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Yes, and those "left wing sources" all got their material from the original right wing smears.

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Consider that if Trump wins there will be no place on the planet safe from his assholery. Clinton may be a mixed bag but you will get some good from her, especially if you can put good people in her Congress.

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Having a "horserace" with tight polls means zillions in political ad buys. Until Citizens United is repealed, this will go on and on and on.

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They can't help it. It's in their DNA.

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The negative news around the Clintons has become part and parcel of the fabric of our culture. It's a given that she is dishonest.

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Dok, I respect your opinion and your class procedures. This is a bit of a different situation though. Buckley has published this argument twice previously, once in the book he authored, and once in the American Conservative article. That may bring up copyright issues. If the copyright has reverted to either American Conservative or the book publisher, then self-plagiarism can be actionable. If not, it is poor form in academic circles to recycle the same text without attributing it to your prior work (It falls under the heading of padding your CV, to publish the same text multiple times.) Or at least that is what I have been taught.

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At the very least it is lazy as hell. All Trump, Jr. had to do was say as my good friend FH Buckley said in his American Conservative article . . . . and there absolutely no controversy.

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I've never plagiarized myself or anyone else. I also never recycled old works. I'm not holding myself up as a gold standard, it just never occurred to me. Besides, it would have been boring. So many things to write about!

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With a high-powered, cutting edge rifle and accompanied by a professional support team. Because that spells "sport"...

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Get ready for the 'both sides do it' with all the recycled phrases Team Obama used from Duval Patrick's governor run.

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Not to mention all the pics of Drumpf in front of one of his hotels where he's blocking the "T" and it looks like "RUMP". Wait, what?

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Are you saying he's not a clueless RichieRich twit?

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"Being paid"??? That's an awfully generous assumption. I take it the speechwriter wasn't so generous about the likelihood of his ever getting paid.

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It is generally more subtle than this in the sciences where research topics can span many years building on previous research. New results are published, but the preceding research has to be discussed for context. This is often where some recycling comes in and it is nearly unavoidable at some level.

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Canned clams libelz!

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OT, but Brizdull was sure he was talking about her when he was bragging about his skills with a backhoe.

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