Brian Bucknam

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Occupation: Software Developer
Interests: economy, social justice
Expertise: technology
Last Visit: Sep 29, 2010 - 7:26 AM PDT
Last Edit: Apr 28, 2009 - 3:50 PM PDT

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Brian reviewed this story - Dec 11, 2009
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4.4
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Brian reviewed and starred this story - Dec 11, 2009
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4.2
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Brian reviewed this story - Sep 9, 2009
Brian's Rating
3.6

As much as I agree with the author's opinion on these matters, his optimism about triaging problems seems somewhat unwarranted, and for those who do not "believe" in anthropomorphic climate change, this article does nothing to convince them.

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Brian reviewed this story - May 14, 2009
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4.2

Interviews combined with clips from the hearing tell a fascinating story of representative democracy being trampled by corporate interests.

If you needed proof that we do not live in a representative democracy, here is a slice of reality.

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Brian reviewed this story - May 12, 2009
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3.6

A short but interesting piece. Would benefit from more detail and references.

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Brian reviewed this story - May 4, 2009
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3.5
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Brian reviewed this story - Apr 28, 2009
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3.1
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Brian reviewed this story - Apr 6, 2009
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4.0
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Brian reviewed this story - Mar 31, 2009
Brian's Rating
4.0

Seems like a fair assessment of how effective torture has been, at least with one suspect.

Is anyone other than Dick Cheney really surprised that torture doesn't work?

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Brian reviewed this story - Mar 31, 2009
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3.4
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Brian reviewed this story - Mar 11, 2009
Brian's Rating
3.4

An interesting story about a small local paper, but I'm not sure it really addresses the question it poses in the opening paragraph.

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Brian reviewed this story - Mar 4, 2009
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3.5
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Brian reviewed this story - Mar 2, 2009
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4.7
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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 26, 2009
Brian's Rating
3.5

Interesting story about the perils of neophyte businessmen joining a franchise. It is worrying that the side-bar about legal fees says "In civil court, the law almost never requires a losing party to cover the winner's legal costs" in contradiction to many legal agreements I have seen.

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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 23, 2009
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4.2
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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 17, 2009
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3.9
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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 16, 2009
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4.4
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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 15, 2009
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4.3
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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 13, 2009
Brian's Rating
4.2

Interesting opinion -- makes some good points that hadn't occurred to me.

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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 11, 2009
Brian's Rating
2.8

Totally ignores the failures and corruption in non-military U.S. efforts in Afghanistan. If the aid and 'democracy building' efforts weren't so subverted by greedy and incompetent contractors, the situation might not be so bad.

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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 10, 2009
Brian's Rating
3.4

The "lie" in question is being propagated by anti-union forces, but this entire article is based on one oddly-formed sentence from Lou Dobbs.

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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 8, 2009
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4.3
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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 7, 2009
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3.5
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Brian reviewed this story - Feb 6, 2009
Brian's Rating
3.8
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