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Re: Morning Awful: CPAC Kulturkampf
02/10/12 7:31 am
Now Fatherland, Fatherland show us the sign... (Do you still think you can control them, GOP Establishment?)Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.
Category Archives: Political Geography
The Redistricting Song
ProPublica has made an animated musical introduction to the various ways in which politicians attempt to game redistricting issues to the benefit of their own party or side.
The Free State of Osborne
For those who missed it, Huffington Post offers a nifty look at “micronations” — places where someone has declared the existence of an independent state without gaining international recognition. Having read about Sealand and Kugelmugel, I’ve been inspired to declare … Continue reading
Afghanistan and the Obama Military (UPDATE)
Operation Mushtarak began this weekend. The Obama military is going to war under the banner of a non-English noun. Mushtarak is defined as “common,” “joint,” “combined,” “concurrent,” or “collective;” in the Arabic of international relations this word is used to … Continue reading
The Emperor’s New Map
The AP has stirred my inner map geek at exactly the right time. A million-dollar map is on rare public display: The map created by Matteo Ricci was the first in Chinese to show the Americas. Ricci, a Jesuit missionary … Continue reading
A Map For Redmond
Voila. The emphasis is on cognitive details rather than accurate cartography. Objectives and the physical and human terrain are emphasized. The northern areas are where the “Northern Alliance” chiefs and tribal allies live. Up til now, most of the fighting … Continue reading
Mapping the GOP
The map above comes from a new Gallup poll. Bottom line: Since Obama was inaugurated, not much has changed in the political party landscape at the state level — the Democratic Party continues to hold a solid advantage in party … Continue reading
Global Disasters Map
This nifty map comes via my new favorite blog, The Map Scroll. Original is here.
Mapping the GOP
From the true story files: I’m a political geography nut because of Dr. Green. He was a ‘blue dog’ Democrat with great, big paintings of donkeys in his office. One day he held up a map of Alabama that showed … Continue reading
