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bartonf commented on the blog post The Mysterious Galaxy
I’d recommend Blindsight by Peter Watts. Actually his earlier work, the Rifters trilogy is good as well.
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bartonf commented on the blog post The Mythification of the Looting Elite
The strongest force shaping politics is not blood or money but ideas.
Yeah. And the “idea” is the more money I have the more I can shape politics, right Mr. Koch?
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bartonf commented on the blog post The True Meaning of “Replace” – House Readies Bill to Codify Hyde Amendment
I never have been able to understand why taxpayers who don’t want their money spent on legal abortions get consideration, but taxpayers who don’t want their money spent on blowing up brown people get told “too bad.”
Ironicus
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bartonf commented on the blog post The “Health Care Repeal” Sideshow
“Sideshow” is most appropriate, and unfortunately about all we can hope for, regardless of who controls Congress. Empires die from the inside out.
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