No Country For Clean Coal

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The Reality Campaign has lured the Coen Brothers into making a commercial to mock the whole idea of "clean coal": [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFJVbdiMgfM[/youtube] Their signature dry (and quirky) humor is on full…

The Stickup Note

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On Friday, NPR aired a longish segment (almost 8 minutes) of reporting on bank bailouts via a research note set out by a Deutsche Bank economist: A single piece of…

Burger King Backs Off EFCA Support

With a little help from this: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABI2dwbQMQ[/youtube] From the SEIU announcement: (From BKC's response - Ed.) "Burger King Corp. (BKC) believes unions serve a purpose in some workplaces and a…

GOP Hates Earmarks?

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Except the ones they add, of course. Surprised? McClatchy reports that the GOP members of Congress are responsible for about 40% of the earmarks on the omnibus spending bill making…