__ Best wishes and stout companions to all attending today’s solidarity rallies, and condolences to those kept away by inclement weather and the myriad other irritations of daily life. __ As a reminder, this week’s book discussion of NIXONLAND involves Chapters Eight and Nine, a mere thirty pages. Come join the conversation Sunday at 4pm …
Archives for February 2011
My flight was cancelled because Al Gore is fat
I won’t be at the solidarity rally tomorrow after all because I got snowed in up here in fly-over country. So I thought I’d do a post of two unrelated items lacking the sturm und drang of most of the week’s topics. 1. Why isn’t this detail from Ian Murphy’s epic prank call getting more …
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The Air Up There
Well done, Pennsylvania: Just a week after repealing a policy requiring an environmental assessment of Marcellus Shale gas well permit proposals in state parks, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced it is suspending and reconsidering key air pollution controls governing the drilling industry. The latest policy changes, detailed in today’s Pennsylvania Bulletin where …
Reality Has A Well-Known Liberal Bias, Wisconsin Edition
I know that probably everything below is obvious to this audience and/or already presented better by someone else here, but anyway: following up John’s post on the deliberate deception behind the “contribute more” demand of public service workers in Wisconsin, here’s some inconvenient data. The shorter: public service workers are not overpaid. Not even a …
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Bring it on
I’m less and less convinced that Boehner wants the craziness to go too far and I’ll bet you anything he’s not listening to Newt. Anyway, this is nuts: “I believe the Republicans next week should pass a resolution instructing the president to enforce the law and to obey his own constitutional oath, and they should …
Another Open Thread
The problem with having this many talented front pagers is every time I want to write something, someone else has already posted about it. I need to get a damned blog. On the other hand, this does allow me the opportunity to discuss fun stuff. For example, has anyone played the Rift beta? Describe it, …
Louis CK to Donald Rumsfeld: “Are you a lizard?”
Best interview with Rummy in the history of the land. “Is he a lizard? Is Dick Cheney a lizard? Have they eaten any Mexican babies? Have they eaten any human beings?” WIN.
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