Random RecitalsThe main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician and not his backer; still less the backer of the backer; or, what is most important of all, the banker of the backer. Lively LinksLinks change randomly each time the cache is refreshed. |
Article by missy on March 19th, 2009 at 11:01 am Doubt. Doubt = weakness, and weakness = electoral failure. So it’s a minor miracle when a politician reaches the right conclusion and, despite his doubts, acts on it: SANTA FE — The Bill Richardson who announced a repeal of the death penalty in New Mexico on Wednesday was not the same Bill Richardson who usually shows up for face time with the news media. The Richardson who [...]
Article by missy on March 17th, 2009 at 10:48 am Once again, the Templeton prize has been awarded not for new discovery, but for the admission by a scientist that there are mysteries that science cannot penetrate, and therefore the answer is WOO: French physicist and philosopher of science Bernard d’Espagnat won the Templeton Prize for religion on Monday for work which acknowledges that science cannot fully explain “the nature of being”. He will receive STG1 million [...]
Article by John on October 26th, 2008 at 8:00 am Video highlights: PRIORITIES Tax cut for 95% of working Americans End tax breaks for “outsourcers” Reduce health care costs Energy independence Better education FUNDING Stop $10 billion waste in Iraq Bailout oversight Bush/McCain tax cuts for top 2% expire Close corporate loopholes Audit spending and eliminate programs that don’t work
Article by missy on September 4th, 2008 at 2:11 pm But then maybe it’s just god’s will: OTTAWA (AFP) — Two ice shelves in Canada’s far north have lost massive sections since August while a third ice shelf now is adrift in the Arctic Ocean, said researchers Wednesday who blamed climate change. The entire 50 square-kilometer (19 square-mile) Markham Ice Shelf off the coast of Ellesmere Island broke away in early August and is now adrift, while [...]
Article by John on August 13th, 2008 at 8:17 am Most of us that have been paying attention or that have been involved in the outright “undemocracy” of party politics want to change to a better political party system. Rob Kall, over at OpEd News, says that two things must occur to fix party politics, namely instituting instant run-off voting and equal treatment for all parties (not just the R and D parties) by the [...]
Article by missy on August 7th, 2008 at 11:12 am since cursing him with the fervor of a scorned fishwife over his FISA vote: On Wednesday, July 23 Jennifer Chrisler, Executive Director of Family Equality Council, issued identical letters to Sens. McCain and Obama, outlining the vast array of family types in this country and asking both candidates to explain how their administrations would work to recognize, respect, protect and celebrate all loving families in the [...] | |
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