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Book Review: Vultures’ Picnic by Greg Palast
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I’d like to be able to recommend Greg Palast’s latest book to you; I agree with its tone of outrage and many of its conclusions. But the book’s substance is so poorly substantiated, and so overwhelmed by the mission of promoting the character of Gumshoe Greg Palast, that despite its righteous tone it is nearly useless to a critical reader. For these reasons I can’t recommend Vultures’ Picnic to you. When Greg Palast decides to start acknowledging and sharing his sources, we’ll all be able to evaluate his work more transparently and his words will have greater value.
Posted in Media, Reviews
Tagged book, fact check, footnotes, frederick chiluba, greg palast, review, sources, vultures' picnic
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Recommended for a Young Geek and a Head-Strong Girl: the Tiffany Aching Series
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As the parent of a young geek, I felt compelled to introduce my son to Terry Pratchett, and gave him the young adult book The Wee Free Men for a first go. It looked like it might be a silly, …
Posted in Media, Moral Values, Reviews
Tagged fiction, geek, maturity, strong women, terry pratchett, tiffany aching, wee free men, witchcraft, witches, young adult
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Aviary Chrome App can Access all the Data and Programs on your Computer
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The Aviary music creator named “Roc” lets you create little techno-loops of music. If you install Aviary “Roc” as an extension to your Chrome browser, you have to agree to this: Access to the programs and data on your computer. …
Why Didn’t The Adjustment Bureau Get More Viewers?
Back in March, Peregrin Wood described the character of The Adjustment Bureau as dealing with people who “resolve to be masters of their own identities”. That sounds pretty interesting, and it is. So, why did The Adjustment Bureau perform so poorly in the box office?
Battle Los Angeles the Worst Movie of All Time – You Disagree?
With boring human beings, repetitive battle scenes and aliens that we never really get to find out about, Battle Los Angeles took what could have been a fascinating scenario and made it dreary. That makes Battle Los Angeles the worst movie I’ve ever seen.
Recommended Reading: Hoosier Life & Casualty
I have gotten so tired of cardboard figure archetypes in American novels. I can’t even call them characters, they’re so paper-thin: the blank hero with no characteristics aside from earnestness to identify with, the gruff police lieutenant with a heart …
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Tagged health care, hoosier life and casualty, ian woollen, indiana, insurance, novel
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Another Day, Another James Delingpole Quote Disaster
He’s done it twice before. Do you find the third time charming? Conservative author James Delingpole has “quoted” Democrat and former Vice President Al Gore again for his one-a-day book 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy: Quote the wisdom …
Posted in Media, Republicans, Reviews
Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, al gore, astronauts, dan quayle, diligence, james delingpole, misquote, sourcing
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63rd Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Use a False (and Silly) Karl Marx Quote
James Delingpole is such a silly goose. The author of the book 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy apparently thinks the Free Republic discussion boards qualify as a primary source. That sort of conservative website is where you’ll find …
Posted in Economy, Media, Politics, Reviews
Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, fact check, james delingpole, karl marx, marx, quotation, quote, taxes
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Book Review of Mockery: Delicious Trip into Anti-Heroism
Mockery, a book author Philip Kraske sent me with a request for a review, is subtitled “A Novel of Politics & Truth.” Beneath the plot’s veneer, which is set on the margins of a political campaign, only the latter half …
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Tagged lies, mockery, novel, philip kraske, Politics, review, self-deception, truth
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The Best Conspiracies Don’t Include Slides Under a Closing Firewall With a Ticking Time Bomb (Do They?)
I’m enjoying my reread of Philip Kraske’s novel Mockery. Kraske’s pop-chip batter coats a sweet and greasy corps of corpulent, leering American political campaigners, and the whole lot slides as easily into my brain as an 8 pack of jalapeño …
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Tagged conspiracies, fiction, mockery, philip kraske, reality
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James Delingpole Talks Out of Both Sides of His Mouth on Global Warming
Travel in time with me: On March 29 2011, the 88th day of the year, James Delingpole sends out this e-mail blast to promote his book, 365 Ways to Drive a Liberal Crazy: #88: Global Warming Fun Pick a cold …
Posted in Environment, Media, Reviews, Science
Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, april, climate, climate change, global warming, james delingpole, real, temperature, two-faced, weather
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#40 Way to Exasperate a Liberal: Make Fun of Al Gore for Something Dan Quayle Said
Intentionally or not, when James Delingpole falsely quoted Al Gore as saying “A zebra does not change its spots” he really hit upon something. In this case, the zebra is James Delingpole himself, and his stripes (yes, the Congressional Record …
Posted in Media, Politics, Republicans, Reviews
Tagged 365 ways to exasperate, al gore, dan quayle, error, james delingpole, misquote, mistakes, quote, source, usa today
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Kraske’s Politico Mockery: Rippling Waves of Blubber
When I’m reading a work of fiction, I often have to wait a while before I really start to fall into the story. Philip Kraske has me hooked in Chapter One. It doesn’t hurt that Kraske’s Mockery brings me where …
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Tagged characterization, mockery, novel, philip kraske, political
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Following Google, Irregular Times Announces the Launch of Its Very Own App Store
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Yesterday, I was invited to visit the new App Store for the Google Chrome browser. An App Store for the Chrome browser? Could it be that Google is catching up to Apple in the App Wars? Is this a new …
The 3,595 Dollar Rope
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Why buy a rope climbing exercise machine that costs three and a half thousand dollars, when you could just buy a rope?
To Understand Americans Elect, Understand Peter Ackerman’s Theory of Movement Organization
Time is Short and Options are Limited: How to Understand Americans Elect? You may not have heard of Americans Elect yet, but by the end of the year you will have heard a great deal more. Americans Elect is a …
Posted in Alternative Parties, Americans Elect, Election 2012, Politics, Reviews
Tagged 2012, a force more powerful, americans elect, elitist, individualism, international center on nonviolent conflict, leadership, nonviolence, peter ackerman, president, resistance, social movements, third party, top-down
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Misguesstimation
The five year old in the game gave the following estimate of Christopher Columbus’s age at the time of his first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas: 99.
What Can A Kindle Do?
An eReader, like a Kindle, is designed to get me to spend more money. An old fashioned paper book sure can’t do that for me.