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The official DHS Twitter account basically did this comic in so many words but genuinely: https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1991532782003044710?s=20 I'm not sure what's…
I don't blame them for being furious. But that it came up in my cartoon is just a coincidence. :-)
The allusion to Charlotte's Web would have seemed completely random last week. Or maybe not completely random, but maybe just…
I don't doubt it, @Watcher, but I limit myself to talking about what I know, which, as a Brit, is…
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Do Most Americans Now Favor Marriage Equality?
Pollmaven Nate Silver “charts the trend from all available public polls on same-sex marriage going back to 1988.” The results don’t look good for opponents of same-sex marriage. Silver writes: There is a margin of error associated with the calculation … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Same-Sex Marriage
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Open Thread: Time is Tight edition
This is an open thread. Post what you want. Neat links — including self-links — are encouraged. I don’t have much time right now, due to being busy with cartooning stuff, which is why I’ve been so little on “Alas” … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Link farms
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Logical debate, the word “bigot” again, and the value of emotional statements
Over at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen, Burt Likko argues in favor of a cool, emotionally detached form of argumentation. This is, Burt says, “a journey towards the truth.” My own preferences for debate style align pretty closely with Burt’s. … Continue reading
Posted in crossposted on TADA, Uncategorized
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Is Taxation Theft?
There’s an argument you get a lot from either Libertarian-types or Republican economic-conservative types in general, which goes something like, “My money’s my money, and it’s not only a bad idea (in a pragmatic way) for the government to take … Continue reading
Open Thread And Link Farm: Pink Stormtrooper Is So Cool Edition
Post what you want. Self-link if you want. But if you have to apologize to Lord Vader, you’re on your own. (Photo taken at the G20 protest in London — source). A Plan for 100% Energy from Wind, Water, and … Continue reading
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Political cartoon: Unemployment, Democrats vs Republicans
I’m fond of the drawing in this one. Click on the cartoon to see it a bit bigger. [spoiler] The scene shows two women, one of them a bit older and dressed in black skirt, heels, and a blazer, the … Continue reading
Libya Declares Ceasefire; worriers continue worrying
Well, it appears that egg is on my face after I worried about disaster in Libya last night. I genuinely hope this egg remains on my face forever. From the BBC’s constantly-updating Libya sidebar: To recap on the events of … Continue reading
Complacency Towards Vast, Preventable Suffering
Worth echoing: David Romer writes: I had one major source of unhappiness with last week’s conference: the participants were largely silent about the dismal outlook in the advanced economies for the next several years. The current outlook for unemployment in … Continue reading
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War isn’t avoiding the disaster. War is the disaster.
So we’re now preparing to institute a no-fly zone in Libya — an act of war which Congress has not debated and apparently will not be given the chance to debate (although perhaps there’ll be a rubber-stamp vote after the … Continue reading
House Republicans Agree: Global Warming Doesn’t Exist
(Transcript of video here.) From The Hill: House Republicans rejected amendments offered Tuesday by Democrats that called on Congress to accept the scientific consensus that climate change is occurring, it is caused in large part by human activity and it … Continue reading
Here's a perspective of the impact of illegal immigration you might be interested in: https://pjmedia.com/jamie-wilson/2025/11/20/the-lie-that-broke-a-nation-jobs-americans-wont-do-and-the-economic-and-social-devastation-it-hid-n4946215