October 2009
24 posts
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“We are living through the Californiafication of America—a country in which...”
– Richard Yeselson, “What If Obama Didn’t Need 60 Votes?”
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“This is the logic that pervades the taser argument: The taser isn’t...”
– Digby, “Disproportionate”
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On New York City Billboards, a Battle of Ads vs.... →
Striking back against illegal advertising on public space.
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Cassidy: Hold off on celebrating the end of the... →
Thanks to Mike Cassidy of the San Jose Mercury News for hammering away at this idea: Ordinary people’s ability to find work is more important than the bottom lines of our star corporations. In the business section, this is a rare perspective.
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Keith Jarrett, interviewed by Ethan Iverson of The... →
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“There’s an insanity here that’s almost beyond analysis. Wall Street...”
– Kevin Drum, on the news that “[m]ajor U.S. banks and securities firms are on pace to pay their employees about $140 billion this year”, a new record.
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“Example of typically misleading industry behavior: Sara Lee Lite Cheesecake...”
– Josh Green, cited by James Fallows.
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The Insurance Industry's Deceptive Report →
And so health care reform enters the “tobacco company science” phase.
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Inside the Chamber of Carbon | Mother Jones →
When I was a kid I thought the local Chamber of Commerce was a branch of our city government. It has that ring, right? Here’s an article about the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, which officially opposes climate change legislation, even though its board has never voted on the matter, and won’t tell anyone who’s in (or who’s left) the organization.
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SoapBoxLA: LA relegates Cyclists to 2nd Class... →
Lame.
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Project to eliminate liberal language from the... →
Much like reality, the Bible has a well-known liberal bias.
APPF Backs Out Of Hardin Jail Deal →
Following up on the creepy private jail story I linked to last month….
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The new rules of news →
Good rules. Now, who’s going to give Dan Gillmor a news organization to run?
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