A few perspectives on the white nationalist "road rage" incident in Charlottesville, Virginia.
US Attorney-General Jeff Sessions called the vehicular homicide a clear case of "domestic terrorism."
Youtube sensation Mike Cernovich: "Civil War is here! #Charlottesville."
Townhall columnist takes a swing at Presidential equivocation: "The Charlottesville Dystopia: Dark Souls, Tested Principles, and Presidential Weakness."
Cernovich again: "President Trump Delivers a Statem
[Edit: this topic was "blocked" -- which I usually do when I haven't finished a topic opener, to prevent a response to a last-draft-but one. I just unblocked it, after adding my own comment below]
I was thinking today about Objectivist/ish conceptions of mind, volition and 'determinism.' The context is a 2014 book called "The Psychopath Whisperer." I am about half-way through giving it a thorough read, and want to recommend it to OLers interested in the intersection of law, punishment, phil
Some folks have penned breathless stories about President Trump's new Chief of Staff General Kelly -- suggesting that he will try to intercede between the president and the Twitter 'send' button. Eg,
Yeah, well, if Kelly is with the President in New Bedford during the away-days from West Wing renovations, it looks like the ''reining in" is not actually what some folks hoped for:
So ... what are those "ph
An interesting story from August 1 at the BBC: How Canada became an education superpower
-- for those who followed today's Presidential unveiling of an immigration reform, the story has a few explanations of how Canada can place high on international education ranking -- while dealing with large amounts of immigrants. Without getting into the weeds, Canada's immigration policies are more like the reforms suggested for the USA -- a "points-based" system -- except for the family-class newcome
Another unsavoury emission from the hoopla turbines. It looks like Sean Spicer may have been 'in the loop' when FoxNews got in trouble with an unwarranted story they published -- while deeper intrigue is found in the form of a lawsuit filing. A dumptruck of details arranged in a narrative of wrong-doing, true or not. The plaintiff feels FoxNews fucked him over and escaped accountability.
To set the scene (with light editing and bolded items):
I had earlier taken issue with the root o
A heck of a week for the Trump administration. And ... the current secretary of Homeland Security will take over for Reince Priebus as Chief of Staff at the White House.
A weird story that will probably continue to simmer for the remaining months of the 2106 2016 Presidential election: what are Donald J Trump's ties to Russian interests? How can the purported ties be established in fact? Is there any record that can be examined? Would Trump tax returns show something hinky or surprising in this regard?
The biggest headline is that experts named and un-named have found the fingerprints of the Russian state on the Wikileaked DNC emails. That the supposedl
This is taken from Conservative Treehouse. The hoopla industry and the committees of benghazi will have another picnic.
Here is the state of Grand Supreme Hoopla ... from Memeorandum:
David Seaman has had a fair bit of promotion on Objectivist Living, not that there's anything wrong with that. Here is his latest, from which you can glean a coherent narrative of his work.
Seaman had a recent appearance with the dean of American 'truther' media, Alex Jones, in a short and sweet update on the dread communication platform Twitter.
Truth, Truther, Truthest!
"President Trump and Pat Robertson: The Complete Interview | CBN Founder Pat Robertson sat down with President Donald Trump at the White House for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview on July 12, 2017"
"Have been knows" uses the passive voice and has no subject. Be that as it may, I think the lawsuit's progress is poorly reported by John O'Sullivan. There are a lot of claims made in his article at Principia (which Merlin noted was reproduced elsewhere, though not in mainstream news media). There are a lot of claims made, but some or all may prove not be true. An Objectivist approach ...? Maybe examine the 'sides' ... and maybe examine the herald.
It should be remembered that O'Sullivan i
... Russia, according to a set of figures taken from the International Monetary Fund's World Economic Output stats:
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I first saw the headline from a New York magazine story and imagined a cutting-edge Finnish 'Backcountry Rescue Drone' ... but it is more of a showy stunt and a Samsung commercial and elaboration of concept. Oversized drone capable of hauling a snowboarder. Ho hum.
[-- this was originally slated for publishing on November 8th, and dates back to August. The boring laments about those departed to the lake are kind of embarrassing. But hey, it helped clarify my thinking when I wrote it, and invites correction of its assumptions. I add the picture of Lake Wateree in South Carolina to take your eye off my errors --]
Of the several issues on which he differed from Trump or for which he chastised Trump, Pence has fallen into line -- as reported widely to
This is no longer a placeholder. Some 'on the record' wild guesses are already out -- notably our Bob Kolker -- so I too am going to publish a prediction/analysis, knowing full well I might be picking through bird bones on November 9.
I think Donald Trump will lose the election on November 8th. I have some definite reasons why. I thought to post the reasons here, even if I am shown to be gawdawfully wrong later on. How 'off' will my analytic take be? Only time will tell.
Reaso
[NB -- this was originally an unpublished draft, but was viewable by the Administrator, who rightfully thought it was a normal entry in the blog. I publish it now since it contains some interesting and challenging feedback on my opinions. The draft was taken from the Rigging thread.]
Overkill. Gotcha. Gazillions!
Maybe, as you say. Maybe not.
I hope that reports and suspicions of irregularities and vulnerabilities are taken seriously by any American concerned about the integri
A well-timed leak of the Trump remarks as prepared has sloshed its way into the hoopla machinery. One such transcript is here, at Politico.
Over at Reason, the reasonable Matt Welch points out a few disquieting tones of authoritarianism.
I have been watching Trump speeches since the primaries, since I ate crow about Bush. I will watch and re-watch this one tonight, as it is probably the most important speech by the candidate to date, and will probably garner the biggest TV audience
It's a deal.
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At this point in the American presidential election cycle, Trump supporters should be excited -- not despite the challenges, but because of the challenges. Their candidate is an assertive, even aggressive personality, a fighter. What does a fighter relish if not challenging, high risk/high reward situations?
Imagine you have been summoned to Trump Tower. Can you make 'contact' and a persuasive argument that some of these challenges are central, some peripheral, some not even challenges a
No.
Yes.
Trump is working from a self-limited palette.
I guess you people hear lots of different things. "Why did he do it?" is psychologizing? It sounds like your people are incurious. If there are others just like this killer, laying in wait ...
This is weird. Your 'holier-than-thou liberal secularists here' -- do they have names? Is it possible to lift up their awful comments and show them relevant? No?
Hardly relevant, IMO. And not recently. Sente
