a blog about ratiocinations out of thin air and elsewhere
TELL IT LIKE IT IS: For the past few decades, a rule-of-thumb for the never-ending “conflict” between these peoples has been for every one (1) Israeli killed, approximately one-hundred (100) Palestinians are killed. For the past few years, the ratio has been even higher, about 115/1. What [Continue reading]
A FEW DAYS AGO, in another post here, I said that as a liberal, I have NEVER received a viral liberal email passing along pro-left or anti-right lies or propaganda. One would think by now I would be tired of such things, as I am the perfect receptacle for those attempting to lie for their cause. [Continue reading]
AFTER THE PRIVATIZATION of Iceland’s banking sector, private bankers borrowed $3,500,000,000 in 2000. This was ten times the size of the tiny nation’s economy! This created an immediate economic “bubble” that had two effects: a few wealthy people became exceedingly wealthy people, and it left Iceland on the verge of bankruptcy. [Continue reading]
EVERYWHERE I TURN, whether in conversation, via emails from my Republican contacts, and especially on the internet, I hear people “quoting” then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the effect that she said that the raid deaths reason whatever in Benghazi “didn’t matter” or “doesn’t matter.” [Continue reading]
FROM TODAY’S SEATTLE TIMES (July 19, 2013) and a piece titled “U.S. Officials says NSA taking steps to stop leaks” (page A2): an AP article acknowledges that “The information revealed [by Edward Snowden] that the agency was gathering millions of US phone records and intercepting some US Internet traffic.” [Continue reading]