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Rootless cosmopolitan,down at heels intellectual;would be writer. 'Polemic is a discourse of conflict, whose effect depends on a delicate balance between the requirements of truth and the enticements of anger, the duty to argue and the zest to inflame. Its rhetoric allows, even enforces, a certain figurative licence. Like epitaphs in Johnson’s adage, it is not under oath.' https://www.lrb.co.uk/v15/n20/perry-anderson/diary

Time for Turkish women’s voices to be heard – Opinion – Al Jazeera English

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Myra Breckenridge Reports on New T.V. Series penned by Best Selling author Stephen L. Carter via HeddaAndLouellaAreDead.com

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/14/the-gop-masters-of-the-credible-threat.html Exclusive from HeddaAndLouellaAreDead.com : Stephen L. Carter has just penned a screen treatment for a new half hour comedy series about the zany goings on of Daniel Ellsberg and the Seven Republican Stooges, it’s  a comic fantasy, sci-fi, political … Continue reading →

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Episode LXXXI of The American Political Melodrama: David Brooks,The Hamiltonian Party and American Political Reform by Political Observer

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/opinion/14brooks.html?_r=1&hp The comic potential of Mr. David Brooks is here manifest in his self-description as ‘Hamiltonian/National Greatness perspective’ in his latest essay in The New York Times titled Pundit Under Protest. An observer might comment on the Olympian proportion of … Continue reading →

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Why I Hate To Try To Study at the Library: Grown Folks Acting Stupid!!!!

Don't talk on your phone when you are at the Library. Turn it off and act like, or even pretend that you give a shit what others think about you, and your lack of consideration. Please don't tell me Grandma … Continue reading →

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Glenn Greenwald interviews Rep. Brad Sherman

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/radio/2011/06/15/sherman/index.html#

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Scientologist ‘coached child to lie about sexual abuse’ | World news | The Guardian

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Marc A. Thiessen on Marco Rubio : The Importance of Fiscal Probity by Political Observer

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/marco-rubio-takes-on-medi-scare/2011/06/13/AGL5N5SH_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions   Here is Marc A. Thiessen demonstrating his value as Republican Party propagandist. Yet, this encomium to the political virtues of Marco Rubio is, in sum, an introduction to a stump speech by that candidate, delivered by an important … Continue reading →

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Gunnar Fischer, Bergman’s cinematographer, dies at 100 – The Washington Post

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Some teachers conflicted over Anoka-Hennepin’s sexual orientation policy | Minnesota Public Radio News

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Labor-Funded Progressive Leaders Cross Huffington Post Picket Line – Working In These Times

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