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- Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:29 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: About Corlyss M. Drinkard ... nice chat!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7682
Re: About Corlyss M. Drinkard ... nice chat!
Good to hear!
- Wed Apr 21, 2010 11:27 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Global corporate elite seeks to destroy democracy
- Replies: 21
- Views: 15530
Re: Global corporate elite seeks to destroy democracy
unless the anti-liberalization crowd can address this: http://www.piie.com/images/subramanian1107-fig1.gif I will continue to ignore their stupid rantings you are aware that the last 20 years has seen the largest movement out of extreme poverty in all human history, all due to global capitalism Ste...
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:06 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Hayek v. Keynes Rap!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2558
- Mon Apr 12, 2010 7:02 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The New Intolerance
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7520
Re: The New Intolerance
Typical Buchanan and typical neo-Confederate drivel. To label Sherman a terrorist is asinine. The Southern myth of "Uncle Billy" rarely coincides with reality. To say that "Slavery was not the cause of this war" is an ignorant statement. I suggest he read Charles Dew's excellent book "Apostles of Di...
- Tue Apr 06, 2010 12:08 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Please keep Corlyss in your thoughts...
- Replies: 65
- Views: 23679
Re: Please keep Corlyss in your thoughts...
All the best Corlyss!
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:44 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: WTF?? Utterly Ridiculous -- Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Replies: 105
- Views: 12654
Re: WTF?? Utterly Ridiculous -- Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
nut-job wrote:Gates and Crowley got jipped!Kevin R wrote:I assume he got it for this remarkable achievement
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:42 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Thread
- Replies: 87
- Views: 20951
Re: Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier Thread
I have never listened to all 48 at one time (much like the OC, I can't make it all the way through). The only complete set I have is Richter's recording from the 1970s, though I do have Horszowski's Book I and several selections played by Edwin Fischer.
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:31 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Further Down the Road to Economic Ruin
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1728
Re: Further Down the Road to Economic Ruin
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091008/D9B76AUO0.html Having already spent a trillion dollars on the first "stimulus" which has not had the promised effect on jobs (as anyone with eyes could see by looking at much of the pork and useless spending in the bill), the Dems now want to do the same thi...
- Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:25 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: WTF?? Utterly Ridiculous -- Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
- Replies: 105
- Views: 12654
Re: WTF?? Utterly Ridiculous -- Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
I assume he got it for this remarkable achievement
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:52 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Sviatoslav Richter in Budapest (1958, live)
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4572
Re: Sviatoslav Richter in Budapest (1958, live)
I have a couple of the individual pieces from that recital (the Schumann and the Schubert). The playing is phenomenal. Must get the entire recital, by hook or crook
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:45 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: A 70 Percent Tax on Work
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1645
A 70 Percent Tax on Work
If correct, this would be stunning A 70 Percent Tax on Work President Obama said Monday that the debate on health care has gone on long enough, and now is the time to pass something. But does Congress, let alone the public, really understand what these bills would mean for the health sector and the...
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:39 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Will You Get the H1N1 flu shot?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5704
Re: Will You Get the H1N1 flu shot?
With RA and being on long term Prednisone therapy, probably. Though my Rhummy has not suggested it.
- Wed Oct 07, 2009 7:31 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Bruce Bartlett's conservative critique of Republicans
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1824
Re: Bruce Bartlett's conservative critique of Republicans
Interesting article, thanks for posting it John.
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 5:36 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: A hero dies
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1682
A hero dies
Warsaw Ghetto uprising leader Edelman dies at 90 By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA, Associated Press Writer Monika Scislowska, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 3 mins ago WARSAW, Poland – Marek Edelman, the last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943 Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died Friday at the age o...
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:33 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Thank goodness it passed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2013
- Fri Oct 02, 2009 1:27 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Olympics .... Do We Need/Want It?
- Replies: 79
- Views: 13462
Re: The Olympics .... Do We Need/Want It?
To quote Prof. Reynolds: "Who knew that the International Olympic Committee was such a hotbed of racism?"
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:17 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Happy Birthday, Ludwig von Mises!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2276
Re: Happy Birthday, Ludwig von Mises!
OK, Steve beat me to it. Happy Birthday to one of the greats.
From the man himself:
"The market economy is the product of a long evolutionary process. It is the strategy, as it were, by the application of which man has triumphantly progressed from savagery to civilization."
From the man himself:
"The market economy is the product of a long evolutionary process. It is the strategy, as it were, by the application of which man has triumphantly progressed from savagery to civilization."
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:09 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Time To Act Like A President
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4510
Re: Time To Act Like A President
It can't be good when a liberal like Cohen calls out Obama.
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:30 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Neo Nazis planned to march in Brooklyn today
- Replies: 145
- Views: 28803
Re: Neo Nazis planned to march in Brooklyn today
The First Amendment does not permit government to suppress speech, however odious , based on content. Every Supreme Court justice holds to that elemental view. There are no dissenters nor should there be. The answer to hateful speech is counter speech, not suppression. ITS A STUPID LAW. The First A...
- Sat Sep 26, 2009 11:28 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Medicare Fraud
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3444
Re: Medicare Fraud
It would never occur to you to suggest we stop spending money on defense because some of it finds its way into fraudulent schemes. A poor analogy. First of all, defense contracting, unlike just about every other federal agency's contracting except possibly Veterans, is THE most audited operation in...
- Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:00 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Great Homeless signs
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1588
Great Homeless signs
Some of these guys are very clever. http://cdn.holytaco.com/www/sites/default/files/images/2009/ll-homeless-sign_1.jpg http://cdn.holytaco.com/www/sites/default/files/images/2009/ItaysWorld_Homeless_Signs_05.jpg http://cdn.holytaco.com/www/sites/default/files/images/2009/2_5.jpg More can be found he...
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:22 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Clinton on Gore: "I Thought He Was in Neverland"
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1791
Clinton on Gore: "I Thought He Was in Neverland"
Love him or hate him, Clinton is one of the more interesting politicians of the past 50 years. I'm looking forward to the book. I love the Dowd diss :D Clinton on Gore: "I Thought He Was in Neverland" In a soon-to-be-released book based on taped interviews, Bill Clinton discusses his presidency, wh...
- Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:14 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Huckabee Early Favorite
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5169
Re: Huckabee Early Favorite
Oh no. Right now, I don't like anyone I see.keaggy220 wrote:You hoping for Palin?Kevin R wrote:If it is Huckabee in four years, I'll be sitting out the next election.
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:42 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Huckabee Early Favorite
- Replies: 28
- Views: 5169
Re: Huckabee Early Favorite
If it is Huckabee in four years, I'll be sitting out the next election.
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:34 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Happy Birthday JBuck 919 on 9/19!
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2891
Re: Happy Birthday JBuck 919 on 9/19!
Happy Birthday, John!
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:32 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8753
Re: Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition
If I had to have only one, it would be the Richter/Sofia. Followed by his Prague performance.
- Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:26 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The radical right and the death of JFK
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1557
The radical right and the death of JFK
Eric Boehlert seems to be ignorant of the political leanings of Mr. Oswald. How can that be? A President was killed the last time right-wing hatred ran wild like this September 18, 2009 9:10 am ET by Eric Boehlert That being John F. Kennedy, who was gunned down in Dallas, of course. I've been think...
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:23 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obama officially gives Poland and Czech stiff middle finger
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3816
Re: Obama officially gives Poland and Czech stiff middle finger
Repeat of History, guys! The Czechs and the Poles were shown the stiff middle finger when Hitler invaded them. Job well done, no doubt Iran and Russia will love you. Agnes. Exactly! The only ones happy about his are Iran, Russia and Obama's defenders. Ironic that it is on September 17: September 17...
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:00 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Happy Constitution Day!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1852
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:53 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obama officially gives Poland and Czech stiff middle finger
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3816
Re: Obama officially gives Poland and Czech stiff middle finger
Pathetic. The fear was that we were electing a more polished version of Jimmy Carter. And it is looking like that is what we did.
- Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:48 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Hold on Now, It's About to Get Really Nasty
- Replies: 31
- Views: 4983
Re: Hold on Now, It's About to Get Really Nasty
I find it ironic that a man who used racially questionable tactics in his run for governor is now playing the race card against those who have the gall to push back against Obama's power grab. Is it possible, just possible, that those who oppose this boondoggle do so on ideological grounds, and not ...
- Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:00 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Interesting Article on Inequality in the U.S.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3305
Re: Interesting Article on Inequality in the U.S.
Nice article (thanks for posting, Barry). Discussions of inequality and social mobility are loaded with misconceptions and falsehoods. The Marxist idea (though Marxists are not making these arguments) that wealth (income) is a zero sum game animates those who repeatedly argue for the lack of fairne...
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:33 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Rethinking Chopin's Complete Nocturnes
- Replies: 31
- Views: 12066
Re: Rethinking Chopin's Complete Nocturnes
I just love the Moravec set. If I had a second it would probably be Magaloff.
- Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Let the Indoctrination Begin
- Replies: 36
- Views: 5037
Re: Let the Indoctrination Begin
On the whole, it seems pretty innocuous to me. But I would love to see, as Jack was talking about, a speech on the importance of hard work and staying in school. As one of the most successful African American figures of the nation, he has a unique opportunity to make an impact on the culture of the ...
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 11:34 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Could It Have Been Stopped?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4142
Re: Could It Have Been Stopped?
On the other hand, it can be better if a conflict (deemed "inevitable" by some) is delayed. I shudder to think of the American Civil War breaking out with a Pierce, Taylor, Buchanan or Fremont as president. But the Civil War, in terms of proximate cause, did break out when one of those men was pres...
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:18 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Is this Obama's "New Tone" in Washington?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1481
Re: Is this Obama's "New Tone" in Washington?
The politics of Hope and Change!
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:13 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Could It Have Been Stopped?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4142
Re: Could It Have Been Stopped?
As I alluded to in the first post, I don't actually think war could have been avoided altogether. But it could have been fought on a much smaller scale, with probably many millions fewer casualties had certain actions been taken at the right time. I also understand why the Allied countries in Weste...
- Wed Sep 02, 2009 1:53 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Could It Have Been Stopped?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4142
Re: Could It Have Been Stopped?
In his famous "iron curtain" speech, Churchill stated that it had always been his position that the entire war was unnecessary. "Not a shot need have been fired" were his exact words. I don't know what the basis was for such an extraordinary statement, unless he was literally blaming the whole war ...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:58 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Liszt Sonata in B Minor
- Replies: 64
- Views: 24770
Re: Liszt Sonata in B Minor
True, but I bow at the feet of the masterChalkperson wrote:You still have a lot (31)...
- Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:55 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Krugman versus Krugman on deficits and debt
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1437
Krugman versus Krugman on deficits and debt
Krugman versus Krugman on deficits and debt -- who can you believe? Government deficits totaling $9 trillion over the next ten years are coming, the Obama administration now projects. (Up from its prior projection of $7 trillion. For perspective, $9 trillion is over 20% more than the entire national...
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What - or Who - Started the Great Depression?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1183
What - or Who - Started the Great Depression?
New paper by UCLA and Minneapolis Fed economist Lee Ohanian. I've only had time to glance at it so far, but it looks interesting. Predictably, however, liberal economists have already pushed back hard against his take on Hoover. Ohanian's abstract: Herbert Hoover. I develop a theory of labor market...
- Mon Aug 31, 2009 3:21 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Liszt Sonata in B Minor
- Replies: 64
- Views: 24770
Re: Liszt Sonata in B Minor
Of course I can't compete with Lance and Chalkie, show offs:) But I love the piece. The recordings I currently have (favorites*): Alfred Cortot (1929) Andrea Lucchesini (1983) Arnaldo Cohen (1989) Bolet (1960) * Claudio Arrau (1970) Cziffra (1968) Earl Wild (1985) Géza Anda (1954) Horowitz (1932) Ho...
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:11 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Stimulus Is Definitely Working?!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1776
The Stimulus Is Definitely Working?!
The Stimulus Is Definitely Working?! Thomas F. Cooley and Peter Rupert, 08.26.09, 12:01 AM EDT Proponents ignore both fact and reasoning. The bloviators of the blogosphere have been in full roar the past few weeks over the claimed success of the economic stimulus program. Much of this was ignited by...
- Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:04 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Read It and Weep
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3794
Re: Read It and Weep
What I'd like to know is once white-collar jobs have left America, along with blue-collar jobs, who's going to consume Chinese, east Indian, Indonesian made goods? They're so cheap that America will continue to buy them, even with the loss of white-collar jobs. Plus you see the rise in living stand...
- Wed Aug 26, 2009 11:47 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Senator Edward Moore Kennedy dies at 77
- Replies: 17
- Views: 3316
Re: Senator Edward Moore Kennedy dies at 77
This is certainly the end of an era. Love him or hate him, he was one of the more effective members of the Senate. He knew how the institution worked and was a tireless advocate for causes he believed in. I echo the thoughts of VHD on his passing: At times such as these, it matters little that many ...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:13 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: You Think $9 Trillion Sounds Bad?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2766
You Think $9 Trillion Sounds Bad?
In general, as our old pal Dennis could attest, I'm not a big fan of the CC and their predictions. But even I found this a shocking number: How about $14 trillion? $9 trillion ($9.051 trillion) is the Obama Administration’s 10-year deficit projection based on their own economic forecast and their o...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:06 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Senator Feingold: No ObamaCare this year or possibly ever
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2130
Re: Senator Feingold: No ObamaCare this year or possibly ever
Barry,Barry wrote:I'm not sure I would call no reform at all good news. I actually like the idea of letting the states experiment.
That is a good point. Some small scale experimentation could be useful.
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:44 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Senator Feingold: No ObamaCare this year or possibly ever
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2130
Re: Senator Feingold: No ObamaCare this year or possibly ever
Good news, if true.
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:42 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Reps and Dems: What's immoral about US health care?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5877
Re: Reps and Dems: What's immoral about US health care?
The idea that what animated the progressives was the fear of economic consolidation is only partially correct. It played, without question, an important role for many. The rise of the trusts was a concern. It seemed that big business was too influential and that something needed to be done by the g...
- Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:26 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Reps and Dems: What's immoral about US health care?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5877
Re: Reps and Dems: What's immoral about US health care?
My take on American history will always be faulty with you, Kevin R. The electoral campaign of 1912 offers a good thematic illustration of the notion that consolidated economic power threatens to join with concentrated political power to the detriment of ordinary citizens. While Wilson still voiced...