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Category Archives: USA
Big Brother, we’re watching YOU
At the fantastic and soon-to-be-essential techPresident, there’s a post on a new technological openness from Congressional Republicans. Although their site at GOP.gov carries pretty run-of-the-mill content, it actually has an extremely substantial API. For non-technophiles, the API is the Application … Continue reading
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Think local, act local?
Its almost as if those people who are actually spending the money to make this work are participating in a leisure activity, rather than an everyday participation in a market that could sustain the local economy. Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Economy, Environment, UK, USA
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Social Cost of Slavery
The unease of great-grandparents long-since buried, still festers in the soul, and it cannot be excised by education, science or modernity. Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Political Correctness, USA
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Satire Resumes
Is it hard to make fun of Obama? Chris Rock: He’s just one of those guys, you know, like Will Smith. There’s no Will Smith jokes. There’s no Brad Pitt jokes. You know, what are you going to say? “Ooh, … Continue reading
Photos in the Crowd
Malia and The Crowd had two utterly different viewpoints on the proceedings, yet both exhibited the same urge. In both cases, there is an irrationality to their actions. Continue reading
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MLK
This seems appropriate to me, as it does to many other people too: Note how he seems almost in a trance at the end. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F01%2F20%2Fmlk%2F’; addthis_title = ‘MLK’; addthis_pub = ”;
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Motto America
Welcome, President Obama. To mark the inauguration, and let us hope a more nuanced and optimistic USA, here’s a strangemap of America’s state mottos: addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertsharp.co.uk%2F2009%2F01%2F20%2Fmotto-america%2F’; addthis_title = ‘Motto+America’; addthis_pub = ”;
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The Bigger Gaffe
Nate Silver” If Bill Clinton was the first black president, then Barack Obama might be the first urban one. He is the only American president in recent history to seem unembarrassed about claiming a personal residence in a major American city.” Continue reading
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Obama’s 100 Days for Human Rights
Not many people have signed the petition yet. Why not add your name to the list? Continue reading
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Way of the Blogs
Here’s a post I’ve just had published over at Comment is Free. Continue reading →