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Looks Like the Stimulus Worked After All (MoJo)
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/08/it-looks-stimulus-worked-after-all
Posted in Political News - National
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Andy Borowitz – Manufacturers of Downward Arrows Post Record Profits
subtitled “Rare Bright Spot on Wall Street” NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report) – In what stock market analysts are pointing to as a rare bright spot in an otherwise gloomy period for Wall Street, manufacturers of downward arrows posted record … Continue reading
Posted in Humor/Satire, Political News - National
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Ben Sargent on Rick Perry – can you tell Ben’s from Texas?
http://www.gocomics.com/bensargent/?utm_source=GoComics&utm_medium=free_email&utm_campaign=user_comic
Interesting article on Harvard Business Review’s blog: Does Standard & Poor’s Deserve a Downgrade?
http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/08/does_standard_poors_deserve_a.html?cm_sp=most_widget-_-default-_-Does%20Standard%20%26%20Poor’s%20Deserve%20a%20Downgrade%3F about 2/3 down the page you’ll come to : We must separate the risk of politicians acting childishly (extremely high) from the risk of the United States actually defaulting on its debt (extremely low). Ironically, the political gridlock that … Continue reading
on the 66th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/08/05/1003546/-On-the-Sixty-Sixth-Anniversary-of-the-Bombing-of-Hiroshima?via=siderecent Although many others could be cited, here, finally, is the statement of another conservative, a man who was a close friend of President Truman’s, his Chief of Staff (as well as President Roosevelt’s Chief of Staff), and the five … Continue reading
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Have you watched/listened to the Scott Walker blues?
pretty damn inspiring: http://vimeo.com/27163437 (linked from Daily Kos) great signage: were those cows in solidarity? and LOVED the sail . . .
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Proof that Citizens United undermines the democratic process: hedge funds & private equity firms are more vocally represented than voting citizens
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-cantor-hedge-funds-and-private-equity-firms-have-voice-at-debt-ceiling-negotiations/2011/07/22/gIQAZYNVYI_story.html As the debt ceiling talks tick down to the Aug. 2 deadline, leading the opposition to any deal that includes higher taxes is the new tribune of rank and file House Republicans: Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia. . … Continue reading
when I signed the Stop Anti-Gay Bullying in Anoka-Hennepin, MN on change.org I didn’t realize it referred to Michele Bachmann’s district
http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-anti-gay-bullying-in-anoka-hennepin-mn http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/07/michele-bachmann-teen-suicide “Throughout all of this, Bachmann has remained uncharacteristically quiet. Her office did not respond to a request for comment. But she is on the record opposing anti-bullying legislation. In 2006, Bachmann attended a hearing on an anti-bullying bill … Continue reading
Truly “Missions Accomplished”
http://www.gocomics.com/danasummers/2011/07/22
Posted in Political News - DC
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