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Owning It
Ultimately, Obama will decide what they, and the fossil fuel industry, get away with this time. And, at the same time, whether his previous coalition of Democrats and Independent swing voters will let him keep his job.
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David Boies knocks it into orbit re: the contraception mandate. http://t.co/eCD2jW5B
Plot of a Philip K. Dick novel! RT @BoingBoing: English plainclothes police officer follows himself for 20 minutes http://t.co/IJ5YnYuX
Wait. What? RT @toddzwillich: Sen GOP Ldr McConnell: "I can tell you who is obstructing the Senate. It's the majority."
I believe in the separation of Death and State.
RT @timoreilly: How Hollywood could kill movie piracy http://t.co/V1o3TOtG (and how they eventually will, if they ever get enough ...
I was dreaming of the past and my heart was beating fast.
OUCH. RT @pollreport: NEW HAMPSHIRE #2012 Obama 50% / Romney 40% ...
So Romney just got endorsed by the guy who made the words "You're Fired" a catch-phrase. Brilliant.
Why on earth does anyone care what Donald Trump thinks about anything?
WTF? flying robot scorpions!?http://t.co/n4N6mr9u
If Obama is reelected, the Republicans will block every 2nd term initiative, running out the clock, calling POTUS a ...
I can see it now: Obama gets reelected on Nov. 6 and the next day is declared a lame duck ...
This thing is not quite over yet: Newt, Mitt, Santorum bunched together in Ohio and Missouri polling. But who's got ...
Does a world exist in which a President Romney is fighting Newt Gringrich in 2014?
Does a world exist in which a President Romney is fighting Newt Gringrich in 2014?
Someone will have point out that the "link" between lower taxes on investment income and job creation is, well, crap.
Someone will have point out that the "link" between lower taxes on investment income and job creation is, well, crap.
Someone will have point out that the "link" between lower taxes on investment income and job creation is, well, crap.
Is there really a Gingrich wing of the Republican party? Or does the tea party still call the shots?
Is there really a Gingrich wing of the Republican party? Or does the tea party still call the shots?
Internet Spiders Conquer the Galaxy
What this means is that pretty much everything that y’all are searching for on Google, et. al., now has a story on HuffPo associated with it because, I don’t know, it’s how you build traffic.
The Final Abandonment of Gaza: Once again, the people get screwed by their “leaders”
Those who want to strengthen the parties of peace have a choice to make: Recognizing Hamas would signal that the Palestinian Authority could no longer claim to represent the people of Gaza. It would signal that the world is willing to work with a bully, with a group refusing to commit—even rhetorically—to the cause of peace, that it has given up on a better life for the Palestinians of Gaza.
Touchstones
I’m afraid that TPM writer Brian Beutler’s “Biggest Challenge” piece is actually more “noise” than “touchstone” as David Kurtz calls it. It is absolutely the left-of-center CW that Obama should not have parroted GOP fiscal rhetoric, particularly on the debt. I hear it every day. It is, no doubt, true. The trouble with the “touchstone” [...]
OK, I get it: There’s no crying in baseball. But…
Some say that while the umpire Jim Joyce (any relation…?) blew the call and robbed the Detroit Tigers’ Armando Galarraga of a rare a perfect game, the two of them later provided a rare display of sportsmanship and class — with Joyce apologizing to the kid and the kid forgiving him. Some might even say [...]
Internet Spiders Conquer the Galaxy
What this means is that pretty much everything that y’all are searching for on Google, et. al., now has a story on HuffPo associated with it because, I don’t know, it’s how you build traffic.
The “End Bribery of Congress” Amendment and How to Pass It (Despite Congress)
Here’s how people could enact this amendment despite Congress’ hesitation to restrict the ready flow of cash into their campaign coffers.
David Boies knocks it into orb…
David Boies knocks it into orbit re: the contraception mandate. http://t.co/eCD2jW5B
The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, “I’m from BP and I’m here to help you.”
For nearly 50 years, it has been an article of faith and dogma that Reagan’s words were the truth: “The 9 most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’ ” Well, those days are gone. We live in an age when private industry has been handed [...]
Government of, by, and for the shareholders? No way, baby!
Once upon a time, we actually had government by the shareholders. That’s basically what our country was back in 1789: white property owners had the right to vote. No one else did. That was wrong and, over time, we extended the vote to most everyone else. Now they want to turn back the clock to 1789.
What’s gushing up from the BP well equals the daily amount of oil used by cities the size of St. Louis or Minneapolis.
Odds and sods about oil disasters.
Interesting Game Of Who Does The Least
This bugs me. The GOP/T-Baggers have been crying about the “radical” agenda of the evil Obama/Pelosi Kommunist Kabal, and have been doing everything in their power to stop it, ie. filibustering everything in sight. The Dems, for their part, have made their frustration with the obstructionist Repubican’ts palpable, yet at the same time boast how [...]
(Another) New Facebook Layout Is Out
…and I am apparently one of the guinea pigs who got it early. Lucky me?
