Category Archives: Politics and Society

Corruption Lecture – alpha version (Lessig Blog)

Stumbleupon Review of : http://lessig.org/blog/2007/10/corruption_lecture_alpha_versi.html Lawrence Lessig on corruption, cash, responsibility, independence, participatory politics and sugar lumps.

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YouTube – The War Prayer Pt. 1

Stumbleupon Review of : http://video.stumbleupon.com/#p=70cg3ios0k “You have heard your servant’s prayer — the uttered part of it. I am commissioned of God to put into words the other part of it — that part which the pastor — and also … Continue reading

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BUZZFLASH.com presents MediaPUTZ.com

Stumbleupon Review of : http://mediaputz.com/ Honoring reporters who just can’t handle the truth!

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Mill, John Stuart. 1869. On Liberty

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.bartleby.com/130/ “Like other tyrannies, the tyranny of the majority was at first, and is still vulgarly, held in dread, chiefly as operating through the acts of the public authorities. But reflecting persons perceived that when society … Continue reading

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RAN.org: Take Action: Al Gore Belongs in Jail

Stumbleupon Review of : http://ga3.org/campaign/algore Sign a petition to try and get Nobel-laureate Al gore arrested!

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Philosophy of Religion .info – Online Texts – David Hume, Dialogues Concern

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.philosophyofreligion.info/dcnr5.html From the page: “But were this world ever so perfect a production, it must still remain uncertain, whether all the excellences of the work can justly be ascribed to the workman. If we survey a … Continue reading

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THE LIBERTARIAN AS CONSERVATIVE, by Bob Black

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5065/libcon.html From the page: “freedom means more than the right to change masters.”

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Burma: Thousands dead in massacre of the monks dumped in the jungle | the D

Stumbleupon Review of : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=484903 Thousands of protesters are dead and the bodies of hundreds of executed monks have been dumped in the jungle, a former intelligence officer for Burma’s ruling junta has revealed. Read more

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Mike the Mad Biologist

Stumbleupon Review of : http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2007/09/this_is_what_courage_really_lo.php Myanmar : This is What Courage Really Looks Like. From the page: “I don’t have much to add about the situation in Myanmar; maha has some good posts about it, along with AmericaBlog. But the … Continue reading

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The Spirit of the Age – Google Book Search

Stumbleupon Review of : http://books.google.com/books?id=6EMvAAAAMAAJ&printsec=titlepage IS this the spirit of the age?

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