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    The small private high school I graduated sent me a fund raising letter mentioning some key architect of the Bush…
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    • Well, this is rural Missouri. They've been without laws for quite some time.
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    • The understated reports by the UN reminded me of Jews in the US talking about what was happening in Germany.…
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    • Actually, yes, that is an excellent point. Without drones, we would be unable to prosecute this kind of strategy. Remember…
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    • I mostly don't understand the drone hysteria either, because, like you, I see drones for the function they fill --…
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    • The good news is that I bet disgust goes down with exposure. My tv-friend who years ago would explode in…
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    • Back in my tedious atheists days, I learned the phrase "courtier's reply," to describe the complaint (usually from Catholic theologians)…
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    • It might be done better, but I, like you, don't enjoy the genre; and it's significant that politics and policy…
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    • "Bloodless sexuality." Nice. What do you think it is that Dowd does that others could do better? Or did you…
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    • Gas station might be a stretch -- but it's certainly conceivable and there as an illustration. More historically accurate --…
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    • No kidding. Medicare covers 100% of hospital expenses, which is really the nuclear bomb of medical bankruptcy, but the rest…
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    • As part of the reality-based community, we should take objective views like Nate Silver seriously. Remember 2004, when there was…
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    • ETA (wow, this commenting system really makes you commit): I think it boils down to oppression. If there are free…
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    • Complicated and I share some of your feelings. Could they have found another baker? Absolutely definitely. If you had a…
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    • Lower your voice, you'll scare the horses. For all the fun we made of Republicans for being shocked by Romney's…
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    • I've read that "death to" is a common construction in Iran, used trivially and often. "Death to this burnt toast!"…
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    • And if Russians invaded Canada, would we do anything differently than the Iranians (presuming they didn't need to go through…
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    • You're making an interesting moral contrast between a hedge fund manager and someone trying to get his kid into Anapolis.…
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    • Not as children because we'd actually feel bad for children who were being abused seven million times, even if they…
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    • Here's an article from 1982 that argues corporations have been poisoning the well since then, in seemingly innocuous ways: The…
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