Apr
Email war erupts between Glenn Greenwald and Sam Harris
Sam Harris: “The article is defamatory—indeed, it is beneath responding to—and it was destined to be buried in noise until you retweeted it. You endorsed it and amplified its effects—hence my annoyance. What part of that process don’t you understand?”
Glenn Greenwald: “I think you’re embarrassed that people are now paying attention to some of the darker and uglier sentiments that have been creeping into this form of athesim advocacy, and are lashing out at anyone helping to shine a light on that. A bizarre and wholly irrational fixation on Islam, as opposed to the evils done by other religions, has been masquerdaing in the dark under the banner of rational atheism for way too long.”
The bickering is in reference to this article, which posits that New Atheists, and Harris in particular, promote “scientific racism” towards Muslims. Greenwald tweeted the article earlier today. Harris also posted the email exchange on his blog.
Mar
“It comes as a great shock…to discover that the flag to which you have pledged allegiance, along with everybody else, has not pledged allegiance to you. It comes as a great shock to discover that Gary Cooper killing off the Indians, when you were rooting for Gary Cooper, that the Indians were you. It comes as a great shock to discover that the country, which is your birthplace and to which you owe your life and your identity, has not, in its whole system of reality, evolved any place for you.”
- James Baldwin
Oct
Fear not, another third party debate is being held next Tuesday at 9pm.
Oct
Oct
Listening to new Kendrick Lamar album. So much better than that debate noise.
Oct
Watch the Third Party Candidates Debate Live on YouTube Tomorrow Night
If you can tolerate one final debate, this one will surely yield more diverse views and broader discussions. Participants include Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party), Jill Stein (Green Party), Virgil Goode (Constitution Party), and Rocky Anderson (Justice Party). Larry King is the moderator.
Oct
Debate Fail
There is almost complete agreement between these two candidates on foreign policy issues. Both are equally willing to go to war with Iran, impose “crippling” sanctions that primarily hurt innocent Iranians, and kill and terrorize civilians in Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia with counter-productive drone strikes.
And election fervor means that few Obama supporters will challenge the President’s policies.
I really wish I hadn’t watched the debate tonight…
Oct
Romney agrees with Obama’s drone strikes
And so Obama doesn’t even address it and instead retreats to talking points.
It’s a tremendous loss to our country that nobody will challenge these two candidates on this issue to their faces.
Oct
#DebateFail
Oct
Debate Fact Check: There is nothing “peaceful” about “crippling sanctions.”
Oct
They’re talking about employment and the deficit again…
Was this not supposed to be a foreign policy debate?
Oct
Democracy is good, we should try to spread peace, our economy should be better….zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Oct
Mitt Romney, apparently embracing the philosophy of nonviolence
Update: False alarm. He wants to kill lots of people.
