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- steve 3-25-2016 7:20 pm [link] [add a comment]

Oh, Betty!


- mark 2-14-2016 1:20 am [link] [3 comments]

more or less only of interest to former residents of providence though he was a larger than life character in general. 

When I heard the news that Buddy Cianci — serial felon, wearer of atrocious toupees, revered and reviled former mayor of Providence, R.I. — had died on Jan. 28 at the age of 74, my first thought was not about death. It was about my birth as a writer.


- dave 2-11-2016 8:04 pm [link] [1 comment]

Any candid opinions on Nader's spoiler effect on the 2000 election? Wiki seems inconclusive. i voted Nader in NJ where Gore was a done deal and i thought bumping Nader's numbers would help get a message across. My second disclosure is that I'm onboard with HRC this round. My rationale is we need to bring our biggest stick to knock down the opposition on election day and I think that's HRC for better or worse (i'm not blind). I dont think Sanders can beat any of their top 3 in a general election. so i guess there are two points embedded in this post.  


- bill 2-06-2016 7:37 am [link] [29 comments]

Cruz control
 


- bill 1-27-2016 6:32 pm [link] [add a comment]

Noam Chomsky: I assume that Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination just because of the nature of our electoral system, which is basically now “bought” elections overwhelmingly, and the major funders will probably succeed at putting her across. What Bernie Sanders has achieved is pretty remarkable, but I doubt very much, in our existing system, he can make it beyond the primaries. So I think a fair guess is that Clinton will be nominated.

On the other side, it is probably going to be either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz. In my opinion, Cruz is scarier than Trump. Trump is a kind of wildcard, but Cruz is really dangerous, if he means anything he’s saying.  


- bill 1-27-2016 4:22 pm [link] [1 comment]


- dave 1-05-2016 9:19 pm [link] [6 comments]


- dave 12-13-2015 11:29 pm [link] [1 comment]

Ahmed Chalabi died. As recently as last year Perle and Wolfowitz were still touting him as a viable candidate for Iraq's Prime Minister slot.
 


- tom moody 11-04-2015 8:59 am [link] [2 comments]


- dave 10-15-2015 2:58 pm [link] [add a comment]






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