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Re:  Narendra Modi, Pradhan Swayamsevak - Part II

doubtinggaurav — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 01:45:13 -0000

I dont have to experience living on moon to know it has no atmosphere. Instead of asking others to experience Shakha, RSS members can write factual articles.

Re: The Nest Isn't Empty, and That's Mostly Good

doubtinggaurav — Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:28:53 -0000

Just wondering is it possible that a more communal living roll back some of hyper individualism that underpins American politics of both left and right

Re: Does Fiorina's HP Tenure Really Matter?

doubtinggaurav — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:07:57 -0000

This should be the big bad dino in next Jurrasic franchise

Re: Venezuela's President Starts to Look Desperate

doubtinggaurav — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 04:03:16 -0000

Who knows, he might be next POTUS

Re: Hundreds of Refugees in Germany Convert to Christianity

doubtinggaurav — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 00:18:13 -0000

What Civilization ?

Re: Economics Has a Math Problem

doubtinggaurav — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 04:30:37 -0000

Marxians! LOL

Re: Friday Food Post: In Search of the Perfect Pie

doubtinggaurav — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 02:05:56 -0000

This may seem weird but... is there any substitute for egg in the recipe

Re: Liberals Can't Admit to Thinking Like Conservatives

doubtinggaurav — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 05:24:54 -0000

Ofcourse my (again minor) nitpick was that this has been the norm through most of Indian history, rather than limited to "modern" era

Re: Liberals Can't Admit to Thinking Like Conservatives

doubtinggaurav — Thu, 06 Aug 2015 11:22:52 -0000

Minor nitpick I think if India has been more or less religiously diverse throughout most of its history.

Re: Ex-Im Bank Is a Tiny But Tempting Target

doubtinggaurav — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:20:32 -0000

"Jonathan Rauch argues that the only way to prune back this crony capitalist tangle is to make relentless war on each daft distortion"

This captures the essence of politics. Politics is trench warfare, zealous lot mistake it to be charge of light brigade.

Re: Ex-Im Bank Is a Tiny But Tempting Target

doubtinggaurav — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:11:51 -0000

No civilization has been known to survive relentless onslaught of petty bureaucracy and self important intelligentsia.

Re: Ex-Im Bank Is a Tiny But Tempting Target

doubtinggaurav — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 00:10:06 -0000

"One of the worst features of U.S. government is the grave difficulty of killing off any program, no matter how stupid, because it has a built-in constituency that will rise swiftly and fiercely to its defense"

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

H L Mencken

Re: Rent Control Makes Sense Only for Politicians

doubtinggaurav — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:22:09 -0000

It is a solution, (like most things in life) with its own set of problems

Re: Rent Control Makes Sense Only for Politicians

doubtinggaurav — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:53:03 -0000

"One neighborhood busy body shouldn't be able to use the power of the state to control what happens to her neighbor's property."

Yes that task should be left for permanent bureaucracy in distant capital :-)

Re: Rent Control Makes Sense Only for Politicians

doubtinggaurav — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:50:05 -0000

There is one tiny difference, in case of rent control, the outgroup is American while in case of immigration it is people from other countries.

Re: Remember 'Memogate'? Makers of a Dan Rather Film Don't

doubtinggaurav — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 02:29:00 -0000

For all we know, somewhere some moon is..

Re: When the “Smart Troll” forced Media houses to correct theselves

doubtinggaurav — Thu, 16 Jul 2015 04:43:10 -0000

Hence my DP

Re: Helicopter Parents and the Kids Who Just Can't

doubtinggaurav — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 08:10:38 -0000

5 month old pizza, must have turned out funny, not that there is anything wrong with it

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

doubtinggaurav — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 06:30:44 -0000

Fair enough, I don't claim to be an expert in economics, so can't comment on that. Personally I think issue is human avarice and expectation that our better natures will prevail over it.

Heinlein (as usual) put it eloquently

https://www.goodreads.com/q...

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

doubtinggaurav — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 01:53:20 -0000

This is sad beyond description...

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

doubtinggaurav — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 11:14:53 -0000

There is always singularity....

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

doubtinggaurav — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 10:32:07 -0000

More like logical endgame of entitlement state, or as Heinlein put it "bad luck" https://www.goodreads.com/q...

Re: Tallying Right-Wing Terror vs. Jihad

doubtinggaurav — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:50:06 -0000

You left Hitler and Holocaust

Re: Tallying Right-Wing Terror vs. Jihad

doubtinggaurav — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:49:13 -0000

Well played ... ?

Re: Tallying Right-Wing Terror vs. Jihad

doubtinggaurav — Wed, 01 Jul 2015 00:36:36 -0000

Someone might have already pointed this out, but to really gauge the threat level the data must be normalized with relevant base population

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Re: Narendra Modi, Pradhan Swayamsevak - Part II

Re: The Nest Isn't Empty, and That's Mostly Good

Re: Does Fiorina's HP Tenure Really Matter?

Re: Venezuela's President Starts to Look Desperate

Re: Hundreds of Refugees in Germany Convert to Christianity

Re: Economics Has a Math Problem

Re: Friday Food Post: In Search of the Perfect Pie

Re: Liberals Can't Admit to Thinking Like Conservatives

Re: Liberals Can't Admit to Thinking Like Conservatives

Re: Ex-Im Bank Is a Tiny But Tempting Target

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Re: Ex-Im Bank Is a Tiny But Tempting Target

Re: Rent Control Makes Sense Only for Politicians

Re: Rent Control Makes Sense Only for Politicians

Re: Rent Control Makes Sense Only for Politicians

Re: Remember 'Memogate'? Makers of a Dan Rather Film Don't

Re: When the “Smart Troll” forced Media houses to correct theselves

Re: Helicopter Parents and the Kids Who Just Can't

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

Re: Greece Hits the Self-Destruct Button

Re: Tallying Right-Wing Terror vs. Jihad

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Re:  Narendra Modi, Pradhan Swayamsevak - Part II