The situation in Myanmar continues to deteriorate and the estimated death toll continues to rise.
In a turn of events that surprised nobody, Putin has been confirmed as Prime Minister of Russia.
Good day for Kobe Bryant, who won the MVP and then went on to help the Lakers beat Utah for a 2-0 series lead. Open thread -- what's happening?
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Come, my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world -- Tennyson
Islamic terrorism
Please don't link Islam to terrorism say officials US govt officials at the National Counterterrorism Center.
It implies that a religion or a race is terrorist and that is not the impression the US wants to spread around the world.
Says the The Washington Times
Ya think?
Funny if they had said this four years ago, they would have been called terrorist sympathizers by their own newspaper.
Is it already too late to rename the war on terrorism as the "Great Clash of Civilizations", to something a little nicer sounding, like 'death cult' or 'violent cultists.' Just think these people get paid to think this stuff through.
Part of the reason Burma doesn't want to accept US aid from the UN is because they see warships off their coast with helicopters to deliver food. The problem is they don't trust the US to ever leave the country.
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Yeah, who knew
that adopting a paradigm that put us at odds with a billion people, who are especially concentrated in the most geopolitically strategic position on earth, would be a bad idea?
Other than the people who've been saying it for years now, of course. It'd be fun to make a chart of all th major issues and contrast the the anti-war vs chickenhawk take on each.
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Veni, Vidi, Bitchy.
Further complicating matters in the war of civilizations
We have a how to
lesson from extremist preachers, whose endorsement was sought out by John McCain. (surprise it's not Hagee)
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What is it with these guys?
Vito Fossella
(R-NY) got liquored up and decided to get behind the wheel. Bad idea. And then he admits to having a child outside of his marriage. Double whammy!
He was going to have a tough re-election battle, but he's just about had it now.
What is it with politicians and their problems keeping their scimitar properly sheathed? Fossella, Marc Dann, Elliot Spitzer, Larry Craig, David Vitter, Mark Foley, etc., etc.
Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems that our elected officials are really sex-crazed at the moment.
__________________________I'm listening to...
I'm still certain that what motivates me
Is more rewarding than any piece of paper could be -- Dennis Lyxzén
At the moment.....
Ha! Haven't you heard. Power is a turn on. I don't think this is anything new.
And frankly I don't think it's anybody's business.
__________________________It is the economy, stupid.
Pretty much
Well, Foley is my business and Fossella's drinking habits are my business when he decides to drive on public roads under the influence
Otherwise, I agree.
__________________________I'm listening to...
I'm still certain that what motivates me
Is more rewarding than any piece of paper could be -- Dennis Lyxzén
Another example of IOKIYAAR
(It's OK if you are a republican)
Today Cindy McCain was on the Today show and was asked when she was going to release her tax returns. Her reply: "Never!"
Who remembers 4 years ago when most the nations media and conservative blogging community demanded that Theresa Heinz Kerry release her tax returns. btw - Theresa did release her returns.
Why is it now OK for Cindy to say "go suck eggs"? I'll tell you why. IOKIYAAR!
Meh.
Republican Maverick at Large
-4:Strongly Disagree; 0:Meh; +4:Strongly Agree
I feel slimed.
I was just over reading the comments of the folks at Taylor Marsh's site. I feel dirty.
I was pretty appalled by the Talk Left Hillery Youth/ObamaHaters. Taylor's crew are way way worse.
I didn't see anyone who wasn't on board completely. No discussion of any preceived mis-steps of her campaign, only that of hating Barack.
Kool Aide drinkers. I don't really like conservatives who are Kool Aide Drinkers. It's really repugnant when I see it on Democrats.
Marshland, It's a bit gagging
Some think the right wing put Obama up to running against her as a way to smear Hillary as a racist and take her down. They support their arguments by watching Fox News. There is no flick of an eyelash that they don't turn into an attack against Hillary, so she can play the heroic victim.
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New Carson Post
Mutualist
author Kevin Carson has an interesting review 
of a book about evolutionary economics or something.
In any case it's an interesting read for those of you not too familiar with his work. He makes the standard argument that truly free markets are nothing like what the media and government means when they talk about "free markets".
__________________________I'm listening to...
I'm still certain that what motivates me
Is more rewarding than any piece of paper could be -- Dennis Lyxzén
thanks for the tip...
Carson's a good man. Agree on most things. I just differ in the details....some unrealistic underlying assumptions that prevent his definitive vision from being totally plausible...regardless of whether I like it or not.
I'll read it later...
:)
some unrealistic underlying
Sounds like any economic formula to represent certain events or predictions....
__________________________In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
Ha! So true.
It is the economy, stupid.
Not really
sorry.
I would have thought you might have at least asked what those assumptions were instead of making some underlying assumptions of your own.
;)
I was more focusing on the
I was more focusing on the formulas used. And your post reminded me of those formulas.
The ones were 882 of the 884 main variables are completely ignored to come up with simple easy to use formula.
__________________________In our society, people are rewarded for pretending to be certain about things they're clearly not certain about. -- Sam Harris,
Well, it wasn't a formula matter...no math.
It's simply one of practically and basic assumptions about how people act, how the world works and what icentivizes people.
He just holds some basic ideas that seem incompatible in practice...not even on preference level or an ideal level but basic theoretical plausibility.
example:
It's theoretically plausible that a man and wild gorilla can shake hands in a peaceful way.
But the theoretical plausibility falls apart if the man hands no hands.
It's kinda like that. :)
BTW, see Shermer
at interviewed at Reason TV
If you want to put a face and sounds with the name.