StrangeSox

A couple of those posts specifically rejected that "man of his times" defense, though. He really didn't seem to think slavery should be abolished and worried greatly about a post-slavery, mixed-race society.

What's the correct policy?

One-day sales numbers don't really tell you much. Black Friday sales don't correlate all that strongly with the economy as a whole. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-11-28/b...-and-irrelevant

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 10, 2012 -> 02:41 PM) The Smithsonian has an excellent piece entitled "The Dark Side of Thomas Jefferson" There's been a bit more surrounding Wiencek's original Smithsonian article on Jefferson's history with slavery. First, there's Wiencek responding to his critics: Then this NYT op-ed Monster of Monticello attacked Wiencek's arguments from the other side, saying that he wasn't critical enough of Jefferson, that he didn't come to accept slavery reluctantly but did so early and enthusiatically: David Post, over at Volokh, made this rather unfortunate post in response: Why Don’t People Get It About Jefferson and Slavery? which set off a large amount of criticism for the callousness of the "so what" question: Thomas Jefferson: American Fascist? (Corey Robin) examines the origins of "race domination--of white supremacy" and traces them back, at least partially, to Jefferson's writings in Notes on the State of Virginia. There are some really abhorrent quotes in there, even if I can't agree 100% with Robin's line of argument. Scott Lemiux questions the pretty incredible claim from Post that few people did more than Jefferson to eliminate slavery by noting: Ta-Nehisi Coates has two response. One, "Slavery Is A Love Song," is a short dismissal of Post that contains a powerful letter from one former slave to another. The two had been married but were separated when one of them was sold. the second is a refutation of the argument that Jefferson was merely "a man of his times"

Yeah, let's remember about the level we're talking about here. Estate taxes hit very, very few estates. Preventing the accumulation of generational unearned wealth is going to be a net positive.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 03:54 PM) Which is funny, because the whole point is to take it and give it to someone else, and then call it "fair". idk about most government spending be direct transfers like that

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 1, 2012 -> 04:24 PM) Do you apply this logic to spendthrift clauses in trusts? EDIT: Legitimately curious, not trying to be a jerk. legitimately don't know what this is!

Almost every dollar is taxed more than once. I see inheritance as nothing more than another income source. It wasn't your money.

Depends on the union, of course.

I was actually supposed to be there again next week

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 28, 2012 -> 01:49 PM) Then why is this fact relevant? What?

Yeah that's no good. Honestly i wouldn't be surprised if one or both of those units never comes back online.

f*** unions for not eagerly joining the race to the bottom

he took off from about 2-3 feet inside the FT line

^American views of labor in a nutshell

Bunch of black teens in a car playing music too loudly get shot at by a middle-aged white dude. It's not exactly going out on a limb to draw that inference.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 05:20 PM) The scale of your anti-union complaint there seems incredibly tiny compared to the scale of the hole Hostess had dug for itself...as well as the scale of concessions their Union had already made (particularly if you consider the hundred million or so in missed pension payments). The pension obligations were significant. Seven of the top eight creditors were pensions. That doesn't excuse the mismanagement, though.

this one is for Reddy: Did Sandy save Occupy? The protest movement's disaster-relief efforts have helped it connect with the “99 percent” in new, meaningful ways

There was a modern-day Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in Bangladesh. Right down to no fire extinguishers, locked fire exits and women jumping to their deaths.

Another black teen in Florida gets shot for being black wtg, Florida

Hostess and the Limits of the Private Welfare State The Twinkie Defense, or What Does “Uncompetitive” Mean?

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 12:47 PM) OK, I find your views on this bizarre and lacking consideration of the realities of the job. I also think you are placing blame in entirely the wrong place. But clearly I won't be changing your mind. What are the realities of the job that force him to ignore the vetting of his speech by his own intelligence group? What are the realities of the job that require him to abandon his own conscience if he truly had doubts? Would you willingly give a speech full of claims you know are questionable at best, a speech designed to gain international support for launching a war? Powell is not solely to blame for the Iraq war. He did not push the administration into it. There are plenty of others that failed miserably in the run-up to and execution of the war and reconstruction period. But he willingly allowed himself to be exploited to convince the international community of the strength of their claims despite knowing the serious doubts about those claims. He does not deserve to be excused or forgiven for his disastrous UN speech or his previous history of lying to the public to please those in power. He should not granted a similar position ever again. edit: Powell may be like Joe Paterno. He's far from the worst person in the story, but he's still pretty terrible and deserves plenty of blame for his actions and for his part in the cover-up.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Nov 27, 2012 -> 01:33 PM) Whether there needs to be a reevaluation of Embassy positions and embassy security worldwide is something that Congress actually ought to be holding hearings on, and Hell, whether it's appropriate for administration officials to share intelligence estimates that are incomplete at all is worth discussing as well. But neither of those are actually being discussed at all because of the conspiracy crap. That's the oddest part. There's legitimate questions here, but they're focusing on the absolute dumbest and most irrelevant thing: when, specifically, the administration labeled it 'terrorism.' I really thought the dog-and-pony aspect of this would die down after the election.

If the water's heated it takes maybe 10 seconds. The one-cup part is the sole reason my wife wanted one. I don't drink coffee, so it'd always be a waste for her to make a whole pot.