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You Need To Read This: Dealing With American Health Insurance Is Worse Than Having Your Face Eaten By A Bear

arkady2020-03-12Read This

It seems to be true though, and is being vouched for by one of the very few people who has survived both. So you should probably read this: Woman Who Had Her Face Eaten By A Bear Would Like Some…

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They Never Learn: The Democrats Are Missing The Point Again

arkady2020-03-11Politics

I will vote for Democrats, but I won’t support them. And I’ll never “unite behind” whoever wins their primary. But this is a lesson the Democrats steadfastly refuse to learn: just because I’ll vote for you, that doesn’t mean I…

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Low Standards: A Vote Delayed Is A Vote Denied

arkady2020-03-10Law

Social media lit up after Super Tuesday with photos of and interviews with folks who stood in line for hours to vote. So much for being a “modern” democracy. This really is insane: you should not have to wait in…

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Executive Branch Jobs: One Is More Than Enough

arkady2020-03-09Law

One person really shouldn’t be able to have more than one Executive branch job. For one thing, how could you manage? There’s no way Mulvaney (or Grinell or any of the others) is actually doing a good job in all…

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Sides: Always There Are Two (At Least)

arkady2020-03-06Politics

I like Wonkette; they’re scrupulously accurate political news, with a lefty rhetorical bias but without scrimping on the dick jokes. What’s not to like? Well. Something that creeps into their reporting occasionally (and is much more common in less scrupulous…

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Unity: The Spirit Of Fascism

arkady2020-03-05Politics

America has a startlingly strong fascist streak. You can see it in all the talk of politicians being a “uniter”. That’s not actually a good thing. “Unity” is not a virtue of itself. I mean, sure, it’s fine if you…

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Wasted Votes: Everyone Needs To Vote At The Same Time

arkady2020-03-04Politics

So, several Democratic primary candidates dropped out before Super Tuesday. That’s normal. Yeah, but it’s not good for anyone who voted for them in the earlier states or who used eary voting or vote-by-mail to vote for them in a…

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Real Accountablility: Elect Tha Police

arkady2020-03-03Law

That pic up there is what came up image searching for “police site:gov”. Yeah, that’s not good. But it’s a pretty accurate depiction of how the police (and government) in the United States seems to think of themselves. OK, so…

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No Party This Year: The Republicans Cancelled Their Primary Election

arkady2020-03-02Politics

I really don’t understand anyone who plans to vote Republican in the general election this year. Not that I particularly understand them in any year. Even a brief perusal of this blog should make it pretty obvious that I am…

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Hugo Voting: For Once We Should Pay Attention To An Industry Award

arkady2020-02-28Politics

The Hugo Awards are a fan-voted series of awards for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers and fans. They use ranked-choice voting. (Which I discussed in No Spoilers: Ranked Choice Voting, and which I’ll be abbreviating below to “RCV” when I…

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