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• Get a Grip? Technology, and Unintended Consequences

  I love TED talks; this is an amazing example. I have long been fascinated by the intersection of mind and body that is our brains, of understanding our minds an... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• for My Good Friend Visiting Prague During the Boston Terrorist Incident...

  

  If you find the good people of the Czech Republic pitying you because of American stupidity, it ok to pretend you're from Canada. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Fox News Funny - Look at the Caption in the Middle of the Screen

  

  A terrorist bombing is not funny; but the way Fox news 'bombs' (fails) in getting their facts correct IS funny. We should laugh at Fox, as often as possible -... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Feeling Those Good Vibrations ---- While Waiting for Sun and Spring (or Maybe...

  

  From one of my favorite fb sites, I f'ing love science: Oobleck is a non-Newtonian liquid, meaning it behaves unlike typical fluids. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Congratulations and Condemnations

  to the leadership and effective action in the Boston terrorist attack lead by Democratic mayor Thomas Menino, Democratic Governor Deval Patrick, and of course... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Watching the News: Tamurlan, Tamurlane

  

  Watching the news coverage of the two young terrorist bombers in Boston, I kept wondering if one of them wasn't trying to live up to his namesake. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Today is the Anniversary of the Columbine Shooting

  I am cross posting something I originally published on Political Roundtable to honor those who suffered back on this date in 1999. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Senator Tucker (R-NC) - Get Over Yourself

  

  Now, I don't happen to live in backward red state North Carolina, but I do write about some of the insanity that the right wing nuts try to pass there, because... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Attention, Fundamentalists of All Flavors, Extremists of All Stripes and Spots,...

  Attention, extremists of all stripes and spots, we don't like you, you are not persuading us to your point of view, and we will unite to resist your violent... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Update: Boston Identifies the Bombers, Kills One

  Update: one of the victims, who had both legs amputated, has been of special help in identifying at least one of the bombers to law enforcement, having looked... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Bullying is Wrong. Abusing People Because of Your Ignoran...

  Bullying is wrong. Abusing people because of your ignorant belief is wrong. Conservatives try to justify it by claiming a right and privilege under freedom of... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Right Wing Contorted Thinking and the Right Wing Avalanche of Violence

  I had to laugh at the far right this morning, but it was a somewhat sad, head-shaking kind of laugh. Our friend Mitch Berg, (who is a friend in spite of strong... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Good Reporting at Down with Tyranny

  

  Do you ever get tired of that insincere patriotism from the right claiming to support our military?Yeah, me too.As noted by the blog Down with Tyranny, 104... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• YES We DID Torture, and NO, It NEVER EVER PRODUCED INFORMATION THAT MADE US SAFER

  Dubya lied, Condie lied, Cheney double lied. What torture DID do was to make us LESS SAFE, and less moral as a nation. Those Republican 'value party'... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Shame on Those Senate Cowards. Either They Will Vote for Gun Control, Or They...

  

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  Posted on 18 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Agree with This Tweet

  

  Think Progress noted some of the worst responses to the violent tragedy in Boston. I think this first response however was direct and to the point. Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Best Read of the Morning - Conservative Fantasy About Voter Fraud

  

  Conservatives attempting to suppress legal voter participation are attempting to skew election outcomes in their favor. There is no voter fraud, there is no... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Today is the Date on Which Abramham Lincoln Died

  

  I am reminded by this that the first group to volunteer for the union side of the civil war was our own 1st Minnesota. I am also reminded by this piece of... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Grim Humor

  

  As tempting as it is to laugh at this jerk, it is well noted that we had our own militaristic fool who had the opportunity to do far more harm to others, and... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Public Utilities, Private Futilities

  

  In England and Wales, Margaret Thatcher privatized the water supply. Unless you had a well, you were pretty well screwed. The premise that safe, clean drinking... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY