"This is the Voice of Moderation. I wouldn't go so far as to say we've actually SEIZED the radio station . . . "
by liberal japonicus I thought it was Aristotle who came up with ‘suspension of disbelief’, but apparently, it was Samuel Coleridge. Aristotle argued that a convincing impossibility in a story is preferable to an unconvincing possibility, but Coleridge came up with the phrase. This is prompted by seeing clips for the TV series Lanterns along … Read more
by liberal japonicus Allons-y!
by liberal japonicus Folks have been talking about this, so I thought I would toss in the NYT Daily on the DSA.
by liberal japonicus First of all, with all the doom scrolling I do, I’ve gotten a lot worse about keeping track of where I see things. so I don’t have the links to these anecdotes. Bearing that in mind, the question of what is middle class surfaced in the demography post, and I thought it … Read more
by liberal japonicus From here I actually just think the idea that this extraordinary leap in human knowledge and our capacity to explore the world of ideas and the natural world around us in our lifetimes could come about and then be hawked at us like the the cheapest like new pair of shoes, but … Read more
by liberal japonicus This Guardian article touches on a point that I think is interesting, why so many Latinos are involved on the enforcement side of ICE. The final graf is The lesson is that we should stop treating Latino support for anti-immigration politics as a paradox. To the contrary, this is a part of … Read more
by liberal japonicus I an reaching the point where I measure out my life with 5 day open threads. How about y’all?
by liberal japonicus I guess the big news is from the Michiganders and Abdul El-Sayed. I like Jamelle Bouie’s encapsulation of this, which is Vote Blue No Matter Who. If anyone has a more granular view of the race, please drop it in the thread and feel free to write about anything else.
by liberal japonicus One thing I like is to note inaptonyms, like the hair salon named Tangles or the copy shop named Typos (the Philippine Roman Catholic cardinal Jaime Sin is often on the top of the list) and this story, about an investment fund called Situational Awareness, definitely deserves a place of honor. Any … Read more
by liberal japonicus I’ve mentioned, from time to time, that I live in Kyushu and perhaps I mentioned that I live in Kumamoto, so this post is to let everyone know that me and mine are ok. It apparently wasn’t as bad as the one 10 years ago (I was presenting at a conference and … Read more