Facebookers rebrand GM
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Archives for May 2014
Phew! Putin’s army on Ukrainian border now marching towards home
Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 7:42 AM
Related commentaries: Russia gobbling up Ukraine… Read more.
Mark Cuban Is More Idiot than Bigot
Friday, May 23, 2014 at 8:13 AM
I should stipulate that he routinely demonstrates that there’s nothing he would not do or say for attention. This is why cameras spend almost as much time on him as they do on players whenever his Mavericks are playing. Frankly, only Donald Trump is a bigger attention-seeking buffoon. (“Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Offers Self-Incriminating Defense… Read more.
More Websites Banning Public Comments
Friday, May 23, 2014 at 7:18 AM
National Journal said Friday that it would ‘join the growing number of sites that are choosing to forgo public comments on most stories.’ Editor-in-chief Tim Grieve wrote that negative user comments on its website have “cheapened” and “debased” the reader experience. ‘For every smart argument, there’s a round of ad hominem attacks — not just… Read more.
Military Coup in Thailand … Again
Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 12:06 PM
Even a benign (i.e., popular and bloodless) military coup is not only inherently inconsistent but also politically untenable in a democracy. After all, no matter the extent of Thaksin’s corruption (highlighted by an insider’s deal where he allegedly sold his family’s stake in a state telecommunications company to Singaporeans for $1.9 billion), constitutional provisions were… Read more.
Russia and China Make Kindred Bedfellows
Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 7:19 AM
China signed a landmark deal Wednesday to buy Russian natural gas worth about $400 billion, giving a boost to diplomatically isolated President Vladimir Putin and expanding Moscow’s ties with Asia. (The Associated Press, May 21, 2014) I’ve been forthright in pointing out foreboding analogies between what Hitler did in Europe during the late 1930s and… Read more.
Forget Racist Donald Sterling, Designers Still featuring ‘All White Girls’
Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 7:15 AM
Black male “supermodel” Tyson Beckford triggered a racial meme when he sounded off seven days ago on the fashion industry being dominated by White models: Out of all the industries I find … that fashion is very racist. This past season during Fashion Week, you might go to a show and it’s all White girls:… Read more.
Snowden/Greenwald Profiting off NSA Leaks. NSA Spying in The Bahamas…?
Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 7:03 AM
Glen Greenwald was all over the media last week promoting the first of what he undoubtedly hopes will be many books mined from the NSA data Edward Snowden leaked to him. His book is titled No Place to Hide, but the irony seems lost on Greenwald that it is belied by the fact that Snowden… Read more.
Help! Floods Have Balkan Streets Looking Like Venetian Canals
Monday, May 19, 2014 at 6:36 AM
I readily concede that you can be forgiven a little compassion fatigue. After all, mainstream and social media have been replete recently with heartrending stories about wildfires destroying homes in California, ethnic conflict causing death and starvation in South Sudan, religious conflict causing death and destruction in the Central African Republic, and simmering civil war… Read more.
Indians Vote to End Gandhi-Nehru Dynasty
Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 8:33 AM
America often boasts of being the oldest democracy, but India is the largest and most participatory. India demonstrated this in awe-inspiring fashion over the past five weeks as 550 million voters, representing 66.4 percent of the electorate, participated in a general election. By comparison, only 121 million voters participated in the 2012 U.S. general election,… Read more.