Monthly Archives: August 2015

Franz Kafka On Reading Out Of One’s Comfort Zone

Posted on August 30, 2015 by

Below is a quote from Franz Kafka on the value of actively seeking out disconfirming evidence, counter-life perspectives, and counter-arguments contrary to your own beliefs, proclivities, and biases. A nice retort to the squeamish who won’t read books that “trigger” … Continue reading →

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A Europeanized Republican Party: Is Donald Trump America’s Jean Le Pen?

Posted on August 26, 2015 by

The below quote startled me. It comes from a conservative writer who locates the signal in the noise as to what Donald Trump really means for American politics: the Europeanization of the Republican Party. In other words, Trump is riding … Continue reading →

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Build a Wall: Rush Limbaugh and Donald Trump’s Alternative To The Demographic Californication Of America

Posted on August 17, 2015 by

This recent quote from Rush Limbaugh surprised me: If you want to find the future of the Republican Party and the country, look at California.  There isn’t a single Republican in statewide office.  There never will be in the future.  … Continue reading →

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Memo To Democrats: Thomas Jefferson Is Not The Confederate Flag

Posted on August 11, 2015 by

Thomas Jefferson is a Southerner, but he is not the Confederate Flag. I understand why the contemporary Democratic Party would backbench the two white males (Jackson and Jefferson) who founded the Democratic Party, but I still love Jefferson. His words sing. … Continue reading →

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Marco Rubio: “The Constitution of the United States” Forces Women to Bring to Term Rape and Incest Conceived Fetuses

Posted on August 8, 2015 by

Marco Rubio thinks “The Constitution of the United States” necessarily forces women to bring to term fetuses conceived against their will by rape and incest. Wow. He really fucked himself here. Fox News Megyn Kelly Grills Marco Rubio On Rape, … Continue reading →

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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood Increasingly Repudiates Nonviolence

Posted on August 5, 2015 by

The Muslim Brotherhood is every bit as dangerous for Egypt as the Nazis were for Germany. And recall that Egypt, like Germany in the 1930s, has a vulnerable minority, readily susceptible to terrorist violence (in Egypt’s case, Coptic Christians make … Continue reading →

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Marco Rubio Is Not Outraged “Over A Dead Lion”

Posted on August 4, 2015 by

Marco Rubio signals that he’s anti-environmentalist and anti-feminist in the same (poorly worded and incorrectly punctuated) tweet: “Look at all this outrage over a dead lion, but where is all the outrage over the planned parenthood dead babies.” Rubio Tweet … Continue reading →

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