September 2012 Archive
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Setting up a Django Server with Gentoo
This is part 3 in a 3 part series I’ve written on setting up a Django production site on Gentoo. In the first 2 parts I went over basic …
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A '47%' Grip on Reality
I still hold that Romney’s “gaffe” was no more than a simple appeasement to rich Republican donors. I highly doubt that he intended to offend anyone.
But he made …
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Ann Defending Mitt
Romney’s repetitious campaign fumbles have been the source of amusement for Democrats and frustration for Republicans. As members of his own party have been distancing themselves, Mrs. Romney jumps …
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Romney and Mother Jones
I just want to briefly weigh in on the “47%” video published by Mother Jones. There is nothing shocking about what was said here. Romney is in a room with …
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Obstruct and Exploit
Before you give heed to Republican criticisms of how “the President has failed America,” read this article by Paul Krugman.
A year ago President Obama proposed boosting the economy with …
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RESTful Django
I’ve been taking a lot of time lately to determine a best practice way of incorporating a RESTful approach to Django views. My goal is to come up with …
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Today, on 'Fair and Balanced'
Today’s headline on Fox News highlights their philosophy of neutral reporting:
Meanwhile, in other tabloids:
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An Inspiring Hour
President Bill Clinton, who presided over years of American prosperity, gave a speech at the 2012 Democratic National Convention that was down to earth, yet extraordinarily powerful. In case you …
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And now, Fox News
How anyone can take Fox News seriously is beyond me. After yesterday’s top story about an assertion found in an article by another conservative news paper about words a …
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Are You Better Off?
Via Krugman:
Dean Baker has exactly the right metaphor for journalists asking the really dumb “are you better off” question:
Suppose your house is on fire and the firefighters race …
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Austerity Will Work! Wrong.
Borrowing a graph from Krugman, I think staging the United State’s recovery versus the United Kingdom’s gives us an interesting comparison of liberal versus conservative fiscal policy.
Krugman …
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Powerless
Linkin Park does it again. From their latest album:
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National Debt: Food for Thought
I hear Republicans rant often about the “runaway” national debt and how China is going to “own this country” if we don’t pick up our bootstraps and let Romney …