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woo me with science

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6. Classic fauxpinion piece.

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Sat Jun 21, 2014, 02:33 PM

Jun 2014

A Very Serious Discussion of the media's most popular shiny objects, to raise partisan outrage and wagon circling and divert us from the real issues that every single American, across party lines, should be focused on right now:

TPP and other predatory "trade deals" on the horizon
continuation of PNAC/warmongering for profit
surveillance state/police state/dismantling of our Constitution
assaults on journalism and whistleblowers
handing of the internet to corporations
the continued push for austerity and revision of our laws to profit the wealthy
and the continued corporate takeover of our elections and government

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Barack Obama's presidency is spiraling downward (by a UChicago professor) [View all] alp227 Jun 2014 OP

the paragraph about setbacks Skittles Jun 2014 #1

The U Chicago poli sci dept. is oriented toward conservatives and libertarians. n/t pnwmom Jun 2014 #2

So is their econ department "the Chicago School". But what about their law school, alp227 Jun 2014 #3

Scalia went to their law school, and thinks it isn't as conservative as it used to be. Whatever. pnwmom Jun 2014 #4

I think you mean Aerows Jun 2014 #10

Diamond Reo jws333 Oct 2014 #18

The ghost of Leo Strauss still haunts the halls Brother Buzz Jun 2014 #5

That's ridiculous: Bernie Sanders, Seymour Hirsch, Susan Sontag, Saul Alinsky, Ramsey Clark ... frazzled Jun 2014 #9

Leo Strauss was what he was Brother Buzz Jun 2014 #12

Amy Klobuchar?? I wouldn't put her up there with Bernie Sanders by any means.... a kennedy Jun 2014 #14

Oh, you found a nit to pick frazzled Jun 2014 #16

Ok....sorry a kennedy Jun 2014 #17

Classic fauxpinion piece. woo me with science Jun 2014 #6

He is a fiscal conservative and calls himself a Republican frazzled Jun 2014 #7

Gitmo detainees swapped for Bergdahl: Who are they? struggle4progress Jun 2014 #8

Someone told him "the Obama Presidency is winding up," and he misunderstood. . . Journeyman Jun 2014 #11

So the right can play the "Obama=Bush" game too, I guess... nomorenomore08 Jun 2014 #13

Someone pointed out that even applegrove Jun 2014 #15