Sunday, March 27, 2011

Last Call

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I like Brad DeLong's term referring to the Reagan/Bush and Dubya economic teams as "budget arsonists".  He's used the term...

The Badger Awakens, Part 4

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It looks like Gov. Scott Walker and his fellow Republicans in Wisconsin may be congratulating themselves a bit too early on having sidestep...

Zandar's Thought Of The Day

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Yes, the riots in England are pretty visceral .  They are however not shocking if you've been paying attention.  I want to highlight two...

This Week's WTH

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Aaaaand we start the week off early with this little slice of nonsense: (CNN) -- No stranger to controversy, U.S. retailer Abercrombie ...

Sad Day

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Today, I learned of two amazing women who are no longer with us.  First, a tremendous sadness at the passing of Geraldine Ferraro .  I was t...

Three Arab Countries Facing Protests, Three Different Outcomes

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As of today, protests continue in Bahrain, Yemen, and Syria with the opposition in those countries having differing levels of success.  In Y...

Land Of The Rising Core Temperature, Part 17

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Radiation leaking from Fukushima Daiichi reactor #2 is so bad now that workers have been evacuated from the control room area . Extremely ...
Saturday, March 26, 2011

Taxing America's Patience

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Boss Hogg can't help himself.  He has to lie about Obama and taxes .  It's ingrained into Republicans. Speaking in Des Moines, Iow...

How Dare They Say The Truth?

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The right is soiling itself in victimization over this Politico (natch) article portraying the "war against FOX News" by the most...

The Juicebox Mafia Is Loose

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Not sure what's more disturbing in this NY Times article on the new "young pundits" in DC: that the Times' Sridhar Pappu ...

Epic Win: Girl Scouts Edition

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PARMA, Ohio – The Girl Scouts were selling their cookies the old-fashioned way, pulling a creaky-wheeled red wagon laden with Thin Mints ...

Up In Smoke: Whoopi Style

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Whoopi Goldberg has admitted she was nervous the night of the Academy Awards.  She also says it is her habit to smoke a little pot, and that...

Land Of The Rising Core Temperature, Part 16

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Japanese radiation monitoring has gone crowdsourced as seawater radioactivity from the Fukushima Daiichi plant is reaching disturbing level...