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Slippery coke

Posted on 3/21/2013 by John Casey

Check out this  Brian McFaden Comic (at the Daily Kos):* Seems like your standard slippery slope argument to me (in addition to some poignant commentary on how wasteful this particular argument is). We’ve talked about this a lot here–here’s one by … Continue reading →

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Work it

Posted on 3/20/2013 by John Casey

Rogers Ailes, head of Fox News, seems to think that government work makes you lazy (via TPM): “Obama’s the one who never worked a day in his life,” Ailes said in Zev Chafets’ book “Roger Ailes: Off Camera.” “He never … Continue reading →

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A sad repost

Posted on 3/19/2013 by John Casey

It’s the anniversary of the Iraq War.  If anything, this war ought to teach us that arguments have consequences.  Here is the most recent assessment (according to a recent study): (Reuters) – The U.S. war in Iraq has cost $1.7 … Continue reading →

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Pump up the jam, pump it up

Posted on 3/12/2013 by John Casey

Timorous airline passenger and Fox News alleged liberal Juan Williams has admitted to making one of his weekly columns an undergraduate copy paste job.  According to Salon‘s Alex Seitz-Wald: In a case of apparent plagiarism, Fox News pundit Juan Williams lifted — … Continue reading →

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Classic Krugman

Posted on 3/6/2013 by John Casey

Check out this video on Bloomberg. The story goes something like this.  In the remark shown on the screen, Paul Krugman cautioned that he is not calling someone a name (via a Monty Python reference lost on the speaker), but … Continue reading →

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Reduce, reuse, recyle

Posted on 3/5/2013 by John Casey

Fig.1: Conservativism Here is a post for those who think that pointing out the inconsistency between a party’s name and its alleged position on an issue constitutes a decisive refutation of their view.  That “conservatives” fail to “conserve” or “preserve” … Continue reading →

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Opinions for hire

Posted on 3/2/2013 by John Casey

However much we berate the conservative commentariat, we usually presume their opinions are actually their opinions.  Turns out we might have been wrong.  Turns out some of them, a crew of ten or so, were on the payroll of the anti-democratic government … Continue reading →

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Can’t tell if troll part the millionth

Posted on 3/1/2013 by John Casey

It turns out the military rape (of women) is a problem.  The National Review Online responds, as you might imagine, by blaming the victims and by changing the subject. In an epic move that should be satire, but isn’t, Heather … Continue reading →

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Something of a hyperbolic flourish

Posted on 2/25/2013 by John Casey

Ted Cruz, a newly-minted Senator out of Texas, has achieved some recent notoriety for his affinities with Joe McCarthy. Here’s what Cruz had to say three years ago on the Harvard Law Faculty (from Jane Mayer at the New Yorker): … Continue reading →

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You keep using that word

Posted on 2/15/2013 by John Casey

An Illinois State Senator who voted against legalizing gay marriage in Illinois had this to say on the matter (via TPM): To redefine marriage is discriminatory towards those who hold the sincerely held religious belief that it is a sacred … Continue reading →

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