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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

5 Myths about Federal Workers: The Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/03/AR2010120306348.html#

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If Americans Knew – what every American needs to know about Israel/Palestine

via ifamericansknew.org

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Paul Ryan’s plan to erase the Great Society – How the World Works

via salon.com Republican Mendacity is a perennial in The American Political Melodrama. The Great Will and Cockeyed Platonist have pledged their troth to the Great White Hope,Paul Ryan: he is the anointed of the Party of Austerity i.e. The Republican … Continue reading →

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Harold Meyerson on Paul Ryan

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whos-hurt-by-paul-ryans-budget-proposal/2011/04/05/AFfP7PlC_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions# “The cover under which Ryan and other Republicans operate is their concern for the deficit and national debt. But Ryan blows that cover by proposing to reduce the top income tax rate to just 25 percent. He imposes the … Continue reading →

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Episode XXXIX of The American Political Melodrama: Cockeyed Platonist and Paul Ryan

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/05/opinion/05brooks.html?src=me&ref=homepage Here is Cockeyed Platonist ( CP)  acting, in this episode of The American Political Melodrama, as Paul Ryan’s campaign manager . He issues this memo to the campaign staff, in preparation to the big announcement,  that Mr. Ryan will … Continue reading →

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As Congress Dithers, San Diego Shipyard Workers’ Woes Abound – Working In These Times

via inthesetimes.com Our Family!!!!

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Sexual Assault of Immigrant Women is a Hidden Human Rights Tragedy | Southern Poverty Law Center

Olivia came to the U.S. from Mexico to escape an abusive relationship. But what the 46-year-old meatpacking worker experienced in this country was a greater horror that haunts her still. Early one morning after a 12-hour shift, she found her … Continue reading →

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Beware: Chrysostom on Libya and Obama

http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/how-high-were-the-pharoahs.html?om_rid=De4wA2&om_mid=_BNmhfUB8aFIWCT   Before our very eyes Chrysostom (C)has transformed himself into an armchair general with sources in the White House, whom he can contact at will: this is an accretion of power that his colleague Cogitating Peter can only envy, … Continue reading →

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Books of Interest:Amazon.com: Post-Imperial Democracies: Ideology and Party Formation in Third Republic France, Weimar Germany, and Post-Soviet Russia (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics) (9780521709859): Stephen E. Hanson: Books

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The Good Doctor and Anger:Supporting cast including Hillary Clinton,Barack Obama and the Libyan Rebels

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/syrias_reformer/2011/03/31/AFy4JFCC_story.html?nav=emailpage ‘Anger and indignation are tender blossoms that need care and cultivation to thrive, yet one must recall that their life and strength are short.’ Asian Proverb   The Good Doctor (TGD) has yet to learn that his employment of … Continue reading →

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