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Talented Earthquake Productions: Memo to Mitt: Politics is tougher than business
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Art before politics. Life before art. Saturday, July 14, 2012. Memo to Mitt: Politics is tougher than business. Mafia kingpins, drug lords, and other people who will lie, cheat, steal, and kill to achieve their goals. On a toughness scale, Microsoft's competitors - geeks with fast calculators who drink too much coffee - do not compare well to spies, assassins, and gangsters. Steve Jobs was a tough competitor. Unless you compare him to, say, Saddam Hussein, John Gotti, or the Soviet Union. Subscribe to: P...
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Talented Earthquake Productions: Privatizing Disaster Relief
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Art before politics. Life before art. Wednesday, October 31, 2012. In the wake of Hurricane/Frankenstorm/Superstorm Sandy, there's been some debate about privatizing disaster relief, mostly because Mitt Romney seems to be in favor of that. There's one problem: we already privatize disaster relief. We already have private, for-profit organizations that respond to events like hurricanes. They're called insurance companies. It isn't a perfect system, because responding to disasters is one of those things th...
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Talented Earthquake Productions: Why I Am Not A Philosophy Professor
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Art before politics. Life before art. Monday, December 15, 2014. Why I Am Not A Philosophy Professor. A long, long time ago, in a college. Far, far away, I majoredin philosophy. But there were a few problems with this career path. I didn’t realize this until some time after I graduated, but these aspects of my personality presented some issues with becoming a philosophy professor:. I don’t like sitting alone in a room reading books and papers for hours on end. So I don’t like reading, writing, or t...
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Talented Earthquake Productions: Why Republicans Are Opposing Chuck Hagel
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Art before politics. Life before art. Sunday, January 6, 2013. Why Republicans Are Opposing Chuck Hagel. GOP Senators are opposing. Obama's presumptive nominee for Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel. Their rationale is that he is weak on support for Israel and on sanctions against Iran. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. California High Speed Rail. Why Republicans Are Opposing Chuck Hagel. Suggestions for Jury Duty Reform. View my complete profile.
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Talented Earthquake Productions: One Question for Ron Paul
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Art before politics. Life before art. Friday, January 20, 2012. One Question for Ron Paul. So Ron Paul published some newsletters, but doesn't want to talk about them. I find this odd, because I thot that the whole reason a person would publish newsletters - particularly if said person named them after himself - they would want to talk about them. Not Mr. Paul! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. California High Speed Rail. One Question for Ron Paul.
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Talented Earthquake Productions: January 2012
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Art before politics. Life before art. Friday, January 20, 2012. One Question for Ron Paul. So Ron Paul published some newsletters, but doesn't want to talk about them. I find this odd, because I thot that the whole reason a person would publish newsletters - particularly if said person named them after himself - they would want to talk about them. Not Mr. Paul! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. California High Speed Rail. One Question for Ron Paul. View my complete profile.
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Talented Earthquake Productions: October 2011
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Art before politics. Life before art. Thursday, October 6, 2011. Steve Jobs, an appreciation. I wrote a paper in college about James Joyce's Ulysses. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). There was an error in this gadget. California High Speed Rail. Steve Jobs, an appreciation. View my complete profile.
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Talented Earthquake Productions: September 2012
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Art before politics. Life before art. Sunday, September 16, 2012. The Idiocy of the Chicago Teachers' Strike. I'm a big supporter of teachers and unions. Normally, at least, I am. I am the son and brother of public school teachers. I was skeptical of the decision by the Chicago Teachers Union to go on strike, primarily because I was very concerned that, because it is so disruptive of parents' lives, it would erode the natural goodwill that teachers enjoy from the public. Presumably the sides weren't that...
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Talented Earthquake Productions: July 2012
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Art before politics. Life before art. Saturday, July 28, 2012. Mitt's Biggest Problem: He Doesn't Like Politics. Mitt Romney suffers from one disadvantage in this presidential campaign: he just doesn't like politics.There are, obviously, lots of reasons not to like politics or politicians. But if you're going to be a politician, you will probably be a better one if you actually like politics. He didn't meet the athletes. He could have talked about how the technological innovations showcase American i...
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Talented Earthquake Productions: Oscar Predictions - 2013
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Art before politics. Life before art. Saturday, February 23, 2013. Oscar Predictions - 2013. So it's time once again for Oscar predictions. This year is exciting, because there are a couple of races that look like sure things, but some that are wide open. There are a couple of movies that are on the fence: they probably should win something, but it's as clear as the others:. In the "might" category, Amour might, and probably will, win Best Foreign Language. The categories that we don't know are:.
