I ran across news of a minor skirmish in the war to save/destroy America, but I guess it’s worth transmitting, since this time the good guys won. Believe it or not, a united House Republican caucus failed in their bid to save ordinary Americans from the tyranny of efficient light bulbs. With this vote, the …
Ah Well. Never Bet Against Applebee’s Salad Bars
I should know better. Yesterday I made the obvious error of suggesting that maybe, just maybe, David Brooks iz lerning. To be fair, I hedged a bit — but still, I suggested that we had at least the weekend before the essential BoBo-ness of the man reasserted itself. Wrong. As commenter MattH pointed out, it …
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Pigs Fly; Satan Cuts Ribbon on Hell’s Newest Ski Lift…
…and Bobo makes sense. …in the middle of this golden age of behavioral research, there is a bill working through Congress that would eliminate the National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. This is exactly how budgets should not be balanced — by cutting cheap things that produce enormous future benefits …. …
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Dog Bites Man…Social Security Emo update
Per John and ABL yesterday, this: Rep. Barney Frank says Minority Leader Pelosi reassured House Democrats that the COLA change (which amounts to escalating cuts to Social Security over time) floated in the press will not happen. Democrats are far from perfect, still waaay to naive about GOPer feral behavior, and all that, but they …
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Truth In Advertising
Seeing as everyone else is posting pet pics with abandon, I thought I’d share the implications of living with a (fixed) tomcat with an attitude: Tikka is a mammal with honor, which basically means he gives you fair warning before he takes your arm off at the elbow. His usual targets/victims are those cat people …
Even When They’re Right, They’re Wrong
So, the banks, some of them, finally figure out that (some) loan modification is better than the alternative: Two of the nation’s biggest lenders, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, are quietly modifying loans for tens of thousands of borrowers who have not asked for help but whom the banks deem to be at special …
Because, Because…Soshalism, That’s Why!
Not much blogging to come (will anyone be able to tell the difference?–ed.) this week, as I’m writing this from Doha, Qatar, where the biennial World Conference of Science Journalists is about to begin. But as my body adjusts to the eight hour time difference, I chanced across this piece in The New York Times, …
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