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Attention Microsoft Software Vendors

February 1, 2012

To All Software Vendors: Please pass this message around and post it here (or your own custom message)… http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-HK/iewebdevelopment/threads You can also open up tech support cases on this topic. Let’s let Microsoft know that we exist please!   Dear Microsoft, We, your software vendors, have had our businesses damaged by SmartScreen. As you rightly [...]

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Postmodern Rationalism

February 1, 2012

“Throughout his writings, Foucault valorizes figures such as Hölderlin, Artaud, and others for subverting the hegemony of modern reason and its norms and he frequently empathized with the mad, criminals, aesthetes, and marginalized types of all kinds.” http://pages.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/kellner/pomo/ch2.html Isn’t this a new form of rationalism? How does it appeal to the ‘other’ of rationality without [...]

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Latest Observations on the Housing and Economic Crisis

January 31, 2012

I have posted much more research data on the housing crisis, the recession and the history of the crisis. I have to admit that my opinions have changed quite significantly as I have researched the issue. I see many more grays but I do have some current observations: The history of the findings on the [...]

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The Housing Crisis – Research Revisted

January 31, 2012
The Housing Crisis – Research Revisted

In my continuing investigation on the economic crisis that started during the last decade I have more results and links to report.  This data is fairly raw and is meant to be more of a resource for others.  I am trying to include information in this that gives all sides of the issue.  It represents [...]

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A Rebuttal…

January 23, 2012

Here is my rebuttal of this, http://critical-thinker.net/?p=1025 First, I would not maintain that idealizing the past is solely a conservative issue. I think you can always find cases where any group idealizes the past. However, in my opinion, the fallacy in your counter argument is of cherry picking. Admittedly, I have not done any statistical [...]

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Cool News…

January 17, 2012

These guys invited me to be an author on this site…. http://critical-thinker.net/?page_id=998 Maybe, I will not be talking to myself anymore (not that there is anything wrong with that )… Thanks Critical Thinking Guys!

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Behold, the Great Beast has Fallen…

January 14, 2012

It appears that the Republican Party is close to collapse. I have seen this coming on for years and am happy that it is finally getting its inevitable justice. There are four factions in the Republican Party: 1) The establishment: financiers, wealthy, intelligentsia 2) Fundamentalist Christians 3) Libertarians 4) Working class The establishment faction combined [...]

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Super PACs

December 30, 2011

Direct political contributions are limited and thanks to the Supreme Court Super PACs are not. Super PACs will dwarf direct contributions: Republican Super PAC Contributions So Far $48,358,357 Democrat Super PAC Contributions So Far $37,665,650 http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/superpacs.php?cycle=2010

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About this blog…

December 28, 2011

In case anyone ever reads this blog… This blog is probably rarely ever read. As such, I am content to use it to sketch out ideas for future work (if I live that long ), post research data that I would like to keep and post some of the things I have written over the [...]

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Regarding the Payroll Tax Reduction Bill:

December 23, 2011

The flagrant and merely politically trite politics that folks clearly despise is evident in the House of Representatives if any reasonable person looks at the facts. I have compiled the pertinent facts with links to the official House of Representatives site and the U.S. Senate site. If you want your politicians to act different you [...]

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