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Boy Scouts vote to admit gay youth!

John Liming - American Liberal Times — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:27:40 +0000

I am not so sure I understand how admitting gay youth to The Boy Scouts of America ever got to be such an issue because the Scouts have been a part of the American Experience for more than 100 years and in all that time are you going to tell me that there has never been any gay members? I know for darn sure that when I was a kid back in the 40s and 50s there were Boy Scouts who a lot of folks thought might be “a little different” but not much more than that was ...

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More intellectual dishonesty from Kenneth Rogoff.

Ralph Musgrave - Ralphanomics — Fri, 24 May 2013 07:04:00 +0000

Kenneth Rogoff Rogoff always likes to portray himself as an impartial academic. The truth, as is obvious to anyone with more than three brain cells, is that he is into propaganda big time. His latest piece of propaganda is an article entitled “Europe’s lost Keynsians”. And the thrust of the article is that there are loads of Keynsians (his favourite bête noir) advocating an end to austerity in the Eurozone. He then goes on to explain that simple Keynsian type stimulus won’t cure the Eurozone’s problems. Well anyone with a modest grasp of economics worked that out ...

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They don’t bow down to our gods. Break em.

B Schiff - Dominance Games / Politics — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:59:37 +0000

They don’t bow down to our gods. Break em. Power structures exist for a reason. They are there to be gamed played, used, abused, done with as one pleases. Only the righteous attain power by the sweat of their brows and the iron wills of their determinations. The attainment of power and such gives one the natural right to wield it for maximum gain and wider influence. That is the stuff of the Gods. Keep up or get buried. Strength can be used to promote order and values and schemes to keep the lame and the halt at each ...

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A World View And A Person Are One!

John Liming - American Liberal Times — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:24:05 +0000

Some individual came onto the comments of “American Liberal Times” this afternoon and informed me straight out that I am more or less locked into my worldview and that I am not about to change. I thought to myself, “If I had been smoking something illegal I could not have come up with a more astute observation than that one. Hell yeah! I am locked into my worldview because I have spent nearly three-quarters of a f**king century developing it – – and as they say, “Old dogs do not learn new tricks.” Old dogs may “Meet” new ...

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A Profound Lack of Self-Awareness

B Psycho - Psychopolitik — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:01:24 +0000

Barack Obama gave a speech earlier today, supposedly a “big picture” type thing about U.S. conduct in the War on Terror. Didn’t watch it, as I had more important things to do (and also I’d rather not find out the effect throwing my shoe at it in disgust has on a flatscreen TV). Yet I do have a few remarks about it, since the text of it is up: * He starts off speaking as if the ills of the war were entirely the last president’s fault, like he was a horrified bystander who ran for president to put ...

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Lerner And The Fifth!

John Liming - American Liberal Times — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:48:34 +0000

First I heard hours and hours of argument and back and forth about three “Conspiracies” that are supposed to have something to do with some kind of alleged wrong-doing at the White House – - or somewhere else in the administration – - – things that I have personally considered to be little more than Right Wing witch hunts looking for something to make ...

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IMF: piss off out of the UK – your advice is not needed

Ralph Musgrave - Ralphanomics — Thu, 23 May 2013 07:01:00 +0000

Front page headline in the Financial Times this morning is that the IMF is advising the UK to spend more in infrastructure so as to help escape the recession. Well – doh – infrastructure spending is about the daftest way there is to deal with a recession and for the blindingly obvious reason that it often takes years to get infrastructure projects going – never mine the number of years it takes to complete them. And by that time the recession may be over. Of course the amount to spend on infrastructure should be under constant review, and (statement ...

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No Fracking Way!

John Liming - American Liberal Times — Wed, 22 May 2013 22:56:35 +0000

Fracking Was Supposed To Be Our Ticket Away From Dependence On Foreign Commodities, Right? John R. Liming My Opinion When “they” came up with the arguments in favor of state lotteries, I heard a lot of propaganda about how good state lotteries and their proceeds were going to be for our - – – schools! Remember that old line of bull droppings? How long did it take for the lottery proceeds to get diverted to the states’ general funds leaving just a trickle for the – – schools? I guess the voters who swallowed that one hook, line ...

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Hiding Behind The Flag

Mari - Dogwalk Musings — Wed, 22 May 2013 20:54:00 +0000

Who ever thought an enemy could hide behind the American flag. We all should know the story of the Fort Hood shooter, Major Nidal Hasan, the army psychiatrist who while wearing Muslim garb killed thirteen and injured another 32 in a shooting spree on base. This is one more government scandal that continues unresolved. The shootings took place in November of 2009. Hasan has yet to come to trial. We already know those injured have been refused purple hearts. It’s important to remember why. Because they weren’t injured in combat. It seems the wrong words are always having ...

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The Blind Lead The Blind Sometimes!

John Liming - American Liberal Times — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:42:56 +0000

I knew this one elderly guy once who always ranted and raved about how he would never take a dime of “that there Obummer Care – - or any other type of Gubmint handout.” As he got older and less able to get around, he started depending on friends and neighbors to ferry him to the grocery and to doctor appointments and wherever ...

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