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- Bal(t)imoron: http://www.radicalcontrapositions.com/left_flank/?s=piff This is actually the search page for "PIFF" which now includes this year's articles. Just scroll down a little to get to 2007.
- Michael van der Galien: Hey man, the link to the reviews of 2007 doesn't seem to be working. It just leads me to the normal, general page.
- Black Swans and Charlatans:
- Bal(t)imoron: "His Edge essay provides an excellent introduction to his thinking, but his books are essential." If you can expand on the particulars of this work, please do. I'm in no way a statistics expert. Both diavloggers fault him on his writing, too. Is Taleb worth the cost of a book and the...
- Tobias: Taleb criticized? Critiqued, maybe, but they definitely seem strongly sympathetic to Nassim Nicholas Taleb's way of thinking. His Edge essay provides an excellent introduction to his thinking, but his books are essential.
- Dumbfounded:
- Bal(t)imoron: @ gordsellar: I would be interested in more info about this colony. But, most South Koreans should have the choice without having to change their entire lifestyles. Of course, not having to pay so much and worry so much about your child's future would be a lifestyle change. The effect on the housing market...
- gordsellar: I know a few people with similar opinions, though not quite as lucidly expressed as that. Actually, there's at least one village of people (urban, very educated types) who decided to just drop out of the rat race in Seoul and live in the countryside to get away from all that insanity. Anyway...
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Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty by Bradley K. Martin
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4 months and 17 days ago
@Brendan:
I would agree that Obama is making the best out of a bad system.
4 months and 17 days ago
I don't think that you're a schmuck if you make a contribution to something you believe in. Intangibles can be worth a lot. John Cole used to talk about making another small-dollar contribution every time Hillary said something obnoxious, which helped him get over his mad. Seems way healthier than going to Vegas, to me anyway.
And in any case, cutting the fat cats out of the loop is a big step in the right direction for restoring democracy. I think it's crazy to spend a billion dollars for a presidential campaign, but as long as that's the reality, I'm much happier that it's coming from millions of people. Essentially, it's a publicly financed campaign, which is what it would be in an ideal world.