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Don’t Close Guantanamo Just Yet
We’ve got Christian terrorists, killing in the name of the Lord (on Sunday at Church no less), to round up, detain, waterboard, and deny due process to before Obama puts our national security at risk. There’s a fatwah against abortion, … Continue reading
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Or Is It Just About Al Jazeera?
If you’ve ever watched Al Jazeera in English, then you were probably surprised by how progressive and liberal the programming was, especially if you had been led to believe by U.S. media that the propaganda that they push a pro-Islamist … Continue reading
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Warmbeir’s Murder is Vile, but Spare Me the Outrage
UPDATE BELOW Otto Warmbier’s death, like the death of any young person is tragic. The fact that it was done at the hands of the North Korean regime makes is particularly vile. The thought that this could ever happen to … Continue reading
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Business 101 or History of a Con
There are some very basic things that every one who wants to be a manager, let alone a CEO or leader of a major organization should know. Your first job when taking over as CEO is to win over the … Continue reading
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Bipartisan Collusion to Make Russians More Important Than They Are
UPDATED BELOW Let there be no doubts. I have no love for Mr. Trump who I believe to be a uniquely unqualified mediocre businessman blowhard psychotic old man with small penis syndrome. But let’s be honest: This whole Russian … Continue reading
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Reasonable Expectations of Privacy
Suffice it to say that it has been interesting to witness the different reactions to the recent leaks that the NSA is acting in conjunction with private companies to monitor our private conversations. These reactions have been more than predictable. … Continue reading
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Zero Dark Thirty or the Day Nothing Changed
For the first time in a least a decade, I actually got around to seeing most of this year’s Oscar nominated movies: Lincoln, Argo, Django Unchained, Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook and Zero Dark Thirty. Most of them (with … Continue reading
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Reasons to Love Santa
Cenk Uygur wrote this “Why I Love Santa” article a few years back, but I just found it today. I also love Santa Claus and Christmas and love them from a very, very secular viewpoint. I love the childhood wonderment … Continue reading
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Senate Sends Letter Calling ZD30 on Torture
As you may have already read about, the new film Zero Dark Thirty, which alleges to be the fact-based re-telling of the capture and execution of Bin Laden strongly suggests — regardless of all evidence to the contrary — that … Continue reading
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What We Now Know About Torture
Over the weekend, I watched the extremely engaging Bill Moyers Show on “Reckoning with Torture“. While the issue of the use of “Torture” by the U.S. government post-9/11 has been controversial and one could accuse Bill Moyers and his two … Continue reading
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