Think Progress has the list of ten disastrous policies the Wisconsin GOP are following, and they are the usual GOP slash and burn, for the most part. One, however, did catch my eye: In late January, Walker introduced a bill that would ban wind-powered energy from Wisconsin and exacerbate the state’s dependence on out-of-state coal. …
Archives for February 2011
Psy-Ops
Glenn Greenwald has a good round-up of the media pushback against the latest Rolling Stone article by Michael Hastings, which alleges that Lt. Gen. William Caldwell tried to use psy-ops against VIPs such as Senators and Congressmen. Most of what he finds is anonymously-sourced smears by the WSJ and MSNBC as the millitary fights back. …
Open Thread
This is genius- cats quoting Charlie Sheen. (via the comments but I’m too lazy to look to find out who exactly posted this)
Open Thread: “Not One of Us”
Either Dana Milbank has decided that there’s more of a future outside the Media Village bubble than in, or else Scott ‘Busted for Koch-Sucking” Walker has rushed his narrow pink arse a little too far out in front of the conventional wisdom. Milbank saved his piece on “Scott Walker’s unprincipled rigidity” for the big Sunday …
Late Night Open Thread: Castoff Carnivores
From the WSJ, “Circus Animals Find a Home on Colorado Range“: 50-year-old former high-school math teacher Pat Craig… shares his three-bedroom house here on the plains of eastern Colorado with 13 dogs, five cats and three parrots. __ He has other creatures in his backyard: three packs of wolves, 66 black bears, 13 grizzly bears, …
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I’d Happily Take Some of That ‘Decline’
Fascinating piece from one of James Fallows’ guest bloggers at the Atlantic. Eamonn Fingleton discusses “The Myth of Japan’s ‘Lost Decades‘”: Question 1: Given that Japan’s current account surplus (the widest and most meaningful measure of its trade) totaled $36 billion in 1990, what was it in 2010: (a) $18 billion; (b) $41 billion; or …
Open Thread
Not sure what I am going to do tonight. Supposed to go to a Mardi Gras party, but the thought of being hungover tomorrow sounds like no fun, and the thought of going to a Mardi Gras party and being surrounded by drunks while I am sober sounds worse, so I think I will simply …