Have you seen these stories? Boston Marathon Explosions Already Being Blamed on the Right CNN Analyst: ‘Right-Wing Extremists’ Could Be Behind Boston Marathon Bombing Esquire Speculates ‘Waterer[s] of the Tree of Liberty’ Behind Boston Attacks Chris Matthews: Domestic Terrorists ‘Tend To Be Far-Right’ If this was the act of someone on the right, fine! Investigate,…
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Lie Detector Robot A father buys a lie detector robot that slaps people when they lie. He decides to test it out at dinner one night. The father asks his son what he did that afternoon. The son says, “I did some schoolwork.” The robot slaps the son. The son says, “Ok, Ok. I was…
Sweaty Cenk – MSNBC has-been. If MSNBC fires you, you know you are toast. He now works for AlGorezeera TV, replacing Keith Olbermanbearpig as “chief news officer” and head douchebag. David Sirota at Salon uses the Boston bombings to blame America for terrorism: Think about it: We are a nation that is regularly bombing others,…
Tweet from the AP’s Ken Thomas: The tweet says 9:20 but it is because I forgot to reset my location on Twitter from Edinburgh… Explosions: Aftermath: I’ll post more as it becomes available. – Utah I am hearing over the radio that there are explosions reported at or near the finish line in Boston. (Admins…
I think that Joe’s posts on logic are both important and instructive. I would encourage the co-bloggers, every time they see and example of sound logic or the recognition of an argument or fallacy type, to post it. I would encourage the readers to email or post in the comments the same examples. Here’s one…
In honor of tax day. Enjoy. Take 15 minutes and ponder. What will you advocate for equity and justice in America in the next year? In 1978, a flat tax of 16% would equal in total revenue the graduated tax system of 14%-70%. There is a defect in our political structure. The right solution is…
$10,000: that is how much the federal government spent per household more than what it received in tax revenue in 2012. $629: that is how much total government spending exceeded median household income in 2010. $1.7 trillion: the total net worth of the Forbes 400, the richest people in America $16 trillion: the current national debt 4.4%: how…
“Who shall make the decision? We or somebody else? We can make the decision only if we bear the consequences. . . . Win or lose, we society benefited from their (the risk takers) willingness to take a chance.” You might wish to consider my earlier post on the definition of the term “fair” also.…
When I saw these headlines on Drudge: GOLD PLUNGE… Investors Bail Amid Collapse… ‘PANIC IS EVERYWHERE’… Worst two-day loss since 1983… LIVE… I immediately remembered Beck predicted this would happen. He also said it would precede the total collapse of the U.S. economy (most likely tied to a collapse of the U.S. $). Then I…
This is your second pop quiz after my little lecture on basic logic and fallacies (you can read it here). This will be a 2-part quiz. PART I: Catch the Fallacy Here is the first video clip you need to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5RUi5A_xC0&feature=player_detailpage (In case the link doesn’t work, video here) I will start by stipulating…
I have to acknowledge brilliance and give credit where credit is due. Yesterday, one of our readers, Old Vet, posted a comment that just cuts right to the heart of the issues we have been debating. I meant to recognize it earlier and just never got to it, so here is is: One thing to…
We have been having a little dust-up on the comment thread here about a quote that Reagan used in his speech about socialized medicine that we also posted here. It is a quote that is widely attributed to Norman Thomas. Thomas was a 6 time candidate for president as a member of the Socialist Party…
