Tag Archives: Politics


Only A Pawn In Their Game


All this political talk about the percentage of white votes each candidate received in the election has got this song stuck in my head. Dangerous things happen when people feel they are losing what is theirs. Rather, when people are made to feel that they are losing what they are told is theirs.…


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Romney Secret Video

First of all, to say that forty-something percent of people in America pay no taxes is ridiculous. In fairness, Romney quoted that number against income tax. This totally disregards payroll taxes. It also disregards the fact that most Americans pay sales tax every day, and these are the most regressive taxes of all.



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Week 27 Roundup

Weekly Roundup Science Section

I'm not a big science junkie or anything, but this week's lead story has to be the announcement from CERN that they appear to have discovered the Higgs boson. I didn't know this before, but for the hard sciences, apparently you need to get to five sigma to report your results.



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Week 26 Roundup

Weekly Roundup Did That Really Happen Section

Did anything big happen this week? Nothing, right? No big landmark decisions in the Supreme Court or anything, right? It would be an understatement to say that I am stunned that Chief Justice Roberts voted to uphold.



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Mandate Upheld

Wow, I am actually surprised. I would like to see who voted in the majority and the minority, but knowing that it was upheld is good enough for now. Perhaps the court is (slightly) less partisan than I gave it credit for?…


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