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Bullets for 12/30/2011

nathan — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:31:56 +0000

Are untapped natural gas reserves as expansive as the natural gas industry have us believe?
Ron Paul blamed AIDS patients for being victims of their own lifestyle in his 1987 book:

“The individual suffering from AIDS certainly is a victim — frequently a victim of his own lifestyle — but this same individual victimizes innocent citizens by forcing them to pay for his care,” Paul wrote.

Derek Thompson from the Atlantic examines the demographics of labor force drop outs.
Although the House of Representatives might not accurately represent their constituents on many issues, they at least seem to mimic the population on one: illegal downloading

Intermission

nathan — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 18:03:37 +0000

Things are going to be quiet around here for the rest of the week.

I’ll leave you all with this. It’s a bit dated, but like a fine wine…

Bullets 11/17/11

nathan — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:45:28 +0000

“All day, all week, Occupy Wall Street.” Liveblog on the New York Daily News website, by far the best coverage of the OWS Day of Action.

Timothy Egan calls out Newt Gingrich for his hypocrisy on Freddie Mac. Take away line: “In his latest incarnation, Gingrich poses as an outsider who will break up the Washington establishment — a scourge of the elites who feed off its culture of cronyism. But after 33 years in Washington, if Gingrich were any more embedded in the establishment, pigeons would be landing on his shoulder seeking the kind of relief normally accorded statues.”

A geographic analysis of where American leaders are born, made, and where they rule.

AND, probably the most pleasurable ride ever in the back seat of a police squad car.

Walking into Poles

nathan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:12:56 +0000

Social Insurance

nathan — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 14:40:31 +0000

Hendrik Hertzberg:

Semantic infiltration indeed. Democrats have enough sense not to call the inheritance tax the “death tax.” They should have enough sense not to say “entitlement programs” when they’re talking about is, precisely, social insurance.

links for October 22nd through October 26th

1115 — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:30:10 +0000

AP: Obama Fundraiser Defects to Clinton – Bob Farmer, who had served on Obama’s national finance committee, is now going “to help rival Hillary Rodham Clinton win the party’s presidential nomination”.
WaPo: FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA – Inspired, no doubt, by the success of a certain fake-news show, FEMA decides to hold a fake news conference. Look for them to be nominated for an Emmy next year.
Psychsound: A tale of two decisions (or, how the FBI gets you to confess) – The story of Abdallah Higazy, or “how we don’t torture people, we just threaten to have their family tortured by other countries”. With similarly reliable results, of course.
Tim Grieve (War Room): Huckabee: “I’ll stick with God” – Huckabee’s views on evolution have mysteriously … evolved. Maybe there’s an intelligent design underlying this recent evolution?
Larry Johnson: Valerie Plame Wilson and the Ultimate Betrayal – After Plame was outed, the FBI received intelligence that an al Qaeda hit team was en route to the U.S. to kill her. George Tenet refused to provide any protection.

links for October 11th through October 18th

1115 — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:30:08 +0000

WaPo: Taking a Whack Against Comcast – The inspiring tale of “75-year-old Mona “The Hammer” Shaw, who took the aforementioned implement to her local Comcast office in Manassas to settle a score, and boy, did she!” Guaranteed to warm the cockles of your heart. Coming soon as a Bob Dylan song.
Liberally Mirth: Top 25 Censored News Stories, 2008 – A manageable summary of Project Censored’s top 25 stories that were overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the MSM in 2006-2007. (Project Censored is a media research group out of Sonoma State University.)
The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY): McConnell versus truth – Mitch McConnell caught in a lie, and actually getting grief from the media. Only local media; NYT/WaPo have more important news to cover than a barefaced flatfooted lie by the Senate Minority Leader about a baseless hate-filled smear of a 12-year old.
Miami Herald: ‘High-value detainee’ finally meets with lawyer – Oh frabjous day, calloo, callay! “A lawyer was finally allowed to meet with a ‘high-value detainee,’ who has been in custody without charges for four years.” To keep us safe, they met in a tiny locked Gitmo room with the captive chained to the floor.
Think Progress: McConnell caught in a lie about SCHIP smear campaign – Lying. Does it come naturally to Republican leaders? Or do they put you through special seminars once you rise to your level of incompetence?
TPMmuckraker: Today’s Must Read – Condi Rice’s State Dept., doing what it does best — derailing and stonewalling investigations.
WaPo: Effort to Curb Illegal Workers’ Hiring Blocked – Judge to Bush and Chertoff: Next time, try to think a little first, maybe?

links for October 6th through October 9th

1115 — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:30:01 +0000

WaPo: Buyout Firms to Avoid a Tax Hike – Hedge fund managers, for no earthly reason, get to pay income tax at the capital gains tax rate (15% instead of 35%). This is a $6 billion tax break to very rich people. Dems just decided not to fight to repeal it. Viva Reid-Pelosi!
BBC: Disk technology takes Nobel Prize – The debasement of the Nobel Prize for Physics — now they give out Nobels for enabling the iPod? Look for this to be the most controversial Physics prize in years.
TPM: Have Mercy, Have Mercy! – Joe Scarborough manages to define the meaning of “having balls” by exhibiting what the complete opposite of that looks like. Hilarious!
AP: Federal Judge Stays War Objector Trial – The U.S. military — if at first they don’t succeed, they try, try, try again.
Paul Krugman: That is cool – Six short lines is all it takes to comprehensively remove Bush’s trousers.

links for October 3rd through October 5th

1115 — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 00:30:16 +0000

Time: Selective Justice in Alabama? – Just what the Republicans have been praying for. Another scandal involving selective prosecution of Democrats by U.S. Attorneys in the time of Gonzalez. And one that embroils a Republican senator up for reelection next year.
WCSH (Portland): National Guard Troops Denied Benefits After Longest Deployment Of Iraq War – Maybe this is how the fiscally responsible Bush administration is finding the money to pay Blackwater $445,000 per guard, by nickel-and-diming regular troops?
Jennifer Loven (AP): Bush Leaving Some Problems to Successors – How the buck — which is in free fall — is being passed to his successor.
BBC: ‘Gay bomb’ scoops Ig Nobel award – Full coverage, including list of all awards.
McClatchy: Bush veto strategy threatens Republicans – Unspinning the Bushie-tailed lies
War Room (Salon): Larry King interviews Jenna Bush – looks like the mom, takes after the dad

links for August 7th through August 9th

1115 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:30:09 +0000

New York Times: First Father: Tough Times on Sidelines – cry me a river, 41
Chicago Tribune: Police accused of damaging Tribune photographer’s cameras – Chicago’s finest
Rick Perlstein: E. coli conservatism killing six more? – click here to read about one of the most disgusting human beings ever
The Mess That Greenspan Made: Some advice for Ben Bernanke – not to be followed, alas.
NY Post: Times Select Content Freed – Krugman wants to be free