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Tag: politics

  • Bernie Sanders for President? Why Not. — NYMag

    Bernie Sanders for President? Why Not. — NYMag

    “You frickin’ kidding me? He’s a Commie. Is that even legal, a Communist president?” Link

  • The Way of the Knife

    The Way of the Knife

    The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the EarthMark Mazzetti; Penguin 2013   

  • The Signal and the Noise

    The Signal and the Noise

    The signal and the noise: why most predictions fail but some don’tNate Silver; Penguin Press 2012   The Boston Red Sox failed to make the playoffs in 2011 despite having a 99.7 percent chance of doing so at one point27—although I wouldn’t question anyone who says the normal laws of probability don’t apply when it…

  • One Way Forward

    One Way Forward

    One Way Forward: The Outsider’s Guide to Fixing the Republic Lawrence Lessig; Byliner Inc. 2012 I aim to talk about the rules of the game, and not about which side should win.Lessig We must remake a republic dependent not upon campaign funders, direct or indirect, but instead, as Federalist 52 puts it, “dependent upon the…

  • Quote by Fafblog! the whole world’s only source for Fafblog.

    As a Jesus-fearing moose-hunting hockey-mom mother of five who hunts moose for Jesus, Sarah Palin is kin to the wild outdoors and appreciates its bountiful splendor as she is gunning it down from her airplane. Sarah Palin understands that America is dangerously addicted to oil, and that the only cure is more oil. She also…

  • “CLINTON: That’s right, Fafnir. No one has more experience failing to fix health care than me….”

    “CLINTON: That’s right, Fafnir. No one has more experience failing to fix health care than me. I worked in the White House for eight years failing to fix health care, and as president I’ll make failing to fix health care my number one priority. FB: Well that sounds pretty good, Hillary Clinton, but what if…