There is an unalterable rightness about the best Florentine paintings of the period. It is wholly lacking from the late works of Tintoretto. In the schoolmasterly phase, even his greatest pictures could be improved. Only it would need … [Read more...]
How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America…
Glover and the other twentysomethings who filled the sales force at the downtown L.A. branch worked the phones hour after hour, calling strangers and trying to talk them into refinancing their homes with high-priced "subprime" mortgages. It … [Read more...]
“We Will Restore Science To Its Rightful Place”
For everywhere we look, there is work to be done. The state of the economy calls for action, bold and swift, and we will act - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads and bridges, the … [Read more...]
On Shame As A Tactic, Or, Betsie Gallardo: She Won…And So Can You!
Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water. Yet for attacking the solid and strong, nothing is better; It has no equal. The weak can overcome the strong; The supple can overcome the stiff. Under heaven everyone knows … [Read more...]
The Senate is the Reason why Republicans are Crazy
The Republicans, for years, have run a strategy where they go after their base and try to motivate them to turnout in high numbers -- winning with small majorities, instead of trying to win with a broad spectrum of support. It's normally … [Read more...]
A Politician’s Role in the Twitterverse: Follower to Friend Ratio
Social media analytics platforms created a simple ratio to speak to the relationship between followers & those who are followed. Many look to the number of people that are following a given Twitter user as an indicator of that … [Read more...]
On How To Honor The Brave, Or, Why We Hate Republicans
"...no! You hear me? You go to Hell! You go to Hell and you die!" --"Mr. Garrison", as "Mr. Hat", talking to "Kyle", from the television show "South Park" It's HR 847, also known as the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, that … [Read more...]
On Honoring A Legacy, Or John Edwards, We Need To Talk
Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond; But is there anything Beyond? This life cannot be All, they swear, For how unpleasant, if it were! One may not doubt that, somehow, Good Shall come of Water and of Mud; And, sure, the … [Read more...]
Shame on Kerry
When I pointed out that this was blackmail, the man on the phone agreed and said that Kerry was trying to make the compromise "better". When I pointed out that you can't make the compromise "better" unless you … [Read more...]
Basketball Jones…
Football is also heavily scripted and entirely deliberate, very nearly robotically so. A recent study (can't find cite...) of a sampling of games showed that, on average, only 11 minutes of each 1 hour game clock is actual play. The rest is … [Read more...]
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