political-innocence.blogspot.com
Political Spin Removal: How To Leave Your Big Bank
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Confronting US politics with reason and evidence stops the spin long enough to reveal principles and values. Click the comments count to leave a comment. Friday, December 9, 2011. How To Leave Your Big Bank. I decided to leave my big national bank and move to a local credit union. It was not easy. Here are some tips on how to do it. First though, why do this? Third, fees keep creeping up and service keeps declining. My bank told me the only way I could retain my no-fee checking account was to go 100%...
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Political Spin Removal: Independent Taiwan?
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Confronting US politics with reason and evidence stops the spin long enough to reveal principles and values. Click the comments count to leave a comment. Sunday, October 7, 2007. I love news stories that last for one day, or even half a day then disappear. I assume that government or money interests are successful in suppressing the information, even though that never works in the long run. But that little fiction was good enough for the Chinese, who let me in. Not a chance. Texas would be forced, mi...
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Political Spin Removal: Paper Training David Brooks
http://political-innocence.blogspot.com/2011/07/paper-training-david-brooks.html
Confronting US politics with reason and evidence stops the spin long enough to reveal principles and values. Click the comments count to leave a comment. Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Paper Training David Brooks. Are Republicans mentally deficient, then? Now, I am no fan of these Republican tactics either. I would add to Brook’s litany of complaints that the Republican behavior is hypocritical, even extremely cynical. They care nothing for. I think it might be the same strategy one uses in paper-training a pupp...
stray-ideas.blogspot.com
Stray Ideas: September 2011
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This is a group of stray ideas. Click on the number of comments indicator under a post to make your comment. Monday, September 05, 2011. Consciousness Before Birth and After Death. What is the difference, to consciousness, between being dead and being not yet born, or more exactly, being not yet even conceived? Are they equivalent states of consciousness? Now, how is that different in principle, to an individual’s state of consciousness prior to being conceived? However, there is a psychological differen...
movienutshell.blogspot.com
Movies in a Nutshell: Haywire: Grade B
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Movies in a Nutshell. Good (and not so good) movies, reviewed in 500 words or less, with a grade, perfect for picking titles to watch. A=Excellent and recommended; B=Good but with flaws; C=Competent but not memorable; D=Bad but with some virtue that makes it worth looking at; F=What were they thinking? Click the comments count to leave a comment. See year's best list on Dec. 31st each year. Friday, February 03, 2012. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My Stray Ideas Blog. Movie Review Query Engine.
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Movies in a Nutshell: The Story of Film-An Odyssey: Grade A
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Movies in a Nutshell. Good (and not so good) movies, reviewed in 500 words or less, with a grade, perfect for picking titles to watch. A=Excellent and recommended; B=Good but with flaws; C=Competent but not memorable; D=Bad but with some virtue that makes it worth looking at; F=What were they thinking? Click the comments count to leave a comment. See year's best list on Dec. 31st each year. Friday, February 03, 2012. The Story of Film-An Odyssey: Grade A. The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011). Furthermore...
political-innocence.blogspot.com
Political Spin Removal: February 2012
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Confronting US politics with reason and evidence stops the spin long enough to reveal principles and values. Click the comments count to leave a comment. Monday, February 20, 2012. Why Rationality is Not Relevant. Friedman recommends David Walker, former the U.S. comptroller general under the G.W. Bush administration, for that role, because, according to Friedman, Walker says reasonable, moderate things about fiscal policy. That’s what the Republican primary is about, identity, not policy differenc...
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Movies in a Nutshell: Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Grade C
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Movies in a Nutshell. Good (and not so good) movies, reviewed in 500 words or less, with a grade, perfect for picking titles to watch. A=Excellent and recommended; B=Good but with flaws; C=Competent but not memorable; D=Bad but with some virtue that makes it worth looking at; F=What were they thinking? Click the comments count to leave a comment. See year's best list on Dec. 31st each year. Sunday, February 05, 2012. Rise of the Planet of the Apes: Grade C. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). Caesar t...
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Shows and Events: Gary Snyder, Zen Poet
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Here are comments on events and shows, usually music or the visual arts, most in the west, some farther afield. These tend to be smaller events. I rarely go to big-ticket concerts and I avoid "blockbuster" shows. (You can click on any picture to enlarge it. Use the back arrow on your browser to return)Click the comments count to leave a comment. Thursday, October 7, 2010. Gary Snyder, Zen Poet. 8220;Earth Verse”: Wide enough to keep you looking / Open enough to keep you moving / dry enough to keep ...
