"What makes it immoral if you lose, but not immoral if you win?"
Today is Sunday, Dec 7th 2014.Sunday, Dec 7th, 1941 was 73 years ago, today.On that day, one of the most brutal wars in human history began. It included the murder and torture of hostages by both...
View Article#GamerGate: If at first you don't succeed, lie like a republican.
So there's a situation online called "GamerGate" where a rabid mob of Men's Rights Activists have been going after women in technology simply for having the gall to exist.The leader of this movement,...
View ArticleDear Internet: Can we please stop harassing women online?
Those of you who've been listening to me on Netroots Radio or reading my posts lately know I've been following what David Futrelle calls "The New Misogyny." I've covered Elliot Rodger and the Men's...
View ArticleCan we at least consider the history of Ukraine if we're going to talk about it?
Eternal Hope is right in the contention that military advisers in Ukraine can snowball. We're in a dangerous situation. Obama's focus on diplomacy is the right one, and I have to admit that military...
View ArticleThe history of Riots in Baltimore
One of the things that really stuck out in Monday's reporting on the unrest in Baltimore was a statement by Daryll DeSousa, the chief of patrol.He said in a press briefing that Baltimore was seeing...
View ArticleScotland Rising: If you think the Republican wave in 2010 was big...
The polls open UK wide in one week. But the most interesting part of the election is happening in Scotland.Here's a map of Scotland in 2010 along with the most recent Polling projections for Scotland:...
View ArticleI can find no evidence of the Baltimore Sun's "Purge" Claim from Monday
The Baltimore Sun made the following claim about the riots on Monday: The incident stemmed from a flier that circulated widely among city school students via social media about a “purge” to take place...
View ArticleThree Days til The Election: Labour's Stone Plinth May as Well be a Gravestone
The UK goes to the polls on Thursday to decide who their representatives in parliament will be. It's a tough election, with no party slated in the polls to take an overall majority. I'll be making a...
View ArticleTwo Days to Go til the UK Election: Why there won't be a coalition
The polling is pretty clear. Neither Labour nor the Tories are expected to get an overall majority. Here's the BBC's election projection for tonight: The target is 326 seats. That's how many votes are...
View Article10 Hours till UK polls open: Who are the SNP (According to Right Wing...
Britain has its own sort of corporate, right wing media. In the UK it's newspapers that tend to be partisan, and broadcasters who tend to be a little more balanced. We often have the opposite here, and...
View ArticleElection Night Liveblog, UK Election 2015, Scotland
The polls closed at 5:00 PM EST, 10:00 PM local time. It will be a few hours before we have any results at all, and the first real bellwether seats will come at around 9:00 PM tonight.There are two...
View ArticleWindows 10 comes with built-in spyware. If your work requires...
Friends of mine in government, in law offices, or in doctors offices often have a work/personal email that comes with a disclaimer. "This communication is confidential," etc, and is intended only for...
View ArticlePolice Shootings in 2015: Just the Facts
I’ll be talking about Black Lives Matter tomorrow on Netroots Radio (I’ll be on at 11:30). I’ll soon be launching my own show there, with econ-blogger extraordinaire Arliss Bunny. In my research for...
View ArticleI found Mongolian Hip Hop made entirely with traditional instruments and it...
And for those wondering, yes, there is throat singing!It seems that the artists who make this, called Этник Зоригоо or Ethnic Zorigoo depending on your alphabet, are musicians who are trying to keep...
View ArticleEveryone shut up. David Cameron allegedly had sex with a pig's severed head.
In a new book, Call Me Dave, veteran political journalist Isabel Oakeshott and Tory Peer and Pollster The Baron Michael Ashcroft (because of course the nobility is involved) have alleged that as part...
View ArticleHay Everybody! Let's relentlessly mock the Sorority Girls who took selfies at...
HAHAHAH DID ANYONE SEE THE VIDEO OF THOSE STUPID MILLENNIALS MAKING STUPID FACES AND TAKING STUPID SELFIES?!?!?!?!?NOBODY IN THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL HAS EVER LOOKED AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN DIRECTLY AT...
View ArticleThis is now a slightly inebriated liveblog. It's the CNN Facebook *wince*...
Original Title: I've been watching CNN for two minutes and I've already poured myself a whisky. They've spent most of the time talking about Donald Trump's twitter account, and are pretending to be...
View ArticleAn open letter to Sanders Supporters: Don't get distracted by the corporate...
Hey guys. For reference, I'm undecided because I like both Clinton and Sanders so much. If Clinton is sailing to victory, though, I'm going to vote for Sanders to give him the biggest possible stick to...
View ArticleThe Death Star WAS an inside job, though.
Nobody wants to hear the truth, but do you really think that a simple farmboy with little to no military experience working for his sister's terrorist organization destroyed the most heavily armed...
View ArticleWith EVEL Intent, Cameron has just destabilized the UK
Image from an independence march in Glasgow today, 10/24/2015. "Nicola" refers to Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland (Head of Government) and leader of the SNP. Protests like these involving...
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