Author Archives: Matt Osborne

About Matt Osborne

Veteran blogging the culture wars from Alabama. Video journalist, mash-up artist, aspiring novelist, and metalhead. Expect bunnies, geekery, dark humor, and snarky empirical analysis to annoy idealists of all stripes. You can follow me on Twitter, but be ready 'cause it might get loud.

Honey, I Found the Voter Registration Fraud

There is a dire psychological projection to the fraudulent war on fraudulent voting. Because the actual, real, not-imaginary examples of systematic voter registration fraud always bear a Republican stamp. Brad Friedman has the details: The head of a firm which … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: Climate Feedback

Researchers at the University of Alaska at Fairbanks (UAF) have found melting permafrost releasing methane into the atmosphere: Using aerial and ground-based surveys, the team identified about 150,000 methane seeps in Alaska and Greenland in lakes along the margins of ice cover. … Continue reading

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Age of Uncertainty: Lenin and the Great Ungluing

Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith’s 1977 television series about economics, history and politics continues.

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This is a Primary Boycott

While I disagree vehemently with the view presented herein, this video is a perfect example of free speech as applied in a boycott. Do this to Rush Limbaugh’s sponsors, however, and you may be accused of un-American behavior.

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Nick Hanauer is Free

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Morning Awful: Libertarians

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Morning Awful: Free Nick Hanauer

So CEO, author, and venture capitalist Nick Hanauer apparently gave a TED talk on income inequality that isn’t being posted yet. National Journal reports on a hot potato: Hanauer’s talk “probably ranks as one of the most politically controversial talks … Continue reading

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Obama Nails Marriage Equality

I love having an articulate president.

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Morning Awful: Boehner is Bad at His Job

At some point, it must become patently clear to the Beltway that John Boehner really is bad at his job. Brian Beutler reports: In remarks at the 2012 Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Boehner will erect the same requirements for raising … Continue reading

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Morning Awful: AZ Fits Big Government for a Womb

The War on Women is an ugly phrase for an ugly side of teapublicanism. As I keep saying, the tea tide has been the end stage of Goldwater Republicanism, which has always been dissonant on family planning. In Arizona, a … Continue reading

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Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets

Last week at the Guardian, Suzanne Goldenberg reported on an emerging right wing effort to attack the wind energy sector. ALEC, Americans For Prosperity, and a newer outfit called the American Tradition Institute (really!) have been propagandizing against wind power … Continue reading

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