You read this blog, presumably, so you already know that I’m a misanthropic agoraphobe. I don’t like calling strangers to tell them to vote and I certainly don’t like knocking on strangers’ doors and telling them who to vote for. But I did some phone-banking last night for a nearby Democratic Congressman, Dan Maffei, who …
Archives for September 2010
I’d rather have a plan on the new health exchanges than McDonald’s health insurance any day of the week
So the big Wall Street Journal article today is about fast-food giant, McDonald’s, threatening that new provisions in the Affordable Care Act will mean that they may need to dump healthcare coverage for thousands of employees. Here’s a handy table of exactly what sort of insurance McDonald’s provides: Here’s the WSJ: While many restaurants don’t …
Whatever Happened to the Vaunted Celtic Tiger
More trouble overseas: In a sweeping action meant to regain the confidence of jittery investors, the Irish government said Thursday that it expected to inject billions more euros into two of its largest banks, underscoring the extent to which they continued to jeopardize the country’s fiscal condition. Brian Lenihan, the Irish finance minister, said that …
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Alternate Reality
Not to step on Anne’s post on the same thing, but you really need to read the unabomber manifesto that Don Juan Dildo and the Love Boat Crew were following to realize how crazy our wingnuts are these days. They honestly thought this planned sexual assault was going to expose the “racism against white people …
It’s All Fun & Games Until Someone Loses An Election
… or a job. Well, to be fair, “[Isabel] Santa’s attorney, Christopher Markham, said even though Santa’s duties were taken away from her, she is still on the Project Veritas payroll.” As is James O’Keefe! And you thought the watercooler chats around your workplace were strained! Maureen O’Conner at Gawker phrased it nicely: Basically, “the …
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Crazy Carl Chronicles
Here’s the best video I could find of Carl Paladino threatening the New York Post’s State Editor, Fred Dicker, saying he’ll “take out” Dicker if Dicker sends his “goons” again to take photos of Paldino’s ten-year-old daughter, who was fathered by Paladino when he had an extramarital affair. Dicker was asking Paladino to provide some …
Requiem for Net Neutrality
Unable to get support for even a watered-down version of net neutrality, Henry Waxman throws in the towel entirely. This is probably good news, since it allows the FCC to attempt some rulemaking on net neutrality, which many analysts believe they have the right to do. I’d rather see the FCC take another crack at …