By: Dr Dreadful
THANK you, RePo! Most Americans seem to have trouble telling the difference.
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Excuse me, but this poster is the one saying that what you folks are calling socialists are social democrats. Example: the government of Venezuela under the first 8 years of Chavez was essentially one...
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Well, let’s see first you called me a racist for talking about the inner struggles of a RELIGION, then you told me a good example of socialism working was Norway, a Constitutional Monarchy where more...
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The socialists I know–including Hugo Chavez–are VERY big on religion. That’s why Chavez always refers to Jesus as The First Socialst. Get a GED.
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RePo and Dreadful – as you see it other than nationalization what is the defining difference between true socialists – social democrats and democratic socialists a matter of centralized planning – ?
View ArticleBy: bliffle
I’ve never directed my ire at MR before, but now she’s gone too far: “#27 — July 12, 2007 @ 18:02PM — moonraven There will be no progress–real or even illusionary–until folks like you realize that you...
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Radical acts: 1. Getting a GED 2. Learning to read 3. Getting a driver’s license 4. Seeing a dermatologist 5. Asking your mom to buy liver more often (a la Portnoy)….
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A GED, aiming high huh MR? When someone proves you wrong, insult them right? Sounds like you might be the one who needs to revisit education.
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As an educational consultant to various universities around the planet, I revisit education very regularly, thanks. And if you mean dusting off my PhD from 1972–I don’t do housecleaning.
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Book Review: Throne Of The Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed
Being a fan of a particular genre doesn’t blind you to its flaws. So being an unabashed admirer of both science fiction and fantasy hasn’t prevented me from seeing how, aside from a few notable...
View ArticleSyrian Uprising Dilemma: The SS or the SA?
Taking sides in the Syrian uprising makes about as much sense as rooting for the SS over the SA, or vice versa. The al-Assad family regime could aptly be compared to a contemporary version of the SS....
View ArticleBook Review: No, We Can’t: Radical Islam, Militant Secularism and the Myth of...
No, We Can’t — the title of Robert Stearns’ latest book — prompts the question, no, we can’t what? His thesis is that we can’t continue on the West’s (and particularly the United States’) path toward...
View ArticleNuclear War Is Becoming Increasingly Likely in the Middle East
I don’t like to be an alarmist, but pieces are starting to fall together in a particularly uncomfortable way, and we here in the West are the last to see it. We’re all familiar with the “Arab Spring”...
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Book Review: William S. Burroughs vs. The Qur’an by Michael Muhammad Knight
I had a really strange experience while reading William S Burroughs vs. The Qur’an, the latest book by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by the Counterpoint Press imprint Soft Skull Press. I was...
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Book Review: Sikander by M. Salahuddin Khan
Sikander by M. Salahuddin Khan is a fictional book which chronicles the life of a Pakistani man and how it changed after 9/11. While this book could be considered a coming of age story, I believe it is...
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Book Review: The Secret Servant by Daniel Silva
The Secret Servant brings back Israeli spy Gabriel Allon in this seventh installment of Daniel Silva’s series. This time we find Allon as a weary, tired agent ready to hand up his holster and,...
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Black, White, East, West
On April 23, 1912, a religious leader from the Middle East addressed a multiracial audience at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington D.C. He praised the promise embodied in...
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Book Review: Tripping with Allah: Islam, Drugs, and Writing by Michael...
The idea of using drugs in order to achieve some sort of spiritual enlightenment has been around for probably as long as humanity. Whether looking for answers to great mystical questions or just on a...
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Book Review: ‘Alif The Unseen’ by G. Willow Wilson
History books are full of the names of the so-called great leaders who have been responsible for the most striking moments in human existence. However, if recent history has shown us anything, leaders...
View ArticleSyrian Uprising Dilemma: The SS or the SA?
Taking sides in the Syrian uprising makes about as much sense as rooting for the SS over the SA, or vice versa. The al-Assad family regime could aptly be compared to a contemporary version of the SS....
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