This list is an attempt to catalog corrupt politicians in recent American politics.
( As you can guess, the list is long )

I apologize for my absence, but things have been hectic. I'll do a proper update on my personal life after I settle a few things, but it does seem like the "expat" portion of my screen name is about to be rendered inaccurate.

Next portion requires a trigger warning, so I'll hide it behind a cut. I'll be talking about cyberbullying, rape threats, ( Read more... )

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver did an excellent takedown of the Queen of Monomania, Ayn Rand, and her utterly inhuman (and ironically named) Objectivist philosophy.

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Oi. Where to begin?

It should be apparent to anybody that knows me even a little that I'm not a "drown it in the bathtub" sort when it comes to government. Fix it, don't sabotage it or destroy it outright. While there are a lot of things wrong with government in the US, I don't see us at a point where it's time to douse the whole thing in gasoline ( Read more... )

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( My thoughts )

Remember: Surveillance Also Used To Crush Political Dissent

Some highlights:

• FISA, originally passed in 1978 in response to Richard Nixon spying on political opponents, has been defanged and twisted into a Bizarro World version of itself by subsequent legislation
• In the last three years, the FISA court has rubber-stamped almost 5 000 government ( Read more... )

From The Politics of Misperception (which is worth a read in and of itself, and not just because it's short and succinct):

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I have a beef with "The 'Dreaded' Socialism" segment - "The Dreaded 'Socialism'" would be more accurate, as what he's talking about is a caricature of socialism - but love the video nonetheless. It's shocking what a gaping ( Read more... )

A recent conversation elsewhere on the interwebs regarding the same-sex marriage debate has me thinking a lot about red herrings.
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Courtney Martin: Reinventing feminism

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( Of course, this reinventing of feminism is a bit meaningless for most, as they don't know what feminism really is to begin with. )