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Finding My Vespa
I recently got my scooter towed. I and three or four motorcyclists had been parking our rides in a tow away zone for a couple of days. Sure there were signs, but each day I found my Vespa in the spot where I left it–in between two signs prominently stating: NO PARKING BETWEEN 9-5 PM. Read more
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Great post from one of my favorite bloggers
A quick and easy reference that attempts to make talking about guns easier and more productive. via The 12 Most Common Fallacious Gun Arguments (and How to Refute Them) — theindependentthinker2016 Read more
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The Triple – Redux
It’s the Post Season, and while my A’s aren’t in it, I am still excited. Excited in hoping the Cubs or the Nats do well. Excited in hoping the Yankees go down in flames. Excited in hoping the Astros do well. Excited in hoping the Indians go all the way, I guess. I live with Read more
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The Oft-Forgotten Vietnam War Doc
This post is from one of my favorite bloggers, Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist. With all the press (the positive reviews and also some fascinating critical views) about the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick series on Vietnam, Peter Davis’ brilliant 1974 documentary seems to have been forgotten–once again. When the 1983 PBS series Vietnam: A Television History came Read more
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Anything But Yummy
What the hell is it with the word yummy? I can’t really accurately express how much I hate this word. While researching its etymology and applications I found Ladies, This Word Needs to be Banned, an anonymous post on the women’s blog Blogher.com that expressed my feelings better than I ever could. I have edited for Read more
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Interview with David Doel
I don’t spend a lot of time on YouTube, but when I do I check out short clips from hour-long shows like Democracy Now!, Majority Report, Thom Hartmann Program, and Democracy at Work. There is one channel, however, I religiously check out every day: David Doel’s The Rational National. The show’s subject matter is always Read more
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