Mrs. Clinton's opportunity to redeem herself

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Saturday June 14, 2014 · 3:15 PM PDT

2014/06/14 · 15:15

We now know that Mr. Obama has embarked on a course that could lead to Iraq War III, his very own War for Oil and the 1%.

We also know that Mrs. Clinton is attempting to back away from her support for Mr. Bush's war, claiming that her vote for Bush's war was a mistake and that, presumably, she is sorry.

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Thursday June 05, 2014 · 8:41 AM PDT

2014/06/05 · 08:41

I submit that the governors and legislators who have refused Medicaid expansion in their states should be tried for crimes against humanity. Here's why:

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Saturday February 01, 2014 · 10:25 AM PST

2014/02/01 · 10:25

So, now we are stuck with 89 Democrats voting to gut the food stamp program so that corporate agriculture can get its welfare checks on time. Well, maybe the President can do something about that.

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Saturday December 25, 2010 · 12:57 PM PST

2010/12/25 · 12:57

In this season of air travel, whether by reindeer or jumbo jet, I had an epiphany.

There I was, waiting to board in Newark, as the ground personnel regaled us with the list of privileged persons given priority to clamber into the great cigar tube in the sky.

First came people accompanied by small children or requiring assistance. I’m fine with that. These folks deserve a break wherever they can get one.

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Tuesday March 25, 2008 · 11:25 AM PDT

2008/03/25 · 11:25

No, this is not spam. This is information that everybody with a mortgage should know about. According to Ilargi over at The Automatic Earth, folks caught in the real estate market melt down can keep their house and stop paying the mortgage. Pass this around to your friends. They will love you for life.

unclejohn

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Thursday March 20, 2008 · 11:46 AM PDT

2008/03/20 · 11:46

Over my morning coffee and International Herald Tribune (paper edition) I had an epiphany about the "experts". They don’t know nothin’. At least, if they do, they sure don’t want to talk about it.

unclejohn

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Wednesday April 04, 2007 · 2:48 AM PDT

2007/04/04 · 02:48

Crossposted at Conceptual Guerilla

It is at this time of the year that Christians await the celebration of the mystery that gives meaning to their beliefs. According to tradition, a man walked the earth and died to redeem us all from our sins. He then returned to life and went to Heaven.

Some weeks back John Cameron released a documentary that claims Jesus' tomb and mortal remains have been discovered. It would seem, if Cameron's story is to be believed, that Jesus was a mere mortal and that his death was a mere death.

When asked about Cameron's documentary by a friend, I replied, "You'll never find a unicorn's bones." "What?" he asked. "There never was a historical Jesus. He could not have married and sired a son. End of story." Then I got to thinking that maybe my bald assertion was not ready for prime time, and that maybe a bit of research would strengthen the case. I have long been a fan of Earl Doherty and have read "The Jesus Puzzle". I highly recommend it as a good introduction to scholarly research about the non-historical Jesus.

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Tuesday March 20, 2007 · 2:54 PM PDT

2007/03/20 · 14:54

I recently discovered a book that every lover of democracy should read. It is called "The Authoritarians" by Bob Altemeyer, a leading academic researcher into the psychology of the authoritarian personality. He wrote this popularization of his research at the behest of John Dean, who discovered his work while researching his book "Conservatives Without Conscience".

abbeysbooks insists that I post a diary here that I have been plastering on numerous fora today. I'm supposed to remind you that Altemeyer and John Dean will be around to discuss Altemeyer's book on March 24.

Altemeyer’s book is available free at http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/... .

unclejohn

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Friday March 09, 2007 · 1:48 AM PST

2007/03/09 · 01:48

We’ve all been there. You go to the stadium, you wear the team colors, the hat and the sweater. You wave the flag. You root for the team. You’re a supporter. It’s you and your kind against the other. We’re the Warthogs, they’re the Prairie Dogs. "Mash their viscera, gouge their eyes. C’mon, ’Hogs, skin ’em alive."

So, we’re a great nation of sports-lovers and other-haters. We support our team, no matter what. Why? Because it’s our team. We don’t need a better reason than that. Our gut tells us it’s right to support the team. We have school spirit. We support the team.

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Do you support the troops?

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Go 'Hogs!

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Should we go solar?

unclejohn

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Friday February 02, 2007 · 7:56 AM PST

2007/02/02 · 07:56

A couple of days ago, I got into the discussion TMI 29 years later: Lies and Damned Lies and showed folks on the diary what it would take to convert to solar as a replacement for fossil and nuclear energy electrical production. Since then, I have been mulling the problem over and have decided to take a stab at the calculations for going totally solar, i.e. eliminating the use of fossil and nuclear fuels for all energy production in the US. Follow me over the fold for the gory details.

unclejohn

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Friday November 24, 2006 · 5:13 AM PST

2006/11/24 · 05:13

Thanks to Bloomberg for clearing the air about what's going on at the heart of the Democratic Party. On the one side you have the Clintonistas from Wall Street; on the other is organized labor and the interests of 90+% of Americans, Democrats and Republicans alike.

Democrats are returning to power on Capitol Hill just as two powerful wings of the party, labor and Wall Street, are colliding over economic issues.

The dispute over trade and budget policies prompted a high- level private meeting earlier this month between AFL-CIO President John Sweeney and former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, who is now chairman of the executive committee at New York-based Citigroup Inc.

Labor Challenges `Rubinomics' as Democrats Gain Power

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Tuesday March 14, 2006 · 5:18 AM PST

2006/03/14 · 05:18

I'm going to take a chance on this one. It's not really diary material in the great tradition of Jérôme de Paris, DarkSyde and other Kos greats, but the remark is so apt that I want to share it with you.

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That Farm Bill

Thoughts while boarding a plane

Get a free house!

The end of capitalism as we know it.

There Was No Historical Jesus.

Enemies of democracy

Why I don’t support the troops

Should we go solar?

The Clintonistas vs. the people

A pithy fundy smack down