Daily Topics - Tuesday December 6th, 2011

Hour One: Money isn't sacred

Two: Why Young Voters Love Ron Paul - David Sirota

Three: Could he be the running man? 2012, Occupy Wall Street and why he sued the TSA - Gov. Jesse Ventura

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Maxrot's picture
Maxrot 14 years 18 weeks ago
#1

I completely agree with Thom's opening statement. However, in his examples of a common man committing a crime such as killing his neighbor because the neighbor killed his dog will be put in jail, Thom neglected to say "as well he should be". I know this is a minor point, but to the uncritical ear, one might think Thom is actually trying to say committing a crime if you're in the 99% is OK if its OK for the 1%, and I'm pretty sure that isn't the meme Thom is trying to convey.

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mathboy's picture
mathboy 14 years 18 weeks ago
#2

Inexpugnably ugly? Ugliness that can't be beaten out?

Or was it inexpungeably ugly--unable to be expunged?

It turns out "expugnable" is an entry on dictionary.reference.com and means "conquerable". So "unconquerably ugly".

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