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eblair commented on the blog post FDL Book Salon Welcomes Paul Krugman, End This Depression Now!
Mr. Krugman, while it is perhaps convenient to explain the dogmatism and lack of consensus that one finds in economic debates in terms of national politics, the dogmatism and lack of consensus is a global fact as economists in different countries disagree quite dramatically in a way that physicsists or even music theorists don’t. The standard explanation that a philosopher of science would give is that economics just isn’t a science. It’s serious claims cannot be tested. So my questions are: don’t you think that economics has promised far more than it can deliver? Do you really think it is a science? And if so, what year did it become a science?
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eblair commented on the blog post Practice and Theory of Morals
masaccio, don’t you think it would be a good thing to read a book before you write a blog about it?
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eblair commented on the diary post Have We Reached The Tipping Point On Online Privacy? by Consumer Watchdog.
Even FDL uses Google Analytics. Go look at the four _utm cookies in your browser. Yepp, Google gets the low down on who comes to FDL and what they do here. Maybe somebody can FDL can explain why the fuck such a “progressive” site aids and abets the biggest corporate cyber stalker out there? Sorry [...]
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eblair commented on the diary post Have We Reached The Tipping Point On Online Privacy? by Consumer Watchdog.
America and the world are demented. Forget us adults for a moment. Our politicians have allowed these companies to spy on our children and compile huge files on everything they do online and with their cell phone. It is in many ways far worse than what a run of the mill stalker does. That the [...]
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eblair commented on the blog post Why Can’t Congress Just Ask the Supreme Court Ahead of Time?
Those who aren’t willing to seriously entertain such proposals are manifestly and painfully ignorant of the 2500 year history of republican governement and they are not suited to live under one.
Glad to see once in a while somebody actually thinks. Take a good hard look at this piece folks because this more than anything is what the US needs. It is called republican thinking.
Good piece Jon. Worth 1000 run of the mill daily bullshit pieces from the left right and center.
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eblair commented on the blog post Supreme Court Rules for Strip Searches for Even Those Arrested for Minor Offenses
I was under the impression that most readers of FDL had “distaste for the news media” and are of the belief that having such “distaste for the news media” indicates rather that one has a clue rather than that one is out of touch. Are the readers of the New Yorker that stupid these days to let that pass? The Supreme Court is way way out of touch and so is the entirely useless New Yorker.
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eblair commented on the blog post Climate Change Nearing “Irreversible” Stage
The quote is from Reuters, not SA. It is not clear which SA article is being referenced. SA’s recent editorial by its editor, who in addition to knowing nothing about the humanities apparently lacks an advanced degree in any scientific discipline, was a total embarassment. In 2012, SA has no particular claim to the truth. It has been polticized and debased. Gary Stix editorial was a recipe for fascism. After reading it, one is left with the thought that even if everything Al Gore claimed were true, rising temperatures would be better than some Stalinist nightmare.
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eblair commented on the diary post Whose Side Are You On? UPDATED: FDL Response To Calvan Banning by wbgonne.
I would call the flagging system “juvenile” but that would be unfair to juveniles. Really, is that supposed to be progressive? Secret and easily gameable ostracism? So stupid. Rather than debate real issues, and rather than debate known issues, set up a system that leads to 1100 comment threads mostly about what might have happened. [...]
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eblair commented on the diary post Why was Michael Cavlan Banned from FDL? by marsdragon.
There are many ways in which FDL is progressive. But there are an equal number of ways in which it defnitely fails to be progressive. Freedom of speech is not something it is committed to and is one of those places where FDL fails. It would be a very different place without the direct censorship [...]
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eblair commented on the diary post Today, 3/12/2012, poll has Romney beating Obama 49% to 47% by papau.
News Alert: Elections are fixed in the USA anymore. Fraud is rampant. The numbers are a joke. The powers that be have the Diebold machines and thousands of operatives ready to steal whatever needs to be stolen. So let’s stop pretending that there is basic democracy in America any fucking more. Any serious look at [...]
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eblair commented on the diary post Help with understanding Zerohedge latest, … anyone? by tambershall.
It says right at the beginning that it is a guest post by Mark Grant.
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eblair commented on the blog post Hate groups make fools out of themselves at press conference
Hilarious to see the SPLC complaining about name calling, when they have instutionalized name calling. The SPLC supports the American terror state. Get a clue FDL. Sometimes they are on the right side. Often not. And sometimes, really really not. Get informed. The SPLC is doing much more harm than good in 2012. They put We Are Change, every single chapter, on their list, for daring to question the official 9/11 conspiracy theory. That makes you a hate group. The SPLC defames and slanders. They are not progressive. They are anti-democratic. And they engage in hate. Excuse my dissent. FDL, stop front paging garbage.
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eblair commented on the blog post Fed Sets Explicit 2% Inflation Target
eCAHN, what do you think about their leaving food and fuel out of the “inflation rate”?
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eblair commented on the blog post Live Blog: President Delivers State of the Union Address
What’d he say? Can somebody give me cliffs notes? Or was it the predictable psychotic mendaciousness?
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eblair commented on the blog post Adelson and Wife Have Ponied Up $10 Million for Gingrich SuperPAC
110% subservience to Israel as opposed to the usual 100%.
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eblair commented on the blog post Romney Tracking Poll Shows What Becoming the Inevitable Nominee Looks Like
Exactly. Firedoglake fails dramatically every time it goes along with MSM narratives. It raises all kinds of questions about motives, competence and commitment to progressive values, like democracy. Almost nobody has voted but firedoglake is using “inevitable”?? Hey Walker and Hamsher, how about an apology for this non-progressive anti-democratic mimicing of the corporate media. You owe it to your readers. This is an embarassment.
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eblair commented on the diary post VIDEO: Jon Stewart Leadpipes Partisan Media With the Ultimate, They Dont Get It.-A Paul/FDL Debate Mirror? YES by jbade.
Evidently some people hate the fact that others can express their views forcefully. The irony, of course, is that those hating the openness of the forum are the same people who for weeks on end screamed racist in every thread relating to Ron Paul. Talk about tiresome. Now they have backed off the shreiking but [...]
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eblair commented on the diary post Graphic Video, The Best Reason I Have Seen to Support Ron Paul- Help, Stop This and Save Iranian,Syrian Kids -Please I beg you by jbade.
Good job jbade. Maybe now FDL can talk about REAL FUCKING RACISM instead of bullshit wedge issue racism. Maybe one of the clique can come on and tell us how we can vote for some candidate that nobody has ever heard of. THIS IS OBAMA IN ACTION.
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eblair commented on the diary post Mossad Caught Posing as CIA to Recruit Iranian Terrorists by EdwardTeller.
Damn ET. Straight no chaser. Recommended. I like the “virginal voice.” Hehe.
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eblair commented on the diary post Really, Digby? On Ron Paul and Lesser Evilism by UndisciplinedPhD.
CORRUPTION IS THE CORE PROBLEM.
RON PAUL IS 100% NOT CORRUPT.
OBAMA IS 100% CORRUPT.
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