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FOR GOD'S SAKE, IT'S BEEN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS SINCE A NUCLEAR-ARMED POWER HAS COMMITTED NATIONAL SUICIDE AND DISMEMBERED ITSELF, I THINK WE'RE DUE.
Originally posted at http://ccommack.dreamwidth.org/180512.html, and currently has
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On old money vs. new money
Rich people are not like you and me; they have a lot more money. So far, so obvious, but not really. Once upon a time in America, if you went into business and struck it fantastically rich by building a corporate empire to rival Rome, this came almost automatically with certain social obligations. Not the kind of social obligations where your ( Read more... ) -
'Cause I am a champion
I had a sudden realization when re-watching the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention.
"Roar".
"Fight Song".
"Firework".
"Brave".
The tone and tenor of a campaign always come from the very top. The candidate herself. The details sometimes get farmed out, yes, but the ultimate direction is the candidate's to give.
I can't prove it ( Read more... ) -
Why I am not a radical
You know why Bernie Sanders's exhortations to a "revolution" never really appealed to me and a lot of other people?
Because, if you're very, very lucky, "revolution" looks like Brexit. With some the rules out the window, the rest swiftly follow. None of the stable foundations you build a society on can endure. Society's most vulnerable members ( Read more... ) -
AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol
"There was a great moment in the AGA stream for game 2 when alphago played a move 15 (Q5) and Kim said that pros don't play that move. Jackson asked, "why?" Kim sat back, took a deep breath and said.... "I am not sure." It was clear that he was going to go back and rethink it. There was a possible reason and he played through the sequence, but he ( Read more... ) -
what even is my life
So last night I went and told the Federal Railroad Administrator and about a dozen of her employees that their plan is bad and they should feel bad.
This apparently made for some pretty good copy.
In reverse order of publication today:
Jim Saksa, PlanPhilly/WHYY
FRA presents expensive, alternative futures for Amtrak's Northeast CorridorSandy ( Read more... ) -
Let's fall down this rabbit hole again, because why not
A.V. Undercover had some real gems this year. Here's my picks.
1. They Might Be Giants covers Destiny's Child, "Bills, Bills, Bills"
2. Barenaked Ladies covers Phil Collins, "In the Air Tonight"
3. Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn cover Europe, "The Final Countdown"
4. Screaming Females cover Taylor Swift, "Shake It Off"
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Gangsters buying Vegas institutions with legitimate frontmen and shell corporations
The weeklong investigation by journalists at the Las Vegas Review-Journal into the mysterious identity of the investors who had bought their own newspaper, is going to go down as one of the great acts of journalism of this year.
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Vote Nov 3
My ballot for the 2015 Philadelphia General ElectionSince CrowdPAC doesn't have options to list positions on the three ballot questions ( Read more... )