April 2012
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pantslessprogressive:
“There’s a lot of anger, but people don’t know what they’re angry about. You know, from the end of the Vietnam War all the way up to 9/11, for the most part everyone was fat, dumb and happy. Then 9/11 happened and shattered all that. People became scared and anxious and out of control. They’d go to Wal-Mart and realize that everything they’ve been buying says ‘Made in...
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“It is crucial that the lawmakers in Washington, D.C., understand that the...”
– Dr. Reese Halter
“Listening to Occupy the SEC discuss Volcker, you would have thought that a few...”
– Occupy the regulatory system! - The Washington Post (via firthofforth)
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“We understand the values of mainstream journalists, including the effort to...”
– Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein: Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.
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A career first for me: Having a client’s op-ed censored away by the government of China. You can read it here.
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Newt's campaign over? Reports suggest Gingrich...
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cause Facing an array of issues that suggested he didn’t have a shot — tons of campaign debt, unorthodox fundraising and media coverage that focused almost entirely on Mitt, Newt banked his hopes in last night’s primaries on Delaware — and didn’t win anything at all.
effect Now, nearly a month after more realistic competitor Rick Santorum did the same thing, Newt is planning to...
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“I’m not a pollster. I don’t know if the American people want to hear...”
– Ezra Klein: Vote for Romney. He loves America.
There’s little correlation between a group’s... →
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“Should doctors really have to follow drug prices like market analysts in order...”
– Daniel J. Stone, who practices internal medicine and geriatrics in Beverly Hills, explains what free-market healthcare would be like.
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“My chief beef is not simply that the girls in Girls are white. I’m a white...”
– Jenna Wortham on the new HBO series Girls
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If Health Insurance Mandates Are Unconstitutional,... →
The founding fathers, it turns out, passed several mandates of their own. In 1790, the very first Congress—which incidentally included 20 framers—passed a law that included a mandate: namely, a requirement that ship owners buy medical insurance for their seamen. This law was then signed by another framer: President George Washington. That’s right, the father of our country had no difficulty...
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The Newt Gingrich campaign’s donor list is up for rent — and I’m only half joking when I say we progressives should start raising funds to use it for one big, epic practical joke. How much would you pay to create shame and indignity among all his funders?
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I love reading about how anarchists, who endorse government so small it is non-existent, are left-wing. Just kidding! It’s infuriating.
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climateadaptation replied to your link: Cathy Samford, Texas Teacher, Fired For Out-Of-Wedlock Pregnancy is it a private school? or a religious org? i bet it is, and they can do whatever they want.
Yes, it’s both a private school and a religious institution. I don’t know whether or not her firing would hold up under legal scrutiny. On one hand, maybe federal and state employment...
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Cathy Samford, Texas Teacher, Fired For... →
Take a moment and signal-boost this.
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Doing My Taxes Like Paul Ryan Does his “Budget” →
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A journalism-free news media →
“You don’t need reporting skills to thrive in the news today. All you need is…” and that’s when I clicked Close Tab. It’s exactly the kind of media trolling The Atlantic wrote about last month.
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“[You could argue that] money is more important for men.”
– Republican Glenn Grothman, on why Wisconsin Republicans supported repealing the state’s equal pay law. (via wisconsinforward)
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Politico:
“I think it should be Sarah Palin,” McCain said on CBS as he broke into laughter, when asked about Palin’s suggestion Tuesday night that the eventual presidential nominee should “go rogue” in their VP selection.
Asked by the laughing hosts of “This Morning” whether he had spoken to Palin about this, the Arizona senator said, “No, I haven’t.”
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Everything that is good for the environment is a... →
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On one hand, credible threats of terrorism, like today’s, are sometimes newsworthy and merit coverage.
On the other, terrorism is essentially a publicity stunt. The primary channel that terrorists use to get their threats of violence, intimidation, and destruction to the masses is the mass media — and coverage of “terrorist threats” give terrorists exactly what...
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Michelle Dean: Regarding Betty's... →
“The Supreme Court on Monday ruled by a 5-to-4 vote that officials may...”
– New York Times: Justices Approve Strip-Searches for Any Offense Racial Profiling. I fixed the headline for them.
“The reason Safer isn’t able to have what he calls “an aesthetic experience” with...”
– Jerry Saltz on Morley Safer’s Facile 60 Minutes Art-World Screed — Vulture (via felixsalmon)
