A quick stab at the deep is kind of long, but makes good reading. Well, the worst case of scope insensitivity I’ve ever heard of was described here by Slovic: Other recent research shows similar results. Two Israeli psychologists asked people to contribute to a costly life-saving treatment. They could offer that contribution to a [...]
Yeah – no highschool footbal, just looking at what got swept out with the garbage. Hillary Clinton now wants delegates from Florida and Michigan to be seated and to have their votes counted at the Convention. Can you believe George Bush is worried about his legacy? By comparing himself to Truman and Lincoln, Bush proves [...]
Hi ho, laptop. Here we go: Rudy 9ui11iani is getting snubbed by his hometown newpaper, The New York Times. Instead they are endorsing Hillary Clinton and John McCain Speaking of McCain and Clinton, he said she wants to lose. Maybe now Bill Clinton will expend some energy attacking Republicans? Digby catches the Republican field saying [...]
Hi ho, laptop! Here’s what’s kickin’ up dust! Senator Jay Rockefeller lives up to the family name of screwing the little guy for profit. Be a good neighbor and, uh, you will benefit – it’s more than a fortune cookie. (Psst – this means we might want to help Mexico. What made people drop Rudy [...]
Hi ho, laptop! Here we go ’round the blogosphere! What are people saying about Barack Obama? Well, let’s find out – Here’s a nice (and short! twice as nice!) diary at Street Prophets on Obama the Hope-monger. Here’s a call for Obama to get offensive Score a sky-hook for Obama. The division between women and [...]
Hi ho! Here we go! It’s Hillary Clinton time! At Open Left, we see Hillary attack Barack Obama for supporting the exact type of healthcare system she does. What gives? Even though the attack implies that she is also a paper-tiger progressive, there is an ingenious logic behind it. It manages to incorporate a “flip [...]
Here’s what happened today – or at least what people have said today: John McCain is leading in Florida – say good-bye to Rudy 9ui11iani . The Wall Street Journal says that Hillary Clinton is giving Barack Obama an education in “campaign” and “truth”. It’s getting demonic out there. Dennis Kucinich has finally stopped counting [...]
Everybody’s talkin’ – what are they sayin’? Stuff, mostly. Should a war-mongering general be paid $100,000 just to lend his name to a fund-raising effort? Tommy Franks did just that. A couple of people watched the Hillary-Obama slugfest – see the video or read all about it. The Fed made an “emergency rate cut” to [...]
Hi ho, Blogosphere! Let’s find what Martin Luther King means to people! Check out the MLK fantasy of the right. If you come out dizzy, just reverse the spin until your head calms down a bit. The linger on the couch of a obliviously secular observation. For a more poignant – and King-centric – view [...]
You can read the text of Barack Obama‘s speech/sermon given at Ebenezer Baptist today: Unity is the great need of the hour – the great need of this hour. Not because it sounds pleasant or because it makes us feel good, but because it’s the only way we can overcome the essential deficit that exists [...]
