The google word significance score is always a fun tool to play with. I’m glad it’s not part of my profession, though, because I’d insist on something better and I’d want to know more about how the metric is generated.
I’m not qualified to go into any kind of in-depth analysis about Modi and hindutva, and the attempt to erase islamic culture from Indian history. But…
A few weeks ago I mused out loud about some weird symmetries regarding emails. [stderr]
The liberalized world-view tries to understand and forgive the ordinary German for the holocaust. When I was a kid, we were taught that it was mostly Hitler’s fault, but that a smallish coterie surrounding him supported the effort.
I am an equal opportunity hater. One of the big mistakes the republicans make is the assumption that you must like whoever is opposed to whatever you hate; i.e.: if you loathe Trump you must like Biden. In fact, my hatred for them is at nearly an equal level, although I admit Trump’s phony revival preacher drawl makes me hate him just a little bit more.
I imagine every morning that Meghan McCain wakes up, rolls over, and thinks “I suppose that the world out there is desperately wondering what I think about ${whatever}.” And that wake-up flash of lucidity is shared by most members of the pundit class, who mistake their dominance of the media landscape for interest on our part.
Well, yes.
The US’ way of waging war is to build outposts in semi-safe locations, then venture forth to battle using its tremendous mobility advantage.
Trump’s committing crimes against humanity on twitter, which – naturally – allows it. For any who have forgotten, threatening to use military force is the crime of War of Aggression.
I’m trying to assemble a mental time-line of who knew what, when, and what they said. The big picture makes no sense.