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    Great piece by Beshear.  When GOPers get caught in lies, they obfuscate.  And Beshear is helping to shut that down.…
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    • Yesterday Norman Goldman said he expects an announcement by Tues. or Wed. of the impending sale of the Clippers -…
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    • But then most Americans have little idea how federal government works, so out of convenience they buy into the "Prez…
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    • In 2008 Ezra Klein wrote an interesting article on that called "The President Doesn't Matter": http://prospect.org/article/president-doesnt-matter
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    • You misread the green lantern theory if you assumed it meant the President holds little power on all issues.  No,…
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    • Very nice.  It's been two years since Mann and Ornstein wrote their classic opinion in the Washington Post in parallel…
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    • http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/05/the-case-for-reparations-an-intellectual-autopsy 371125
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    • Also worth reading from Coates: The Case for Reparations: An Intellectual Autopsy It's about how his thinking on reparations has…
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    • I think Coates choice of housing discrimination points to an issue well worth efforts for creating reparation.  Housing effects education…
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    • Continue the reading, because Coates is less interested in immediate answers about who cuts a check to whom.  What he…
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    • It's an extraordinary piece, but not surprising for Coates who has been delivering great social commentary for so long. I…
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    • We just had International Night at my child's school of about 250 students.  One of the really cool features was…
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    • I honestly thought that might be so.  But since you didn't bring up specific instances in Romney's campaign I thought…
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    • Copeland is being criticized by Romney because he is an oafish racist.  Only refined racism is allowed now.  GOPers have…
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    • Nuzzi's phrase says it all:  "great wisdom in shitty people".  That's hilarious. It's not always easy to find great wisdom…
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    • "They have already capitulated in many states. " What are you counting as a capitulation?  Because I don't think that…
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    • It saddens me to say so, but I am inclined to share your opinion on this.  I think strong evidence…
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    • But I agree the numbers are lower for artificial reasons.
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    • I still think a lot of opposition to Obama (as well as Clinton) is based on bigots' fears that policies…
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    • I'm fascinated by the psychology of this mode of conservative thinking.  It's based conservatives' popular defensive mechanism of projection. When…
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