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Author: Erik Loomis

Lessons

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On April 20, 2016
Here's the lesson: Being an independent is worthless. If you register as an independent, you are irrelevant. https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/722623453866500096 If you wanted to vote for Bernie but couldn't soil yourself with being a Democrat, your fault. Voting isn't a consumer choice. It's a compromise with reality....
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A Divided South

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On April 19, 2016
Knoxville's Henley Street Bridge lit in rainbow colors on the night the Supreme Court upheld marriage equality. Interesting piece on the changing dynamics of the South, with urban centers becoming unabashedly liberal havens. Of course, this can be vastly overrated, especially in terms of voting...
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What’s Going on in Brazil?

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On April 18, 2016
Our good friend Colin Snider has an excellent primer on the craziness going on in Brazil, with President Dilma Rousseff impeached yesterday. This is well worth your time. The voting took nearly six hours, and was quite the spectacle. Each deputy was given the chance...
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