Month: September 2020

by liberal japonicus Here is the Guardian’s live blog about it, feel free to drop your own observations here.

by liberal japonicus There are people here who might have an informed opinion about what this means.

by liberal japonicus This seems a bit too detailed for a comment. I’ll start off with what a facebook friend wrote about RGB, which was observing something to the effect that RGB wasn’t perfect, she only had one black clerk her entire tenure on the court. I don’t know if this is true or not … Read more

by russell How representative are the representatives? The link above will take you to some simple graphs, comparing the demographic profiles of the population at large, vs those of the (D) and (R) members of Congress, for race, religion, and gender.  It will surprise no-one to find that the demographics of the (D)'s in Congress … Read more

by russell Federalist 58 : It has been said that more than a majority ought to have been required for a quorum; and in particular cases, if not in all, more than a majority of a quorum for a decision. That some advantages might have resulted from such a precaution, cannot be denied. It might … Read more

by liberal japonicus My mother kept a diary when I was a baby. I’ve been trying to find it now, but if my memory is correct, it was all in the first person, i.e. my view of the world. However, the day that Robert Kennedy was assassinated, if I am remembering correctly, she changed and … Read more

by liberal japonicus I had a friend who was always collecting store names that were antiaptonyms. The print shop called Typos, the hair salon called Tangles, that sort of thing. Well, my google news feed pulled this up Short Seller Hindenburg Research Renews Attack On Nikola and I thought that Hindenberg Research might be a … Read more

by liberal japonicus For those of you who don’t want to talk about the election, compare this article https://medium.com/indica/the-overwhelming-racism-of-covid-coverage-78e37e4ce6e8 In the dirty south, we are constantly excluded from the world via euphemism. You talk about ‘developed’ world or the ‘industrialized’ world or ‘advanced’ nations. But what does that mean? How developed are you if you … Read more

by liberal japonicus Another open thread. What I’m wondering about is the juxtaposition of the current fire/weather crises in the western US and the upcoming election. This Guardian article argues that the Dems are still not sure it is a crisis. My assumption is that talking it up when it isn’t an issue in the … Read more

by liberal japonicus Maybe I should be more optimisitc, but the title is my thoughts after reading this paper.