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I asked for a table comparing studies by Omar Wasow (2020) and Erica Chenoweth & Maria Stephan (2011) regarding protest tactics and efficacy. Guess what? Nonviolent protest consistently achieves positive change in societies around the world, and across decades.
April 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This it it.

If it would be Constitutionally forbidden for the legislature to punish Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor for no other reason than Donald Trump's lust for vengeance, can it possibly be Constitutionally permitted for Trump himself to do that thing through executive action? (2/3)
April 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
That strong nose is irresistibly evocative of Fat Freddy's Cat.
Surely they're no more distant than second cousins.
March 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
If you feel like it, stick these twenty names to your refrigerator.
Then, every morning, think about what you can do to change that list. I see an excellent opportunity at #7.
March 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is something I wanted to express, but I did not know how to make it graphically appealing. So I just slammed it into an image. Is it OK?
February 12, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Here is a quote from Noam Chomsky on Democracy Now. The show and transcript are at:
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/no...
He is referring to climate: Trump's policies and ExxonMobil's denial.
Our greatest linguist uses words that are categorical and normative, not specific and descriptive. Discuss.
January 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Are you thinking of the Antagonistic Undecagonstring?
December 28, 2024 at 6:43 PM