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Scareduck Blog: Plumbing The Mind Of Obamacare's True Believer

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Wednesday, August 24, 2016. Plumbing The Mind Of Obamacare's True Believer. I had the occasion to read two Sarah Kliff pieces on Vox. In as many days, and while I can't recommend them for overall content, I do read them as a certain "tell" as to how Obamacare true believers are processing the late news that Aetna will be exiting most exchanges. Representing eleven states, as well as Humana paring back its participation from 15 to 11 states.

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Scareduck Blog: The Censor, Anita Sarkeesian

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Monday, September 28, 2015. The Censor, Anita Sarkeesian. It would be one thing to play video games and want something better. (For a parallel example in the related world of comics, see my brief remarks about Barbara Randall Kesel. To debate her ideas; she appears to want a megaphone, not exchange, which again suggests she has a totalitarian's indifference to anyone else's opinion. The full report can be found here. According to feminist c...

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Scareduck Blog: The Dickish Milo Yiannopoulos Finally Gets Kicked Off Twitter

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Friday, July 22, 2016. The Dickish Milo Yiannopoulos Finally Gets Kicked Off Twitter. So, Internet exploder extraordinaire Milo Yiannopoulos finally got kicked off Twitter permanently. As a result of a squabble with Ghostbusters. Star Leslie Jones. Despite the New York Times. Story lets on, something Cathy Young details in a long Allthink. There are two different questions here. One, does Milo deserve sympathy and support? That, unfortunate...

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Scareduck Blog: October 2016

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Tuesday, October 4, 2016. The Annie Wilkes Model Of Culture. I had read in various corners about Tim Burton's supposed racist comments. In the context of his new film, Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children. Contained in an interview in The Bustle. As to why his movies are so, so white. And I said, that’s great. I didn’t go like, OK, there should be more white people in these movies.”. Sweeney Todd” and “Edward Scissorhands...So in oth...

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Scareduck Blog: Obamacare As Bad Slasher Pic

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Thursday, January 5, 2017. Obamacare As Bad Slasher Pic. The cliché being that the thing has so many false endings, you never really know when it's over, but Obamacare's demise looks closer than it did. Before Trump got into office. The Democratic defenders of the law continue to delude themselves about the realities on the ground there, but decreasing numbers of providers ( many counties have only one now. But these anecdotal wins are not ...

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Scareduck Blog: The Empty Trend Story

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Wednesday, December 14, 2016. The Empty Trend Story. The trend story is a particularly noxious form of journalism, making broad claims about society while eschewing anything resembling data collection beyond the anecdotal. Every now and then, you find one so egregiously bad, it exerts a strange sort of fascination — as this New York Times. Thumbsucker from Anemolla Hartocollis, "On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces’". Could we m...

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Scareduck Blog: December 2016

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Wednesday, December 14, 2016. The Empty Trend Story. The trend story is a particularly noxious form of journalism, making broad claims about society while eschewing anything resembling data collection beyond the anecdotal. Every now and then, you find one so egregiously bad, it exerts a strange sort of fascination — as this New York Times. Thumbsucker from Anemolla Hartocollis, "On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces’". Could we m...

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Scareduck Blog: Rolling Stone Loses The Nicole Eramo Defamation Lawsuit

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Saturday, November 5, 2016. Loses The Nicole Eramo Defamation Lawsuit. Sabrina Rubin Erdely, Rolling Stone. And its publisher are all liable for defamation. Which is not surprising because. Rolling Stone edited out information. Favorable to Eramo. The dean had tried to get Jackie to go to the police, but the final draft of the story made it seem as if Eramo was no more in favor of that then, say, an informal resolution. Subscribe to: Post C...

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Scareduck Blog: Magic Words: "Tone Policing" And "Gaslighting"

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Politics, Dogs, and other miscellany that doesn't fit elsewhere. Tuesday, November 29, 2016. Magic Words: "Tone Policing" And "Gaslighting". In the interests of clarity, a brief discourse on the subject of two words I see frequently in various conversations around the Internet: "tone policing" and "gaslighting". Both could have legitimate uses, but as typically employed, they reflect poorly on the user. Despite claims to the opposite, they are in fact efforts to silence. I]f you elevate jerkishness into ...