Figured the last one was getting full.
Archives for February 2011
Oscars Open Thread
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Scenes from the Revoluton
A commenter sends by this picture from the Harrisburg rally yesterday: I read on FDL that there were 70-100k people at Madison, until the cops came and… JOINED THE RALLY! That’s a pretty good turnout, so well done, Wisconsin. BTW- having spent some time in Madison last year, it is uniquely constructed to be perfect …
NIXONLAND, Week 5: “The Bombing” & “Summer of Love”
By the beginning of 1967, the war in Vietnam had ended America’s ‘consensus’ for good. Is there a word that means the opposite of nostalgia — something to describe the acrid taste at the back of one’s tongue when confronted with a vivid retelling of events recalled with loathing? Although, since I was too young …
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BECAUSE UNION BUSTING IS THE PLAN
Please make it stop. Sullivan looks at poll data and finds the public supports the union concessions, but not ending collective bargaining, and wonders: “Why doesn’t Walker concede on collective bargaining, declare victory and move on?” Because union busting is the plan, has been from the get go, and we are dealing with crazy people. …
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Chris Christie is the latest Galtian “it” boy. He got there by being loud, rude and factually challenged–but with a Jersey swagger. And like the other rising stars of wingnutopia, he is racing to make his bones by selling the idea that working people–especially teachers–are greedy little bastards who need to give back most of …
Everything You Wanted to Know About Radioactive Wastewater
And how gas drillers are dumping it in your sewage treatment plants, where they are completely unprepared to handle it, and simply pass on all the toxic water for you all to drink. Pennsylvania’s response, as we have noted, was to suspend regulations. That way we can play a solid game of hoocoodanode later on. …
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