Michael Savage recognized as extremist

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Tuesday May 05, 2009 · 10:13 PM PDT

2009/05/05 · 22:13

The BBC just reported that Michael Savage has been banned from the United Kingdom for fostering extremism and hate.

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We shouldn't apply US Constitution standards to other countries

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Debating an Anti-Union Lawyer (update)

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Saturday August 25, 2007 · 7:04 AM PDT

2007/08/25 · 07:04

A few weeks ago, I asked for help debating a ~~Monster~~ anti-union lawyer. Yesterday was the latest salvo in that battle, with some interesting new twists.

As I was saying in the original diary, I am member of a small-business networking group, and a rabid anti-union lawyer recently joined. I took that opportunity to politely debate him (with many thanks to all who commented on the original diary and helped shape the message!)

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Tuesday August 14, 2007 · 12:36 PM PDT

2007/08/14 · 12:36

I notice a tendency to refer to our military members as somebody's "kids" quite frequently. For instance "our kids are dying in Iraq" or "their kids should be drafted".

Personally, I find this language abhorrent; it dehumanizes and objectifies our soldiers into mere property of their parents. The fact that most people use this terminology unthinkingly only makes it more insidious.

Our soldiers are adults and should be treated as their own independent individuals. They have their own pain sensors, too.

Update: For clarification, since many commenters seem to misread this point, I have no problem with using the term "kid". The problem I have is with using it to imply that somehow the parents are more important than the individuals themselves (and did you notice that we rarely talk about husbands or wives in the same way?)

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Saturday August 11, 2007 · 5:34 AM PDT

2007/08/11 · 05:34

I'm a small business owner, serving other small businesses.

I am also a member of a couple of networking groups with other small business owners, and a boardmember in some of them. They are my friends, regardless of political stripes.

Recently, one of these groups was joined by a rabid anti-union employment lawyer. He advertises that he specializes in defeating unionization, or, as he puts it, "Development and implementation of the employer's strategy to defeat a union in an organizing campaign". Needless to say, he did not get my vote, and I make a point of not shaking his hand.

Next week, I have been invited to speak to that group, and would appreciate some assistance in what to say. This speech is supposed to be primarily about my business and the group. But I also want to use the opportunity to, very carefully, highlight just how offensive I find his presence, without actually offending anybody else or tearing the group apart over it. Ideally, I want him to leave the group.

That's where I need help: what should I say?

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Thursday July 12, 2007 · 11:18 AM PDT

2007/07/12 · 11:18

Over the last couple of days, there has been a firestorm of criticism regarding Cindy Sheehan's entry in the race against Nancy Pelosi, and about whether or not this should even be discussed on dKos, since Sheehan would be running as an independent against a Democrat.

But I think all the diaries are missing a crucial point:

Cindy Sheehan never said that she was running!

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Wednesday June 27, 2007 · 6:49 AM PDT

2007/06/27 · 06:49

OK, this is totally off the wall. If it wasn't for historical precedent - and for Rove, Cheney et. al. doing anything to win - I would consider this deep tinfoil territory.

Most of us agree that no Republican candidate has a chance to win the Presidency in 2008 unless the Democrats seriously blow it or Rove pulls some major voting shenanigans.

But there is another possibility. Bush might add a 51st state. Out of gratitude (and for various other reasons), the citizens of that state would vote Republican, delivering enough votes to the Electoral College to elect another Republican President.

And there actually might be a candidate for such a 51st state.

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Thursday June 07, 2007 · 12:18 AM PDT

2007/06/07 · 00:18

Another installment in the Immigration Primer series.

This time, I will cover a very little known provision in immigration law that could actually resolve current and even future illegal immigration without an amnesty. This provision is known as the Registry Date

Previous editions covered immigration in general, illegal immigration, employment-based immigration, becoming a citizen, family-based immigration, US territories and the Mariana Islands, and most recently my own immigration proposal.

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Sunday June 03, 2007 · 6:00 PM PDT

2007/06/03 · 18:00

Another installment in the Immigration Primer series. Unlike the other immigration primer diaries, in this one I will cover the future outlook, including both some proposals others made, and come up with my own. This, by nature, is more of an editorial, although I will try to present as many facts as I can to support my suggestions and views.

Needless to say, I have no illusions about my proposals actually being implemented.

Previous editions covered immigration in general, illegal immigration, employment-based immigration, becoming a citizen, family-based immigration and most recently US territories and the Mariana Islands.

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Sunday May 27, 2007 · 11:37 AM PDT

2007/05/27 · 11:37

Most of us were intensely disappointed - to say it mildly - about this week's Iraq war supplemental bill. Many, myself included, vented their anger.

Many people debated whether to continue supporting the Democratic party - and pretty much universally arrived at the conclusion that there is really no alternative. And then it hit me. That's really the explanation for the vote: the Democratic Party doesn't need to listen to us.

They know that they can count on us, because we aren't going to go anywhere. Most of us are diligent about going to vote - because we really want Bush out more than anything. So we won't be staying home, and we won't be voting Republican anyway. And, let's face it, most of the campaign donations come from the corporate world anyway.

From a campaign manager's perspective, I can understand that a candidate would go after those who might flip.

In a way, we are in a similar position as the Evangelicals were for a long time for the Republicans: safe votes no matter what happens.

So, how do we regain influence?

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Friday May 25, 2007 · 12:30 AM PDT

2007/05/25 · 00:30

Another installment in the Immigration Primer series. Previous editions covered immigration in general, illegal immigration, employment-based immigration, becoming a citizen and family-based immigration.

In this diary, I want to cover an area that is only peripherally connected to immigration law, namely the status of the various US territories, and in particular the Mariana Islands, with Saipan, that have been in the new related to the Abramoff scandal.

As in all the other diaries, I want to cover specifically the situation as it is, not how it should be.

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Monday May 21, 2007 · 1:28 AM PDT

2007/05/21 · 01:28

This is another continuation of the Immigration Primer series after some interruption due to significant events in the immigration arena.

In the past, I wrote about immigration in general, illegal immigration, employment-based immigration and becoming a citizen

Today, I want to write about immigration through marriage, and immigration through family members.

One word of caution: aside from the fact that I'm not an expert in the first place, this is an area of the law that is set to change completely if Kennedy-Kyl becomes law.

As usual, feel free to ask questions in the comments. I will try to answer and/or update the diary.

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Saturday May 19, 2007 · 8:36 AM PDT

2007/05/19 · 08:36

As I was writing another diary about the Kennedy-Kyl immigration bill I suddenly realized that it may contain a huge Trojan Horse.

One of the provisions requires that employer verify employment eligibility electronically before an employee starts a job. That immediately brought up some concerns about privacy and identity theft. Another concern is just plain database errors in such a huge system. Will an individual have a way to correct an incorrect listing? What happens when somebody gets accidentally deleted?

And then I remembered fellow Kosack Jesselyn Radack and her story of being blacklisted for her private-sector job.

What if BushCo was considering to use this system not just to verify the right to work, but also to deny it?

Am I in tinfoil territory here? Or is the situation so bad that such a thing is even thinkable?

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