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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: stimulus bill
Morning Awful: Highway Hackery
Warning: this may give you whiplash. In 2009, the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act was too big, but in 2011 it was too small. Really! The background: House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) nixed any hope of … Continue reading
Let’s Hate The Game AND The Players
Ezra Klein’s article is here. Vote list is here. I’m about ready to say “fuck the whole Senate while we’re at it,” but baby steps. (CLICK TO EMBIGGEN) Magic Love Hose makes comics for OsborneInk.com. He lives in Canada where … Continue reading
Companies Hoarding Cash
The supply-side gospel is dead — profoundly, utterly debunked by empirical reality — but refuses to shut up. Not only are the wealthiest Americans hoarding trillions of dollars rather than investing, Nonfinancial companies are sitting on $1.8 trillion in cash, … Continue reading
Meme of the Month
Job losses can be “W” shaped. Hopefully, this president can manage a “V”-shaped recession with jobs bills. The proof is in the pudding and the chart is showing up as Facebook and Twitter icons.
Reid Stiffens, Divides His Forces
Reporting for HuffPo, Ryan Grim describes the new Harry Reid. After doing away with Baucus’s horrible Finance Committee jobs bill, Reid explained: The new bill drops disaster assistance and extensions of unemployment insurance and COBRA health-insurance subsidies, all Democratic priorities … Continue reading
ABC Versus the Prius
So there are ABC affiliates losing ad revenue from Toyota dealers upset with “excessive network coverage” of the Prius being added to the recall? I guess that goes to prove two things: (1) car companies make mistakes and (2) ABC … Continue reading
Wind Power
From the AP via HuffPo, we learn that the stimulus bill has produced a huge expansion in the wind energy sector: According to Whitehouse.gov, the release of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) 4th Quarter 2009 industry assessment(PDF) indicates that … Continue reading
Where Are the Stimulus Jobs?!
Actually, they’re right here: WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of jobs created or saved by infrastructure projects funded by the U.S. economic stimulus plan more than doubled in June from May, according to a report released Tuesday by a House … Continue reading
The Stimulus Trap
Now that federal stimulus money is actually starting to flow, what do state governors think about it? The Associated Press asked them: BILOXI, Miss. – A bipartisan group of governors said Saturday that the federal stimulus package helped states avoid … Continue reading
Sanford’s Great Escape (UPDATE)
South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford hasn’t been seen since last Thursday. After much to-do and speculation, his office said he was hiking the Appalachian Trail and didn’t wish to be disturbed. That only brought further ballyhooing from some who pointed … Continue reading
