January 2012
Robert Reich: Why No Responsible Democrat Should... →
robertreich:
Independents, who will be key to the general election, are especially alarmed by Gingrich.
As they should be. It’s not just Newt’s weirdness. It’s also the stunning hypocrisy. His personal life makes a mockery of his moralistic bromides. He condemns Washington insiders but had a forty-year Washington career that ended with ethic violations. He fulminates against finance yet drew...
RNC Research: Three Years As President And It... →
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rncresearch:
Today, President Obama Will Travel To Michigan To Announce A Plan Focusing On The Costs Of Higher Education. “President Barack Obama will announce Friday a plan to shift some federal dollars away from colleges and universities that don’t control tuition costs and new competitions in higher…
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LOL. Obama is also the...
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Where Facebook go? I want to bore my friends with...
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“By the end of my second term, we will have the first permanent base on the moon...”
– Newt Gingrich, in Florida, to applause.
“Does that mean I’m visionary? You betcha,” he said.
You know, if he doesn’t win the nomination, he could always be Space Czar in a Romney or Santorum administration. You know whose administration definitely wouldn’t have a Space Czar?
This guy:
So … if...
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Rules of American justice: a tale of three cases →
laliberty:
I highly recommend clicking above to read Greenwald’s three cases, but here’s the takeaway:
The Rules of American Justice are quite clear:
(1) If you are a high-ranking government official who commits war crimes, you will receive full-scale immunity, both civil and criminal, and will have the American President demand that all citizens Look Forward, Not Backward.
(2) If you are a...
“Since 2009, some economists have insisted that the stimulus was too small. White...”
– Barack Obama, Post-Partisan, Meets Washington Gridlock : The New Yorker
Although Lizza may rely too much on memoranda, the entire article is fascinating.
(via jeffmiller)
“The normalization of prison rape - like eighteenth-century japery about watching...”
– Adam Gopnik, The Caging of America (via theshipthatflew)
Watchstfuconservatives:
kileyrae:
Conservative columnist David Frum, who was speechwriter for former President George W. Bush, blasted Fox News on Sunday for creating an “alternative knowledge system.”
“These media institutions, they started as political projects. They started as ways to offer an alternative point of view on current events. They have become an important industry and so they see...
muppetpants:
I was going to make a snowtime mixtape for you all and then I realized nobody cares.
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FOX News: Newt Gingrich's three marriages mean he... →
jasencomstock:
“1) Three women have met Mr. Gingrich and been so moved by his emotional energy and intellect that they decided they wanted to spend the rest of their lives with him.
2) Two of these women felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married.
3 ) One of them felt this way even though Mr. Gingrich was already married for the second time, was not exactly her equal in...
Graf Zeppelin Polar Flight, 1931 →
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sloth unleashed: Libertarian Reluctantly Calls... →
stfuanarchocapitalists:
CHEYENNE, WY—After attempting to contain a living-room blaze started by a cigarette, card-carrying Libertarian Trent Jacobs reluctantly called the Cheyenne Fire Department Monday. “Although the community would do better to rely on an efficient, free-market…
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neil-gaiman:
Mr Gaiman and Mr...
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Heritage Foundation Study: Canada Is Freedomier... →
ilyagerner:
The interesting thing, besides the discovery that Heritage analysts are actually Canadian infiltrators (admitting that other people are better than you was the giveaway), is that many policy interventions that are controversial in the United States come standard in the high-ranking countries.
Hong Kong’s public healthcare system is still modeled on the Beveridge Plan that created...
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“I have to say, the last few days, it really does seem that the central claim of...”
– Ryan Lizza on Mitt Romney’s claims of job creation at Bain Capital, in this week’s Political Scene podcast (via newyorker)
Department of Justice weighs in on cell phones:... →
jonathan-cunningham:
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has urged a federal court to side with a Howard County man in a lawsuit over his cellphone being seized by Baltimore police at the Preakness Stakes after he filmed officers making an arrest. The federal attorneys say the lawsuit “presents constitutional questions of great moment in this digital age.” They asked U.S....
The Trunk: The Second Richest Man In the Country... →
jeffmiller:
Second richest man in the country: ”Everyone should have to pay more taxes. Increase tax rates please.”
Moderately wealthy congressmen: ”No. The last thing we need is a tax increase. It will hurt the economy. I don’t want to pay more taxes. If you want to, go ahead. Nothing is stopping you from…
You forgot where he offered McConnell three for one.
For some reason the...
The Vanishing Coastlines of South Florida →
oldflorida:
A brief explanation of what future generations will be facing in coastal areas with the possibility of climate changes. Encourage officials to lay the groundwork now to sort through the maze of land use regulations, water supply issues, and storm runoff.
Will it be easy to get someone to care about what might happen in 100 years?
No, but it’s not impossible.
