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Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 9:35 pm
I can't remember if I tweeted you this link but it's to an article by a Professor of Moral Theology at the Jesuit Marquette University. I h...Re: Republicans Hand Democrats a Wedge Issue to Counter Abortion
02/09/12 8:26 pm
The six Republican Senators who sponsored the contraception mandate consist of two women who now have Stockholm Syndrome, a man who was driv...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 11:14 am
The essence of culture war is a marching-backwards. Glenn Beck made "Leave it to Beaver" noises because his target audience is cognitively s...Re: Morning Awful: Catholic Birth Control Contention
02/08/12 10:51 am
Notice how a lot of so-called liberal Catholic MEN, like E J Dionne and Chris Matthews, are making this all about religious freedom. Bullpuc...Re: The Tea Party is Only as ‘Dead’ as Conservatism
02/08/12 10:46 am
I was six years old and in parochial school when John Kennedy ran for President. I remember my parents and family being pleased when he won,...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/08/12 2:15 am
You've seen them before at the 2009 G-20 meeting and the Battle of Seattle in 1999.Re: Morning Awful: Regressive South Carolina
02/07/12 3:17 pm
It takes an advanced degree in cognitive dissonance to deny these laws have any object other than making it harder for minorities & the ...Re: Chris Hedges on the Black Bloc “Cancer” in Occupy (but not in Anonymous)
02/07/12 7:07 am
I checked out on OWS months ago so I never heard of Black Bloc. Wow. Good to know.Re: Most Precise Bombing Campaign Ever
02/06/12 8:43 am
Applause for a simply-stated version of my own mind.
Category Archives: BP oil spill
Macondo Fiasco
“Systemic management problems” at private companies and ineffective federal oversight caused the Macondo blowout: “The blowout was not the product of a series of aberrational decisions made by rogue industry or government officials that could not have been anticipated or … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Louisiana Fish Kills
They even found a dead whale in this one: More reports here and here; also, tar patties wash ashore here and here. It’s not over.
Just Like Bush, Part MMXCLIV
Quite the opposite of Reagan’s philosophy, Katrina proved that Americans are most afraid when their government is NOT there to help. So I took notice of this White House press release on oil spill claims in the SBA disaster response … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Oil Under The Beach
Via Cesca: According to WVUE correspondent John Snell, local officials dispatched a dive team to a barrier island off of southeastern Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish to scan the sea floor for oil. The team, however, could barely see the sea floor, … Continue reading
UNF–KTHEGULF.COM (Open Thread)
Marketing genius: I want to visit the bloody Gulf with my bloody camera but I have no air-conditioned car. It wouldn’t be a problem but for my intrepid cameragrrl*,who does not do well in heat. Because the car is hurting, … Continue reading
BP to Obama: Check “In The Mail”
BP may have fired its CEO, but the president still has to wrestle the beast. BP PLC has failed to deposit any money into the $20 billion fund it promised to create: BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Ken Feinberg said … Continue reading
Wrong Units
“Greenscare” is the practice of pushing talking points that sound green, but are actually Malthusian fearmongery. From the UK Independent, a study in greenscare: A special report entitled “Where water meets watts” from the international organization the Institute of Electrical … Continue reading
BP, Government Block Press from Reporting Their “Ballet at Sea”
Flickr Photo by kk+ By Kevin Gostola “As high tourist season approaches, there will be people who ‘come on down to Alabama’ regardless of the oil spill. A delicate balance between preparation for the worst and the pleasure of tourists … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Genocide At Bikini Bottom
I think I did it better, but this is still pretty good.
Stretching To Blame Government
It seems I am the only letter-writer my local newspaper has ever fact-checked. This is classic Alabama wingnut run rampant: First, I will confess I am not an oil driller, but I was trained as a physicist and have some … Continue reading
