Archive for the “Politics” category

Just say no to self love

Eric W. Shamlin15th Sep 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture

Christine O’Donnell, the Tea Bag Republican-topper sweetheart from Delaware has a history of anti-self love. When will small government, individual rights Republicans realize More »

Dispatches: Return to Africa’s Witch Children

Eric W. Shamlin15th Sep 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Random Thoughts, Theology

Part 1 of 5:

Get well soon, Hitch

Eric W. Shamlin27th Aug 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts, Theology

Breast ironing in Cameroon

Eric W. Shamlin27th Jul 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts

Tea Party ancestry

Eric W. Shamlin27th Jul 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts

Offensive Ideas campaign

Eric W. Shamlin27th Jul 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts, Random Thoughts, Theology

From CFI.

The Mauve Mafia

Eric W. Shamlin16th Jul 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts

The Perils of Lesbianity: The Homosexual Menace:

Fuck BP and the White House

Eric W. Shamlin16th Jul 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts

Stewart on McChrystal

Eric W. Shamlin30th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts

Out of touch journalism

Eric W. Shamlin30th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts

Andrew Sullivan has a great post on Out of touch Mainstream Media and why neutrality is undesirable. In an era of monopolistic news More »

Maher on climate change deniers

Eric W. Shamlin28th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Random Thoughts, Science & Technology

Fairness, Harm, Purity, Loyalty & Authority

Eric W. Shamlin19th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts

Greta Christina authored a great, if casual, examination of the 5 recently studied pillars of morality. Those being how we value and prioritize More »

Maddow for (fake) President!

Eric W. Shamlin18th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts

The Great Textbook War

Eric W. Shamlin18th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts, Random Thoughts, Theology

American Radio Works won a Peabody Award for their enthralling radio documentary entitled “The Great Textbook War.” It’s incredible reporting, very even handed More »

Conservative Email #6: “History of Guns”

Eric W. Shamlin14th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts

Another out of date, loose with the facts, fear-mongering piece of right wing idiocy. The below should be enough warning for those of More »

The Just-World Fallacy

Eric W. Shamlin10th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts

Excellent blog post from David McRaney at You’re Not So Smart. I think this fallacy is at the heart of the Culture Wars. More »

Hitchens on the Daily Show

Eric W. Shamlin9th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts

Smile or Die

Eric W. Shamlin8th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts

An animated lecture by Barbara Ehrenreich:

Gulf spill Boom School – courtesy DailyKOS

Eric W. Shamlin8th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts

Enroll here. A few lessons: Great Fucking Question, DKos Boomer! 1. The booming is being run by a company that concentrates on drilling More »

The Lost Art of Democratic Debate

Eric W. Shamlin8th Jun 2010Random Thoughts, Politics, Random Thoughts, Pop Culture, Random Thoughts