Daily Archives: September 18, 2008

Sarah Palin and Cruelty to Animals: A Tough Environmental Ad Exposes the Ugliness of Aerial Hunting of Wildlife—and Palin’s Glib Promotion of It

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God’s Not a Republican: Christian Group Airs a Pro-Obama Ad in Ohio

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Apollo v. Dionysus: The First Paragraph of Friedrich Nietzche’s “The Birth of Tragedy”

Friedrich Nietzsche (first paragraph of The Birth of Tragedy):   We shall have gained much for the science of aesthetics, once we perceive not merely by logical inference, but with the immediate certainty of vision, that the continuous development of … Continue reading

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Where the Buck Stops: Obama Has a Great Response to McCain’s Statement That He’d Fire the Security and Exchange Commissions Head

Obama, on the campaign trail today: “I think that’s all fine and good but here’s what I think,” Obama said. “In the next 47 days you can fire the whole trickle-down, on-your-own, look-the-other way crowd in Washington who has led … Continue reading

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An Outrageous Blow to Free Speech in Europe: A Turkish Court Bans Richard Dawkins’ Website from Turkey

The Guardian UK reports today that a Turkish court has set a ban on Richard Dawkins’ website. Money quote:  A Turkish court has banned internet users from viewing the official Richard Dawkins website after a Muslim creationist claimed its contents … Continue reading

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55% to 38%: Great News for Gay Marriage in California. A New Field Poll Shows Proposition 8 LOSING Decisively Among California Voters

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Proposition 8 is polling poorly in California. The news article attributes the poor polling to the way the ballot measure is worded. Because same sex marriage is currently a RIGHT in California, the ballot … Continue reading

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Obama Zings McCain, Linking the Gyrating Stock Market to Social Security, and Reminding Voters that McCain Supported Bush’s Plan to Invest Social Security Funds in Stocks

Timely ad. Play it in Florida. Ouch:

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“Harvey Milk Day”: Assassinated in 1978, Harvey Milk was One of America’s Great Civil Rights Leaders, and Needs to Be Remembered as Such

Governor Schwarzenegger has a bill on his desk that would make each May 22nd in California “Harvey Milk Day.” The governor should sign the bill because Harvey Milk was one of America’s great civil rights leaders, courageously fighting for the dignity and civil equality … Continue reading

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Assassinated in 1978, Gay San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk May Get Honored With a State Holiday—If Governor Schwarzenegger Signs the Bill

Good news for gay civil rights. California Assembly Bill 2567 is on its way to governor Schwarzenegger’s desk for signature. The bill will make each May 22nd in California “Harvey Milk Day.” If, that is, the governor signs it. The … Continue reading

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“It’s Pure Crisis Management”: In the NY Times, the Renowned Financial Historian, Ron Chernow, Weighs in on the Nationalization of AIG

The NY Times today quotes, in an important article on the financial crisis, Ron Chernow, and lays out the vast implications of AIG’s nationalization: Is the United States no longer the global beacon of unfettered, free-market capitalism? In extending a … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin Has a Gary Hart Moment. She Invites the Electorate to Play “Stump the Candidate!”

Back in the Age of the Dinosaurs (1984), when Senator Gary Hart ran for president, he invited the press to follow him about as closely as they pleased. They did, and uncovered an affair. In other words, Hart tried to … Continue reading

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