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McMansion Hell goes political
From:For-profit health care industry is buying the 'Blue Wave'
arendt Sun, 08/19/2018 - 10:09pm 0
I agree...
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Sun, 08/19/2018 - 02:29pm 0
Trotskyites parleyed their hatred of Stalin into...
From:The Conservative Worldview: Herrenvolk and Untermenschen, Revisited
arendt Sun, 08/19/2018 - 12:22pm 0
I think examples can be found to support both our positions
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Sat, 08/18/2018 - 09:08am 1 Sun, 08/19/2018 - 10:22am
Can you give me a cite on the $4k/yr corporate welfare?
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 10:45pm 0
Thanks for that clarification
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 10:42pm 1 Fri, 08/17/2018 - 11:29pm
I appreciate your willingness to dig deeper
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 10:31pm 0
Absolutely. White ethnics have never had class consciousness
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 10:28pm 0
The fact you know her as "lady from Somalia" proves my point
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 05:48pm 3 Fri, 08/17/2018 - 10:53pm
Cicero said it first:
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 05:24pm 0
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 04:56pm 1 Fri, 08/17/2018 - 05:24pm
I think Ed's point is a fair one
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 04:49pm 0
Corey Booker is a first class corporatist
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 04:42pm 1 Fri, 08/17/2018 - 09:25pm
PDR-NK is a keeper. What a comeback! Thanks. n/t
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 11:09am 0
You nailed it. They liquidated class consciousness.
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 10:23am 1 Fri, 08/17/2018 - 03:17pm
I'm w greywolf; comment is just a bookmark. n/t
From:The right-wing's pearl-clutching, hair-on-fire, freakout over the word "socialism"
arendt Fri, 08/17/2018 - 10:18am 0
However awful some of them were, the nuns got shafted
From:Well quelle surprise! Priests on the Prowl.
arendt Thu, 08/16/2018 - 02:50pm 0
The Keepers, if you can stomach it...
From:Well quelle surprise! Priests on the Prowl.
arendt Thu, 08/16/2018 - 02:42pm 0
How serendipitous. I have a B.A. in math
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Thu, 08/16/2018 - 10:31am 0
Nice to find another techie on a politics board.
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Thu, 08/16/2018 - 10:20am 0
Yes to the Gervais Principle, and...
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Thu, 08/16/2018 - 07:55am 0
Deliberate inefficiency started with "planned obsolesence"
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:35pm 0
Exactly. Maybe IT Crowd stole it from Dilbert. n/t
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:24pm 0
You are correct about Tableau...
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 11:22pm 1 Thu, 08/16/2018 - 09:01am
While working on cancer, I wrote up that very analogy
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 05:00pm 0
I'd heard the decision, but not the restitution.
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:55pm 0
"Our own IT department has been pretty much completely gutted..
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:51pm 1 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 05:36pm
"I'm not wild about the font." ROTFLMAO. n/t
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:40pm 0
Why don't we just call it "looting"? n/t
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:03pm 1 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 05:05pm
Did you ever see "The IT Crowd" - UK sitcom?
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:01pm 2 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 09:21pm
I hear you; I lived on a different planet in tech
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 03:56pm 1 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:20pm
More good stuff. Clearly much more than in my OP.
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 02:55pm 0
We agree, whether it works depends on the rules
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 02:45pm 0
Interesting to watch Graeber talk
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 02:34pm 1 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 03:30pm
Unfortunately, UBI is not an automatic winner
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 02:22pm 2 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 06:09pm
Someone labeled them "threat labor"
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 02:19pm 1 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:23pm
Its not only a "good thing"; it is planned
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 02:16pm 0
Great example of how sys ads get no respect
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 01:39pm 0
Sorry it was TLDR for you
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 01:16pm 2 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 04:39pm
Even tech jobs can be BSJs
From:The Cliff Notes for "Bullshit Jobs"
arendt Wed, 08/15/2018 - 12:14pm 2 Wed, 08/15/2018 - 09:12pm
The Al Qaeda org chart, circa 2006
From:Basic math with ISIS
arendt Tue, 08/14/2018 - 01:59pm 0
Thanks for your response.
From:A film and A Book
arendt Mon, 08/13/2018 - 03:13pm 1 Mon, 08/13/2018 - 03:18pm
I saw AGIM in a bookstore...
From:A film and A Book
arendt Mon, 08/13/2018 - 02:26pm 1 Mon, 08/13/2018 - 02:41pm
That's a fair point
From:About those Biden polls
arendt Sun, 08/12/2018 - 10:04pm 0
I feel ambivalent about calling out Tarnoff...
From:About those Biden polls
arendt Sun, 08/12/2018 - 05:56pm 1 Sun, 08/12/2018 - 09:03pm
I go mainly by whom they publish
From:About those Biden polls
arendt Sun, 08/12/2018 - 05:35pm 1 Sun, 08/12/2018 - 05:38pm
That series is comprehensive and brutal
From:About those Biden polls
arendt Sun, 08/12/2018 - 12:21am 1 Sun, 08/12/2018 - 05:06pm
The CFR: a century of behind the scenes wire pulling
From:Don't read this book.
arendt Fri, 08/10/2018 - 03:07pm 1 Fri, 08/10/2018 - 05:25pm
He's conflating Protestantism with Americanism
From:Don't read this book.
arendt Fri, 08/10/2018 - 03:04pm 0
Never saw the whole "liar" quote before...
From:Obama's Justice Department Worked With Hillary's Campaign To Get 'Dirt' on Trump
arendt Thu, 08/09/2018 - 11:16pm 0
Shock Doctrine is great
From:Don't read this book.
arendt Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:47pm 0
I hear you, but...
From:Don't read this book.
arendt Thu, 08/09/2018 - 07:49pm 1 Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:04pm
Charlie Rose - another centrist suit
From:Don't read this book.
arendt Thu, 08/09/2018 - 07:41pm 1 Fri, 08/10/2018 - 02:36pm
Well, it is the swamp.
From:The case of HRC's successor server
arendt Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:35am 0
Oh, its in the Qanon subdivision of the swamp.
From:The case of HRC's successor server
arendt Thu, 08/09/2018 - 09:51am 1 Thu, 08/09/2018 - 10:09am
Wow, the swamp extends to North Korea!?
From:The case of HRC's successor server
arendt Thu, 08/09/2018 - 09:45am 1 Thu, 08/09/2018 - 09:51am
The whole language of biz regulation has been erased
From:(Bezos next plan to put Americans out of work): Gas stations and travel are the two trillion-dollar industries Amazon could disrupt next, analyst predicts
arendt Wed, 08/08/2018 - 08:16am 0
Sorry, I typed that on my cellphone...
From:YouTube Commentary: Hartmann Whiffs on Q Anon
arendt Wed, 08/08/2018 - 08:01am 0
How synchronistic..
From:(Bezos next plan to put Americans out of work): Gas stations and travel are the two trillion-dollar industries Amazon could disrupt next, analyst predicts
arendt Wed, 08/08/2018 - 12:23am 0
When you're marketing hatred...
From:YouTube Commentary: Hartmann Whiffs on Q Anon
arendt Wed, 08/08/2018 - 12:12am 1 Wed, 08/08/2018 - 03:19am
Recommended just for "stochastic terrorism"
From:YouTube Commentary: Hartmann Whiffs on Q Anon
arendt Tue, 08/07/2018 - 08:33pm 1 Tue, 08/07/2018 - 10:48pm
Good points!
From:(Bezos next plan to put Americans out of work): Gas stations and travel are the two trillion-dollar industries Amazon could disrupt next, analyst predicts
arendt Tue, 08/07/2018 - 08:00pm 1 Tue, 08/07/2018 - 10:16pm
Bezos dodges anti-trust by offering the lowest prices
From:(Bezos next plan to put Americans out of work): Gas stations and travel are the two trillion-dollar industries Amazon could disrupt next, analyst predicts
arendt Tue, 08/07/2018 - 07:55pm 1 Wed, 08/08/2018 - 04:56am
I'm ignorant of them, but maybe the Type 1 Hypervisors
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Tue, 08/07/2018 - 08:22am 0
That's a clear explanation. Thanks.
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 08:39pm 0
Thanks
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 08:15pm 1 Mon, 08/06/2018 - 08:40pm
Help! Never heard of Bay Trail
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 07:25pm 1 Mon, 08/06/2018 - 08:17pm
Its all about "the right of first sale"
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 07:19pm 1 Tue, 08/07/2018 - 08:16pm
RE; "studio"
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 07:16pm 1 Mon, 08/06/2018 - 07:53pm
RE; what can we do?
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 06:59pm 0
I think we have two different purposes
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 05:47pm 1 Mon, 08/06/2018 - 11:44pm
Techie point: Virtual Box is a Type 2 hypervisor, not an OS
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 03:23pm 1 Mon, 08/06/2018 - 04:52pm
Last week, M$ locked me out of Office 2016, which I have owned..
From:Windows 10 Leak Exposes Microsoft's New Monthly Charge
arendt Mon, 08/06/2018 - 09:04am 1 Mon, 08/06/2018 - 01:01pm
Timescales are critical, and different than before
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 08:43pm 0
Oh, yes, there is mucho vindictiveness out there.
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 08:41pm 0
Colbert has always scared me
From:Cowardly establishment Democrats turn on Ocasio-Cortez
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 01:29pm 1 Mon, 07/30/2018 - 04:23pm
I'm not there yet either, but...
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 12:54pm 1 Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:36pm
Correct. The problem w revolution is that...
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 12:46pm 0
It may be sad, but its true that writing won't pay the rent
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 12:35pm 0
I gotta agree w you
From:Cowardly establishment Democrats turn on Ocasio-Cortez
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:06am 0
Pointers to lawyer-speak on licensing
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 10:31am 1 Mon, 07/30/2018 - 10:35am
Maybe you want "copyleft"...
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:54am 1 Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:58am
That is very creative. I am genuinely impressed.
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:43am 1 Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:50am
Re: The British
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:30am 0
What are local high schools like today?
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:12am 1 Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:19am
Thanks for the pointer to CJ
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:09am 1 Mon, 07/30/2018 - 11:18am
Its all about media and message
From:The "Centrists" keep trying to co-opt progressives
arendt Mon, 07/30/2018 - 09:01am 0
You have provided something I was too tired to do...
From:Founders of the American Garrison State (1945-1960) - Part 1
arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 08:38pm 0
I seem to have Paperclip and the Gehlen shop confused
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arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 08:30pm 2 Wed, 07/25/2018 - 04:41am
I'll do some research.
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arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 06:07pm 0
Love the caption in the video. So true! n/t
From:Is it time for the center-right to collapse?
arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 06:04pm 0
Re: competition.
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arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 06:00pm 0
Remember, I write these for my own future reference
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arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 05:56pm 0
Where have you been reading about Paperclip?
From:Founders of the American Garrison State (1945-1960) - Part 1
arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 05:55pm 1 Tue, 07/24/2018 - 06:04pm
Yes. It is sad to watch how the authoritarians...
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arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 05:53pm 0
Interesting question. Here are answers off the top of my head.
From:Founders of the American Garrison State (1945-1960) - Part 1
arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 05:48pm 0
Since Viet Nam, the looting has never stopped
From:Founders of the American Garrison State (1945-1960) - Part 2
arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 02:49pm 0
Rickover - I forgot about him.
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arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 02:45pm 0
I will keep my eyes open for your essay
From:Founders of the American Garrison State (1945-1960) - Part 1
arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 11:00am 1 Tue, 07/24/2018 - 07:00pm
Paperclip is very important
From:Founders of the American Garrison State (1945-1960) - Part 1
arendt Tue, 07/24/2018 - 10:58am 2 Tue, 07/24/2018 - 12:53pm

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