Fiscal Impropriety, Abuse of Power, Incompetence
The New York Times published three articles in one day about fiscal impropriety, abuse of power, or incompetence of the Bush Administration. On the front page, James Risen writes “Army Overseer Tells...
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Justice Scalia on the Second Amendment
Justice Antonin Scalia, interviewed on Fox News, talking about the July 20, 2012, massacre Aurora, Colorado, said, Obviously the amendment does not apply to arms that cannot be hand carried. It’s to...
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What If … Gore had been President?
In the XB Cold Fingers song, “Sunbathing In Siberia,” (Listen / Try or Buy / Lyrics ) I wrote, “If Gore had been awarded the White House he’d chain us to Kyoto, don’t ya see. There’d be solar panels on...
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Gore & The Supreme Court
In the Election of 2000, Al Gore won the “Popular Vote” 50,999,897 to 50,456,002, 48.38% to 47.87%, by a margin of 543,895, or 0.51% of the vote. However, he lost Florida by 547 votes. Consequently...
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Government Shutdown – Partial – OK, But What’s Next? Default?
Paul Krugman, PhD, Nobel Laureate The House Republicans, led (or maybe followed) by John Boehner, R, Ohio, are ready to shut down the government in order to force President Obama to delay...
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The Art of Gerrymandering – Part I
The Original Gerry Mander The Constitution tasks the House of Representatives with setting the number of U. S. citizens that its members may represent. The Apportionment Act of 1792 fixed the House of...
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The Art of Gerrymandering – Part II
1. Four units of rope make a square, one unit on a side, and encompasses an area of 1 square unit. Suppose you had a piece of rope. Your aim is to encompass as much area as possible. The rope doesn’t...
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The Art of Gerrymandering – Part III
1. The State of Gerrymandering in these United States In our last post, we wrote about how to compute the Gerrymander Index of shapes, including Congressional districts. Since then we’ve fetched the U....
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