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A former visitant of UC Santa Cruz, former union boilermaker, ex-Marine, Vietnam vet, anti-war activist, dilettante in science with an earth-shaking theory on the nature of light (which no one will consider), philosopher in the tradition of Schelling, Hegel, Merleau-Ponty, Marx, and Fromm (sigh, no one listens to me on that either), author of a book on wine clubs (ahem), and cast-off programmer of ancient computer languages.



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Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 9:49:12 PM

Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"

The difference


Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 3:10:34 PM

Article : "Proxy War in Syria Threatens Catastrophe for Middle East"

All true


Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 2:29:13 PM

Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"

I hope...


Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 1:52:23 PM

Article : "The Right's Inside-Out Constitution"

Excellent article


Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 1:26:52 PM

Article : "Syria: Beware the Evils of Sectarianism"

Just one qualification


Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 8:13:11 PM

Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"

I know how


Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 8:00:31 PM

Article : "George Will, Of All People, Stands Up for Justice in the Don"

kinda puts the lie...


Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:37:35 PM

Article : "A Berkeley Confrontation over Vietnam"

A similar confrontation and transformation


Monday, February 13, 2012 at 7:15:33 PM

Article : "Ayn Rand: The Blinkered Visionary"

All you're saying is...


Monday, February 13, 2012 at 6:50:40 PM

Article : "George Will, Of All People, Stands Up for Justice in the Don"

Indeed


Monday, February 13, 2012 at 11:48:33 AM

Article : "The myth that the Dems are as bad as the Repugs"

Strategy vs emotion


Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 9:19:23 PM

Article : "The United Nations: Advancing, Promoting and Protecting Huma"

I won't sing to you anymore


Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 11:27:03 AM

Article : "The United Nations: Advancing, Promoting and Protecting Huma"

Really? Completely?


Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 5:49:49 AM

Article : "The United Nations: Advancing, Promoting and Protecting Huma"

60,000?


Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 5:21:04 AM

Article : "The Cancer in Occupy"

Circularity


Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 5:09:30 AM

Article : "Proxy Wars: Will the U.S. end up supporting al-Qaeda-like gr"

Nuance


Friday, February 10, 2012 at 8:41:37 PM

Article : "Storm over Hebron"

Thank you for that story


Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 3:04:23 PM

Article : "The Irrefutable Case for Barack Obama's Second Term: Supreme"

Reason rather than emotion


Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 2:04:45 PM

Article : "Proxy War in Syria Threatens Catastrophe for Middle East"

Here we go again


Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:46:44 AM

Article : "Glimmer of Hope regarding Obama?"

When's the last time...


Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 10:51:51 AM

Article : "The Cancer in Occupy"

un-mask them


Monday, February 6, 2012 at 7:49:10 PM

Quicklink : "Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Ph"

What are you saying?


Monday, February 6, 2012 at 7:40:23 PM

Quicklink : "Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Ph"

Please re-read


Monday, February 6, 2012 at 1:42:32 AM

Quicklink : "Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Ph"

When and where


Sunday, February 5, 2012 at 3:50:11 AM

Quicklink : "Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Ph"

No question


Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 9:19:21 PM

Quicklink : "Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Ph"

Yes and


Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 5:41:37 PM

Quicklink : "Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Ph"

Would you feel a little uncomfortable...


Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 5:10:05 AM

Quicklink : "Lizzie Phelan: New York Times video interview with Lizzie Ph"

Blatant misrepresentation


Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 4:09:25 AM

Article : "The Silence of a Nation of Sheep"

A wave from the provinces


Sunday, January 22, 2012 at 3:01:53 PM

Quicklink : "U.S. AG Eric Holder, DoJ Head Lanny Breuer Linked To Banks A"

the only difference...


Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:44:39 PM

Article : "Anti-Syrian Pack Journalism"

One thing is clear


Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 11:19:55 PM

Quicklink : "Atlanta Jewish Times owner says sorry for Obama 'hit' column"

Some people


Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 8:23:30 PM

Article : "To Error and Back Again, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying a"

ho yeah


Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 7:20:53 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"

hmm


Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 9:51:42 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"

A libertarian country with authoritarian states, oh yeah


Monday, January 16, 2012 at 2:16:24 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"

Interesting irony


Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 4:33:40 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"

CON federation?


Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 11:59:03 AM

Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"

Two possible solutions: one absurd, the other just difficult


Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 8:12:08 AM

Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"

Off bases


Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 3:18:13 AM

Article : "Madness Reigns with Obama's Threats to Iran"

When lesser is no longer meaningfully lesser


Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 3:11:12 AM

Article : "Ron Paul's False Founding Narrative"

Why oh why


Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 2:41:56 AM

Article : "The Zionization of American politics and how it could be ter"

It's obvious


Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 2:04:12 AM

Article : "Rights Group Slams Governments For "Double Standard" on Arab"

Dogmatism


Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 4:02:18 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

No, I don't.


Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 9:43:59 AM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

Why me?


Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 4:32:27 AM

Article : "Tyranny in the Forecast -- The Outlook for the New Year"

Yes -- it's blaming that's blameworthy


Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 9:14:05 AM

Article : "The Libyan Tragedy: lessons for the western left"

Please explain


Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 8:37:31 AM

Article : "Progressives and the Ron Paul fallacies"

A figment of Confederation


Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 2:41:18 AM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

chicken and egg (in the face)


Monday, January 2, 2012 at 5:34:17 AM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

the real world


Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 1:34:58 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

Sez we


Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 1:32:35 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

Democracy and discrimination


Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 1:28:20 PM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

Libertarianism is anti-democratic and anti-constitutional


Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 7:52:49 AM

Article : "Ron Paul's Anti-Progressive Agenda"

Again and again, the libertarian axiom


Friday, December 30, 2011 at 1:56:26 AM

Article : ""God Particle' Refudiates the Religious Right"

God as particle


Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 6:31:52 AM

Article : "Spoiling for a Fight with Syria and Iran"

Once again


Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 2:26:55 AM

Article : "Zoya K. and Paul Begala"

thank you for writing that, Mark


Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 12:25:56 PM

Article : "Opednews Writer Stephen Lendman Receives Journalists Club of"

"Recognizing Israel":


Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 9:29:54 AM

Article : "Christopher Hitchens: Reason in Revolt"

I was about to raise my glass --


Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 2:20:30 PM

Article : "The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci: What Does He Have to Teach"

No unappreciation intended


Thursday, December 15, 2011 at 9:08:36 AM

Article : "The Genius of Leonardo Da Vinci: What Does He Have to Teach "

Numerology


Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:34:21 PM

Article : "The One Thing"

Confederacy


Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 8:12:23 AM

Article : "Opednews Writer Stephen Lendman Receives Journalists Club of"

Trustworthy references?


Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 12:16:50 AM

Article : "WIC perhaps in political danger"

The title


Friday, December 9, 2011 at 9:47:39 AM

Article : "At Last, a "New" Presidential Candidate Progressives Can Sup"

Plus --


Friday, December 9, 2011 at 12:01:20 AM

Article : "At Last, a "New" Presidential Candidate Progressives Can Sup"

An offering of a little mundane clarity


Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 11:42:12 PM

Quicklink : ""The Most Important News Story of the Day/Millennium""

otherwise


Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 2:29:06 AM

Quicklink : ""The Most Important News Story of the Day/Millennium""

No, not you.


Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 11:43:51 PM

Quicklink : ""The Most Important News Story of the Day/Millennium""

I see


Monday, December 5, 2011 at 10:49:27 AM

Quicklink : "The 3 Steps to God"

Ordinary people


Monday, December 5, 2011 at 7:02:15 AM

Article : "A Review of Bill Maher's Book "The NEW new Rules""

"small minded and nit-picking"


Monday, December 5, 2011 at 6:35:15 AM

Article : "Holocaust Denial and Holocaust PTSD"

Puppeteers and land grabs


Monday, December 5, 2011 at 5:57:44 AM

Quicklink : "The 3 Steps to God"

Dualism


Monday, December 5, 2011 at 5:28:58 AM

Article : "Sorcery For Scientists"

Imagination


Monday, November 28, 2011 at 5:06:06 AM

Article : "Rage for Change in Egypt"

A welcome perspective


Monday, November 28, 2011 at 4:55:39 AM

Article : "Migration -- Immigration -- Occupation = NATION"

The catwoman who loved taking in cats


Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 6:59:57 AM

Article : "Open Letter to Chancellor of UC Davis from Assistant Profess"

Yow.


Monday, November 21, 2011 at 11:55:44 PM

Article : "Are the Rich Getting Denser, Or Just More Brazen?"

Love it!


Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 9:16:01 PM

Article : "Open Letter to Chancellor of UC Davis from Assistant Profess"

HELL, yes


Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 9:03:58 PM

Article : "Democrats, Stop Caving In!!"

A Clockwork Orange


Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 2:15:48 PM

Article : "Europe: It's a No Brainer - Ditch the Euro, Preserve Democra"

screwing the world with a threesome


Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 10:22:02 AM

Article : "Europe: It's a No Brainer - Ditch the Euro, Preserve Democra"

A better idea


Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 9:51:21 PM

Article : "Europe: It's a No Brainer - Ditch the Euro, Preserve Democra"

Why not -


Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 4:26:05 AM

Poll : "Poll: Should We Publish Content Exploring The Meta Issues, V"

Good idea...


Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 1:17:44 PM

Quicklink : "Facing Reality Black Flags in Benghazi - Faddis"

Facing reality?


Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 11:25:47 AM

Article : "Will Europe's Growing Debt Crisis Drag the U.S. into Another"

Excellent


Tuesday, November 15, 2011 at 11:15:14 AM

Article : "Democrats Play Dangerous Game in Shunning President Obama"

When do reasons become "excuses"?


Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 8:42:52 AM

Article : "Will Europe's Growing Debt Crisis Drag the U.S. into Another"

You lost me there


Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 6:56:40 AM

Article : "Is Occupy Wall Street Fetishizing The Public Square?"

The pot calling the kettle hot


Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 12:24:57 PM

Article : "Libya: The Lies That Launched Another War"

Read carefully, please


Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 7:12:10 AM

Article : "Is Occupy Wall Street Fetishizing The Public Square?"

Ironic


Friday, November 11, 2011 at 2:36:46 PM

Article : "Libya: The Lies That Launched Another War"

Self-absorption


Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 6:23:35 AM

Article : "Not a Native American? You're an Immigrant"

The negative


Monday, November 7, 2011 at 5:08:27 AM

Article : "Is Occupy Wall Street Fetishizing The Public Square?"

Going indoors


Monday, November 7, 2011 at 4:52:11 AM

Article : "Is Occupy Wall Street Fetishizing The Public Square?"

Your subjectivity is very subjective


Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 9:15:13 PM

Article : "Not a Native American? You're an Immigrant"

Yes, good point


Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 8:58:13 PM

Article : "Is Occupy Wall Street Fetishizing The Public Square?"

Unfair


Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 5:54:08 AM

Article : "Not a Native American? You're an Immigrant"

Which side are you on?


Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 12:36:45 AM

Article : "Not a Native American? You're an Immigrant"

You're right


Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 11:17:33 AM

Article : "Not a Native American? You're an Immigrant"

Insecurity about Social Security

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