Archive for November, 2010

Are Republicans Purposely Sabotaging The U.S.?

Filed in National by on November 22, 2010 31 Comments

Could Republicans sabotage the nation on purpose for electoral gain?

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What Tax Cuts for the Rich Will Buy

Filed in National by on November 21, 2010 23 Comments

Courtesy of that delightful brawler from Florida, who takes to the house floor to demonstrate in detail what an extension of tax cuts for the wealthy will buy. Pay attention to the end, where he shows that all of the borrowed money Republicans plan to borrow and hand over to rich people could directly employ alot of currently out of work people.

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Weekend Open Thread

Filed in National by on November 20, 2010 8 Comments
Weekend Open Thread

The weekend edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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In Which We Find Paul Clark Crossing His Fingers Behind His Back

Filed in Delaware by on November 20, 2010 14 Comments

Yesterday, commenter jpconnerjr linked to the NJ article about Paul Clark showily rolling out his “firewall” that is supposed to resolve the potential conflict of interest issues inherent in having the NCCo County executive married to the favorite land use attorneys of NCCo developers.

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Something To Occupy Your Saturday Morning

Filed in International by on November 20, 2010 2 Comments

Check out the winners of the National Geographic photography contest. Amazing!

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Nevada Dodged A Bullet

Filed in National by on November 19, 2010 44 Comments

Sharron Angle says some crazy stuff.

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Friday Open Thread

Filed in National by on November 19, 2010 8 Comments

The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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The Mommy Wars Leave Out The Kids

Filed in Delaware, National by on November 19, 2010 2 Comments

There are some things I agree with in Erica Jong’s WSJ article, but there’s a lot I do not.  While she goes to great lengths to make the point that mothers shouldn’t feel guilty the point gets lost amid the guilt she dishes out. Cooperative child-rearing is obviously convenient, but some anthropologists believe that it […]

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Why Does It Take A Republican To Say This?

Filed in Science and Health by on November 19, 2010 21 Comments

Finally a politician communicates about the benefits of addressing climate change in innovation and technology. Surprisingly, it’s a Republican who’s doing this.

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Notochord* Detected

Filed in National by on November 19, 2010 6 Comments

Steny Hoyer says that Congress will definitely vote on extending the tax cuts on incomes up to $250,000 during the lame duck session.

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Chris Coons Fumbles in His First Week

Filed in National by on November 18, 2010 30 Comments

Our new Senator, Chris Coons, made his way onto a list today, and it isn’t the list of independent thinkers.  Today, in a Judiciary Committee meeting, the committee voted unanimously to approve the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA).  The act seems, at first blush, to be a good idea.  The goal is to […]

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A Little Perspective, Please

Filed in National by on November 18, 2010 3 Comments

Fox News president Roger Ailes said that NPR is “the left wing of Nazism.” Godwin weeps.

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Fake Objectivity

Filed in National by on November 18, 2010 12 Comments

Not sure how many of you have been following the fallout from Keith Olbermann’s suspension from MSNBC. There has been Ted Koppel getting the vapors over the loss of objectivity and waxing nostalgic over perfectly objective times gone by. Or how about Howard Kurtz trotting out some of the tick tock on the MSNBC/Olbermann war.

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