Archive | May 17, 2012

The Saverin follies rumble on

by on May 17, 2012 in American Culture, Business & Finance, Politics, Law & Government, Science & Technology, United States, World

So there seems to be a firestorm over the issue of whether Facebook co-founder and Brazilian-born Eduardo Saverin should have given up his US citizenship. While some on the Right have apparently taken this as a vindication that the US tax system is one step away from the Apocalypse, and we should therefore celebrate Saverin’s […]

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"Murderers, tyrants, and madmen" – a video response from Peter Sinclair

by on May 17, 2012 in Environment & Nature, Politics, Law & Government

Peter Sinclair shows how claims that global warming advocates are “murderers, tyrants, and madmen” by Joe Bast of The Heartland Institute are wildly inaccurate.

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Romney vs. Obama: Big campaign cash spent neither wisely nor well

by on May 17, 2012 in Business & Finance, Crime & Corruption, Economy, Politics, Law & Government, United States

On the north wall of my living room is a 37- by 58-inch map of the United States. It shows only landforms and drainage. It is beautifully executed. There are no state boundaries on the map. There are no political divisions on the map of any kind, not even the names of states or cities […]

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New National Defense Authorization Act, old NDAA, and Waffler-in-Chief Obama on the issue of indefinite detention

by on May 17, 2012 in Freedom & Privacy, Politics, Law & Government, United States, War & Security

Breaking news re: the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that President Obama signed under cover of the New Year festivities in hopes that a hungover populace would maybe not notice. This might just put a wrinkle in the 2013 NDAA that goes up for a vote in the House today (Thursday, May 17, 2012). “The […]

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