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what's your political compass?
« Reply #165 on: January 12, 2006, 03:36:37 PM »
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Re: what's your political compass?
« Reply #166 on: January 12, 2006, 05:47:44 PM »
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/

I'm near Ghandi!


Oh yeah? Well, I'm just to the left of the Dalai Lama...
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Re: what's your political compass?
« Reply #167 on: January 12, 2006, 07:24:47 PM »
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/

I'm near Ghandi!


Oh yeah? Well, I'm just to the left of the Dalai Lama...


Not surprisingly at all, I'm in the same quadrant, extremely so on both counts.  My political compass:
Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

Which leaves me just a touch more anarchistic than Nelson Mandela and just a touch more communistic than the Dalai Lama.  I think I've gotten a little more extreme on both counts over the years, having become sufficiently disenchanted with the establishment to accept my place on the fringe.
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« Reply #168 on: January 12, 2006, 09:00:37 PM »
Near Gandhi
Economic Left/Right: -3.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.72
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« Reply #169 on: January 12, 2006, 09:43:04 PM »
between Ghandi & Mandela:

Economic Left/Right: -6.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51
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« Reply #170 on: January 12, 2006, 10:13:31 PM »
Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41

I'm down by the Dalai Lama.  Hard to believe I'm so far the most libertarian in the group.
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« Reply #171 on: January 12, 2006, 10:33:36 PM »
Economic Left/Right: -2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

Near Ghandi as well, but a little right thereof.   Not surprising I'm so central, I kept flip-flopping on a lot of the questions.  More grey areas, to my thinking.  Or maybe I'm just wishy-washy.
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« Reply #172 on: January 13, 2006, 09:35:10 AM »
Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

southwest of nelson, just west of the dalai, whatever that means.
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« Reply #173 on: January 13, 2006, 09:43:25 AM »
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Economic Left/Right: -2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

Near Ghandi as well, but a little right thereof.   Not surprising I'm so central, I kept flip-flopping on a lot of the questions.  More grey areas, to my thinking.  Or maybe I'm just wishy-washy.


You're not wishy-washy -- there ARE a lot of grey areas, something folks on the extremes of both right and left are often loath to admit.
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« Reply #174 on: January 25, 2006, 07:16:41 PM »
The url says it all:

www.8trackheaven.com
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« Reply #175 on: January 26, 2006, 09:13:52 AM »
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I'm near Ghandi!


BTW, this reminds me of an idea I had once for a useful website.  You fill out a long form on your beliefs and desires and such -- political, social, personal.  Then, at election time, the system generates recommendations on candidates and laws for you so you don't have to wade through the documentation and contradictory campaigns.  

Of course, programming it to take all this in would be tough if not impossible, especiallly keeping it unbiased.  You'd need a team of starry-eyed poly-sci majors to figure out all the permutations of the bills and candidates and how they relate.  And really good programmers (not me, I'm just the idea guy).  And still you'd have a system ripe for abuse, and one not likely to make any money.

But does the internet need another porn site?  Or another blog?
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« Reply #176 on: February 02, 2006, 07:40:59 AM »
an excellent Steven Winn piece in today's Chron about Oprah's latest cavortings:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/02/02/DDG7FH10SJ10.DTL
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« Reply #177 on: February 02, 2006, 08:29:59 AM »
This is especially for you copy editors out there: A New Yorker piece on the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves illustrating all of the punctuation errors in this best selling book about punctuation errors.  Good snarky fun!

http://www.newyorker.com/critics/books/?040628crbo_books1
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« Reply #178 on: February 02, 2006, 09:57:46 PM »
It's understandable why Gaz didn't post this link this year, but if anyone cares about the V.Voice Music Poll for 2005, here's the top 40 anyway:

http://www1.villagevoice.com/pazzandjop05/winners.php?type=album
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« Reply #179 on: February 03, 2006, 09:39:47 AM »
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It's understandable why Gaz didn't post this link this year, but if anyone cares about the V.Voice Music Poll for 2005, here's the top 40 anyway:

http://www1.villagevoice.com/pazzandjop05/winners.php?type=album


Hmmm. I own exactly two of the albums among the top 40--Sufjan Stevens and the New Pornographers. Another sign I'm getting too lazy to keep up with current pop.

(Although I've been meaning to pick up the Monk/Coltrane record, but since that was recorded in the year I was born, I suppose that doesn't do much for my desire to stay current.)
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