Category Archives: Politics

Distorted Godwin’s Law

Posted on 2015 November 23 by anewc2

http://www.salon.com/2010/07/01/godwin/

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Bogus crime wave

Posted on 2015 November 22 by anewc2

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2015/11/19/9758276/ferguson-effect-crime-wave

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The myth that welfare corrupts the poor

Posted on 2015 November 4 by anewc2

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/10/21/business/the-myth-of-welfares-corrupting-influence-on-the-poor.html?_r=0&referer=

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Chilling Effects announces new name

Posted on 2015 November 3 by anewc2

https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/763

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Link blog

Posted on 2015 October 14 by anewc2

Republicans block veteran benefits

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The Steve and Carly Show

Posted on 2015 October 14 by anewc2

How Steve Jobs fleeced Carly Fiorina.

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Ben Carson’s gun fantasy

Posted on 2015 October 11 by anewc2

A response from Richard Stallman to the idea that armed Jews could have “greatly diminished” the Holocaust.

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Phishing for Phools

Posted on 2015 October 10 by anewc2

Indeed, the idea that free markets work, and that government is the problem, “is itself a phish for phools,” a kind of story, one that does not capture reality.

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Compromise, and ultimate results

Posted on 2013 October 14 by anewc2

Grant did not compromise with Lee, but demanded unconditional surrender, and today the South is a better place for it, because the cancer at its heart — slavery — was destroyed. MacArthur did not compromise with Hirohito, but demanded unconditional … Continue reading →

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Romney: Elect Me Or House GOP Will Wreck The Economy

Posted on 2012 November 2 by anewc2

Hearing about Romney’s latest, I sent this to my Republican Congressional candidate. To: gibsonforcongresshq@gmail.com From: Amos Newcombe <anewc2@gmail.com> Subject: Mitt Romney Mitt Romney says that if Obama is elected, House Republicans will shut down the economy over the debt ceiling, … Continue reading →

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