The New York Times’ refusal to put Ted Cruz’s memoir on its best-seller list is once again being called into question — this time by Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the country. On Sunday, an Amazon spokesperson told … Continue reading
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Shorty Guzman Escapes
I’ve had a running thesis here at this blog that Shorty Guzman runs much of Mexico, and the occasional bust of a drug kingpin is invariably a rival of Guzman. Such moves serve to appease U.S. calls for ‘action’ and … Continue reading
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JYT: 7/10/15
From the NYT, a lesson on how to strategically place stories for a desired cognitive affect:
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Heidegger: Alleged Paradigm Shift
In his new book, Making Sense of Heidegger: A Paradigm Shift, Stanford Religious Studies Professor Thomas Sheehan argues that Heidegger scholarship of the last 50 years has been fundamentally misguided in its understanding of Heidegger’s own project: “I am happy … Continue reading
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Puerto Rico: America’s Greece
From a WaPo article on the Puerto Rican debt problem: As much as some Puerto Ricans chafe under rules made in Washington, it is also true that, as U.S. citizens, Puerto Ricans are protected by the federal safety net. About … Continue reading
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Progress in Silicon Valley
The gender equality bandwagon careens around another corner. NPR reports that “Facebook’s New Logo Is A Visual Nod To Gender Equality“. “A woman designer at Facebook recently updated the company’s iconic “friends” logo,” reads the byline, “making the woman’s silhouette … Continue reading
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