Monthly Archives: August 2011

Are these facts truly of equal importance? The Hill: Can Bachmann beat Obama?

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Kate

“If electability is one challenge for Bachmann, another is her tendency to put her foot in her mouth, misstating everything from the location of key Revolutionary War battles to the date of Elvis Presley’s birthday.” http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/177889-can-bachmann-beat-obama oh:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/michele-bachmanns-elvis-birthday_n_928454.html I guess … Continue reading →

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Tom Toles on redistricting

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Kate

http://www.gocomics.com/tomtoles/2011/08/23/

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Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age by Larry M Bartels

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Kate

Have any of you read this? Sorry I can’t offer you my personal review: I saw this today among a stack of books Pres. Obama’s read since winning (?) the White House:  http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/14/obama-s-book-club.html This book appears to contain just the ammo we’ll need going into … Continue reading →

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Looks Like the Stimulus Worked After All (MoJo)

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Kate

http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/08/it-looks-stimulus-worked-after-all

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Andy Borowitz – Manufacturers of Downward Arrows Post Record Profits

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Kate

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 →

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Ben Sargent on Rick Perry – can you tell Ben’s from Texas?

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Kate

http://www.gocomics.com/bensargent/?utm_source=GoComics&utm_medium=free_email&utm_campaign=user_comic

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Interesting article on Harvard Business Review’s blog: Does Standard & Poor’s Deserve a Downgrade?

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Kate

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 →

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on the 66th Anniversary of the Bombing of Hiroshima

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Kate

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?

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Kate

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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