January 2012
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“Ms. Bosanek, who is Warren Buffett’s secretary, will be joining Michelle Obama...”
– NY Times (via afternoonsnoozebutton)
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“When Newt Gingrich isn’t on the attack, he isn’t any good.”
– Howard Fineman
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No one today infringed on Rand Paul's liberty to... →
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Congratulations to Newt Gingrich! Winning the South Carolina primary is like being the richest guy in the shelter.
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Fact: Newt Gingrich treats women like they are property.
Suspicion: So perhaps we can find his ex-wives listed as depreciating assets on the tax returns he disclosed during the debate. Does anyone seriously think he’s a decent-enough person to not do this?
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HAY RICK SANTORUM: No one would even want a free market for healthcare.
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Things that actually exist: an iPad for communists.
The RedPad was built especially for Communist Party members and enthusiasts. It will compete against foreign brands while catering to the tech needs of the country’s bureaucrats and government workers. … An online survey conducted by China’s 91wenwen.net found that people believe the tablet would be a “symbol of privilege,” as translated...
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mauricecherry:
Legitimate vs. No Real Purpose
From Sen. Patrick Leahy, one of the co-authors of PIPA (bolding mine):
“The PROTECT IP Act will not affect Wikipedia, will not affect Reddit, and will not affect any website that has any legitimate use. A foreign rogue website is clearly defined as one that has no real purpose other than infringement. Theft and fraud on this scale undermines...
The Callus: Newt Gingrich Is Toast →
thecallus:
Loathsome soon-to-be-ex-candidate troll’s campaign ends tonight. There is dirty laundry in everyone’s past. For Romney it’s Bain. For Perry it was all the huffing (kidding!). For Santorum it’s the violently evangelical background. Newt leaves them smelling like linen at the Four Seasons. This…
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softerthanstarlight:
Democrats in Wisconsin collected 1,000,000 signatures to recall Governor Walker. He received 1,128,941 votes in 2010. Absolutely incredible.
Why I am learning to code and you should, too →
It’s time Americans begin treating computer code the way we do the alphabet or arithmetic. Code is the stuff that makes computer programs work — the list of commands that tells a word processor, a website, a video game, or an airplane navigation system what to do. That’s all software is: lines of code, written by people.
We are socializing, working, consuming, and living in a world...
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Romney Says His Effective Tax Rate Is ‘Probably’... →
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Why Publishers Are About to Go Data Crazy →
If you saw “Page One,” the documentary about The New York Times, you might remember several scenes where editors sat around a big table discussing what stories should make the front page for the next day’s paper.
It’s almost comical, looking forward to 2012, to think of a newsroom going purely off of gut and intuition when making those decisions.
Next year, these...
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We’re drowning in data, but few reporters know how... →
The story was already great, even before Daniel Gilbert opened his first spreadsheet. Thousands of citizens in the southern Virginia area Gilbert covered for the Bristol Herald Courier (daily circulation: 30,000) had leased their mineral rights to oil and gas companies in exchange for royalties. Twenty years later, they alleged, the companies had not paid, adding up to potentially millions of...
Half of CEOs surveyed say they are lonely →
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I want to take a course on data journalism. Any recommendations, Tumblrs?
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Libertarians : Regulation :: Six-Year-Olds : Bedtime
New study: Lesbian households produce a child... →
Edit: Study is no longer new, but is once again newsworthy, given the tenor of presidential campaigns.
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Mitt Romney's Party-First Agenda
Jon Huntsman: “I was criticized last night by Governor Romney for putting my country first. … He criticized me while he was out raising money for serving my country in China. Yes, under a Democrat. Like my two sons are doing in the United States Navy. They’re not asking what political affiliation the president is. I want to be very clear with the people here in New Hampshire and...
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Daily Caller: Paul campaign volunteers in NH forced to sign nondisclosure agreements
Ron Paul’s presidential campaign makes some of its volunteers, or “interns,” sign nondisclosure forms and instructs them not talk to the press, The Daily Caller has learned.
On Friday, TheDC went looking for some of the hundreds of Paul supporters who turned out to hear the Texas Congressman speak at an...
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Did MSNBC finally fire "Plantation" Pat Buchanan? →
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New thing of the day: “Fundrace makes it easy to search by name or location to see which candidates or political parties your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors are contributing to. Or you can see if your favorite celebrity is putting money where their mouth is and who America’s big companies are backing.”
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“I support President Obama’s appointment today of Richard Cordray to head...”
– Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA), seemingly aligning himself with president Obama. Somewhere, a roomful of GOPers are pretty pissed right now.
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jasencomstock:
So why do you hate Ron Paul?
Alternatively, why do you think he is not electable?
I dislike Paul because he is an inflexible ideologue.
It is best for everyone if heads of state are curious and inquisitive about the world around them. Paul has co-sponsored but one eventual law during his 11 terms as a lawmaker (“lawmaker”) and has been beating the same tired...
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AP: In a defiant display of executive power,... →
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“Transportation isn’t one of those issues on the forefront of people’s minds....”
– Dan Holler, communications director for Heritage Action. Holler is wrong. Transportation funding isn’t getting play among Republican candidates because it’s terribly inconvenient for them to talk about, not because it’s boring. Most everyone goes places. Daily Kos says it better:...
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Why does it matter who wins Iowa? →
The Iowa caucuses award about one percent of the nation’s delegates. That’s not nothing, but it’s not much.
The real answer is both widely known and difficult to discuss. Winning Iowa matters because the outcome in Iowa governs the subsequent actions of the political media and party elites. And it matters for them because, as Jonathan Bernstein puts it, “What Iowa does...
Seven Economic Policy Goals for Progressives in... →
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“Certainly there are millions of people that would like to see me do...”
– Donald Trump. I, for one, agree. I’d love to see The Donald do something. Specifically, shut the hell up about matters of politics and go back to the comfort of reality television.
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Michael Jackson, Man in the Mirror.
This is the...
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2012 is here
kfadich:
So here’s to a new year of fighting to change the world.
Let’s educate our people rather than legislate our people.
Let’s love everyone as they come to us, rather than determining that someone is not worthy of love and compassion because they have a label you don’t like.
Let’s realize that we need to work together to save our planet rather than thinking we can leave it until...
December 2011
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“[H]e’s not against war.”
– Ron Paul’s senior adviser.