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Oops, misunderstood. Glad we agree ;-) As to the use of WMD on non-violent dissenters:
How dangerous is pepper spray?: http://t.co/TRbmR8Ov (Dutch studies show that pepper spray helped to subdue aggressive suspects, but when it was used against those who were already peaceful – like the students at UC Davis – it made them aggressive. If the Dutch findings are right, police officers wading into a peaceful protest and spraying people are more likely to cause violence than to stop it; use of pepper spray in these kinds of situations isn't just excessive and unfair, but also stupid.)
Pepper spray and cocaine, a little known lethal combination: http://t.co/q4odbhlI
protests to the left of me, protests to the right, here I am
by liberal japonicus Some interesting things about the Oakland OWS protests and the events at UC-Davis that many of you may have already read. This article, about Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, via Erik Loomis at LGM, is quite interesting, and gives some other links (here, here and here) about the...
@Rob in CT "wildly overblown" is another way of saying: no credible threat! Was there any actual threat to our existence? Absolutely not, not today: http://www.salon.com/2011/11/23/what_endless_war_looks_like/singleton/
and certainly not in 2001: http://contusio-cordis.blogspot.com/2009/11/what-is-fair-and-balanced.html (scroll down to the part on the WoT)
protests to the left of me, protests to the right, here I am
by liberal japonicus Some interesting things about the Oakland OWS protests and the events at UC-Davis that many of you may have already read. This article, about Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, via Erik Loomis at LGM, is quite interesting, and gives some other links (here, here and here) about the...
In one sentence -"There was no credible threat, only a perceived one."- we have the essence of the War of Terror being forced upon us.
protests to the left of me, protests to the right, here I am
by liberal japonicus Some interesting things about the Oakland OWS protests and the events at UC-Davis that many of you may have already read. This article, about Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, via Erik Loomis at LGM, is quite interesting, and gives some other links (here, here and here) about the...
So, everybody wants to use the road to drive on, schools to educate their kids, soldiers to fight some ridiculous war, hospitals to admit them in case of medical problems, et cetera, but nobody wants to pay for all that.
In case you did not notice, the US is falling apart because of this insane, and almost religious, obsession with not-paying-taxes.
raise my damn taxes
by russell OK, so not enough politics here lately. Allow me to jump in. As of close of business today we are, as a nation, what, seven days away from default? And no deal. No significant movement toward a deal. Nada. I'd say the odds are something like even that we'll get to August 2 either...
My view of journalism (similar to yours) can be found here: http://contusio-cordis.blogspot.com/2011/01/facts-are-overrated-anyway.html
With the current job description maybe some accountability for willfully spreading misleading, if not false, stories may help, see http://contusio-cordis.blogspot.com/2010/11/freedom-of-speech-clarification.html eventhough that article is not entirely applicable to the media.
The Media in Sixteen Snappy Paragraphs
Guest Post by John Emerson, posted by Gary Farber, to cover Gary while traveling, but who was delayed by hotel internet service going out. (Everything below is expressed in its maximal form, as per my normal modus operandi. Readers may want to trim certain passages in accordance with their own t...
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