The Visual Novel that Changed my Life

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Friday April 13, 2012 · 10:27 AM PDT

2012/04/13 · 10:27

It's rare in the age of 3-D special effects, HD graphics and the remake / reboot syndrome that has taken over the entertainment industry to connect with the stories in our modern fiction. You can easily care about what's happening in a story, but to actually be moved by the characters and plot, discovering something about yourself and other people all while coming out the other side as a changed person is rarer still. I found a visual novel that did exactly this: it was an engaging and rewarding experience that I would recommend to just about everyone, and I'm not even half way through it yet! Even still, look below the orange squiggle to get my take on it.

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Wednesday April 04, 2012 · 1:50 PM PDT

2012/04/04 · 13:50

Nuclear power is a divisive issue for many reasons and it is difficult to see where each side is coming from. Anybody can look up the heated debates I've had on Scientific American or other forums to see how committed some people are to a much larger involvement of nuclear power in some form or another in our energy mix. As such, I've gathered a ton of information that I feel can be handy when considering or participating in this debate. I have taken a side though, so I'm not entirely unbiased, but I hope most people will at least consider the points I bring up blow the orange squiggle.

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Wednesday April 04, 2012 · 5:16 AM PDT

2012/04/04 · 05:16

The time is drawing near for the Republican Convention and when we'll finally learn who Romney's running mate will be. There are several factors I am going to consider, but the biggest filter will be the fact that Mitt needs a fire-breathing (real, non-flipp-flopping) conservative to fire up the base and placate the Tea Party. Read below to see some of the potential winners (losers?) that are probably on his short-list.

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Wednesday February 29, 2012 · 1:00 PM PST

2012/02/29 · 13:00

Even though "Drill, Baby, Drill!" has utterly failed to lower oil prices, Republicans are still using Americans' pain at the pump as a political weapon. Even though speculators are currently involved in over %60 of ALL oil futures contracts, the facts don't really matter to these people:

http://thinkprogress.org/...

President Obama inherited an economy in free fall and in the intervening years, he has made a lot of progress towards improving the leading indicators. However, the fact that oil demand has recovered a great deal AND turmoil such as the continuing Arab Spring have conspired to raise the price of oil a great deal does not stop Republicans from blaming the President for rising gas prices. However, there might be something more sinister going on with oil prices and I'll explain what I've found past the break.

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Friday February 17, 2012 · 5:12 AM PST

2012/02/17 · 05:12

The potential Republican nominees are tearing each other apart and are dragging themselves down in the polls like crabs in a bucket. The Media has started talking at least a little bit about the themes of the Occupy Movement. The economy is improving and Team Obama is getting a little better at dealing with the Rethuglicans. All good news, I know. However, NONE of these developments means this election is in the bag.

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Thursday February 16, 2012 · 12:28 PM PST

2012/02/16 · 12:28

Look, flame me if you will, but I agree with Markos that Santorum is a MUCH weaker candidate than Romney. Aside from Santorum's "Google Problem", he has a HUGE pile of crazy shit that has frothed up and out of his mouth. Romney makes conservatives disappointed. Santorum makes everyone else afraid. Follow me below the squiggly macaroni and I'll walk you through the rest.

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Friday February 10, 2012 · 1:02 AM PST

2012/02/10 · 01:02

Don't get me wrong; I'm not measuring the drapes or anything, but the President's reelection odds are looking a little better than even. As such, it doesn't hurt to jump back from the horse-race of the election and plan a little for the future. Since progressive change requires INTENSITY from motivated groups of voters, these are some things that Obama should do and some things that progressives should at least work towards getting on the national radar.

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Friday December 23, 2011 · 4:02 AM PST

2011/12/23 · 04:02

Oh, the good old days of the late 18th Century when the U.S. was founded...back when significant chunks of the globe had yet to be mapped and "just cut the arm off" was a common medical procedure. These were the days when an apprentice could learn enough in a few short years to go off on his own (they were overwhelmingly male) as a journeyman and eventually reach the pinnacle of their chosen field as a master. Our political system (and the government it runs) has gone through major tweaks in the intervening years, but its foundation is rooted in the assumptions made in the late 18th Century when it was established. With recent history in mind, I'm more than a little skeptical that it can remain relevant in the coming years given current trends.

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Tuesday November 15, 2011 · 2:57 AM PST

2011/11/15 · 02:57

Naomi Klein has a solid article in The Nation on how Climate Change Deniers think. I'm going to be unpacking some issues I discovered in the article, so give it a read and see below the squiggle for my analysis.

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Sunday September 04, 2011 · 5:46 PM PDT

2011/09/04 · 17:46

Much can be said about the ineffectiveness of the messaging that Liberals, Progressives, Democrats, etc. use and I agree with most of the criticisms. A Teabagger can let loose 5 debunked talking points before their adversary can even finish inhaling to get enough breath to try and defend the truth. You see it all the time on television interviews, print quotes and those quick-release, encapsulated lies are dispersed by the truckload by their little foot-soldiers online.

I'm going to put my spin on how they get away with this and what our side can do to fend off the barrage of lies coming in from the other side

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Monday August 29, 2011 · 3:00 PM PDT

2011/08/29 · 15:00

I just read a diary by BruceMcF about alternatives to our unsustainable consumption of oil. It's a good read so go check it out:

http://www.dailykos.com/...

Anyway, his numbers on the Canadian Tar Sands got my thinking into high gear about the subject. Read below the fold to see why trying to "upgrade" billions of barrels of dirty tar underneath pristine forest using clean water and (cleaner than oil) natural gas is a profoundly bad idea. WARNING! There will be numbers with units and such, so be prepared!

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Tuesday July 05, 2011 · 5:54 PM PDT

2011/07/05 · 17:54

The impending crises of Climate Change, resource scarcity, geopolitical instability and all the other environmental dangers that have been identified to date seem like an insurmountable wall that is built higher every time we discover a new threat. Well, I hate to stack another brick on the pile, but we must also be wary of the dreaded Negative Feedback Loop

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The Visual Novel that Changed my Life

My Take on Nuclear Power

Romney's Potential VP Picks

Oil Prices and Elections - Historical Context

Don't Get Complacent

Don't Worry About a Santorum Candidacy

Obama's 2nd Term

Is our political system incompatible with the complexity associated with a modern society?

Climate Denier Mindset

Dem Messaging Lesson: Why isn't this point hammered home?

ANOTHER reason Keystone XL is a SCAM!

Negative Feedback Loop