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Comment on The Myth of Voter Fraud by Examining Al Schmidt’s Report on Voting Irregularities | Diniverse Major

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:19:53 +0000

[...] Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt recently released a report on “voting irregularities” that Voter ID advocates have been touting as irrefutable evidence of rampant voter fraud in Pennsylvania. If true, this would be quite a bombshell, shoring up the case for the Voter ID law and directing contradicting strong evidence that shows voter impersonation fraud just does not occur. [...]

Comment on The Ideology of Superman: Introduction by The Ideology of Superman: Big Business and Brinksmanship « Diniverse Major

The Ideology of Superman: Big Business and Brinksmanship « Diniverse Major — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 14:32:45 +0000

[...] the Introduction here. Read Part 1: The New Deal Democrat here. Read Part 2: Defender of the Status Quo here. Read Part [...]

Comment on “The Hunger Games” As Moviegoing Experience by What “The Hunger Games” Tells Us About the Media Industry | Diniverse Major

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:38:05 +0000

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Comment on “The Hunger Games” As Moviegoing Experience by What other bloggers said… « cumnockmediaclass

What other bloggers said… « cumnockmediaclass — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:34:24 +0000

[...] http://gaudini.wordpress.com/2012/03/26/the-hunger-games-as-moviegoing-experience/ The Capitol citizens, for instance, were designed to look as alien to our culture as possible, in garish costumes and makeup, while the District’s residents are depicted as much more familiar. The latter’s clothing and general appearance, while plain, is neither outlandish nor exotic. The effect is that the audience easily identifies with the oppressed peoples of the Districts (and our protagonist, Katniss) while reviling the strange, foreign Capitol citizens… [...]

Comment on “The Hunger Games” As Moviegoing Experience by What “The Hunger Games” Tells Us About the Media Industry « Diniverse Major

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:22:02 +0000

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Comment on The Myth of Voter Fraud by The Trouble With Voter ID Laws « Diniverse Major

The Trouble With Voter ID Laws « Diniverse Major — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 18:42:17 +0000

[...] I noted in a previous post, voter fraud is incredibly rare. The Bush Department of Justice made it a priority to vigorously prosecute voter fraud, and between [...]

Comment on The New Republican Dream by The Baby Boom and Bust: Demographics and the American Entitlements « Diniverse Major

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:21:14 +0000

[...] are funded mainly through higher debt. Furthermore, since the Republican Party has effectively abandoned its dedication to balanced budgets in favor of tax cuts at all costs, funding for these programs [...]

Comment on Balancing Budgets: The Government is Nothing Like a Family by The Baby Boom and Bust: Demographics and the American Entitlements « Diniverse Major

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:21:09 +0000

[...] meltdown and high unemployment that has seen tax revenues fall precipitously. The government, by maintaining spending levels, prevented an even larger fall, but also ran up high debts that will need to be paid off once the [...]

Comment on The Economics of Lent by Use Lenten seafood demand to lure readers with fish stories : BusinessJournalism.org Reynolds Center for Business Journalism

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:02:52 +0000

[...] background, here’s an interesting blog post on the economics of Lent and how it affects demand for non-fish food too; I wonder if skyrocketing beef prices stablize [...]

Comment on The Economics of Lent by gaudini

gaudini — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:16:36 +0000

Thanks for the schooling on the meatless Catholic Friday. This line really caught my eye:
” The standards were revised by Pope Paul VI in 1966, essentially allowing Catholics to consume meat on non-Lenten Fridays.”
Apparently it took roughly 15 years for that news to reach Bala Cynwyd, PA. I am certain that my household refrained from eating meat until I was well into my college years (early 80′s).