Sunday, September 26, 2010

Tweets of Yesterday (9/17/2010 - 9/26/2010)

340+221+415+632+416+336+362+381+180 (3283) Google Reader articles. 118 tweeted
  1. Laid off teachers in Chicago surprised by "secret" rating method. New Teacher Project involved. http://bit.ly/dghVdv
  2. Tea Party is a media spectacle managed by billionaires to give working people the illusion of power http://bit.ly/bPIbe5
  3. Billionaires give 91 percent of funds for Rove-tied group  http://bit.ly/c6Q6y2 So handy not to have to call too many people
  4. World in Revolt: The Global Backlash Against Budget Cuts http://bit.ly/cAdLmE Global like jobs meaning not in the US
  5. Conyers' Deficit-Neutral Jobs Bill   http://bit.ly/boDgm3 Would also cure High Speed Trading abuses
  6. So How Did the Bush Tax Cuts Work Out for the Economy? http://bit.ly/9MDssW
  7. 92% of Americans prefer socialism over US system http://bit.ly/aQpBww but that's just when they are confronted with facts
  8. "Waiting for 'Superman'": A simplistic view of education reform? http://bit.ly/cCftxh Charter Schools will save the day, except they won't
  9. Why I Heart Alan Grayson http://bit.ly/cffzTc Taliban Dan Webster
  10. @alfranken thanks progressives for getting Elizabeth Warren appointed http://bit.ly/dtlMKy @BoldProgressive #p2 and tell her on what to work
  11. Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman when to be or not to be a cheerleader is not protected under the First Amendment http://bit.ly/aQf6Jv
  12. Why is the political right on the offensive in America? http://bit.ly/c1FGif The World Socialist view of the election YMMV
  13. NYT violates policy and describes Enhanced Interrogation using the T word http://nyti.ms/b1dEYC
  14. The Barrington Moore Problematic and Its Discontents http://bit.ly/aMIQ6w Whocouldaknown  that we would be fighting for the Enlightenment
  15. NYT notices a lot of money and campaigns against judges but fails to mention that all are right wing http://bit.ly/cvPzjG
  16. An ad message that was definitely made for today: http://bit.ly/9adYOr Not approved by the WTCU
  17. GE’s CEO Jeffrey Immelt Possible Replacement For Larry Summers http://bit.ly/cjubLQ Includes how GE sucked off Government tit
  18. Decline in Credit Card Debt is banks writing off bad credit card loans http://nyti.ms/cAONQV H/T Shrill One http://nyti.ms/axb4RQ
  19. Witches for Christine | Time for Christine O'Donnell to come out of the cauldron... http://bit.ly/a2HM3y
  20. 201 criminal cases where federal judges found prosecutors broke the rules. Abuses jailed innocent people & freed guilty http://bit.ly/cVGWCu
  21. "Your bank is having to deal with a scary and unfamiliar regulatory landscape, and might well react in unexpected ways" http://bit.ly/bjBrRt
  22. Millions Were Misspent by Arizona Sheriff’s Office Facing Federal Lawsuit, Officials Say - ProPublica http://bit.ly/cG0A7P
  23. Self-fulfilling Prophecy Department: The Democratic “Punt”  http://bit.ly/aF0ZJR The Blue Dogs would have passed the Tax cuts for the Rich.
  24. Low-Divorce Jobs http://bit.ly/bSKp08 Remember correlation does not prove causation although the study might suggest a dating strategy
  25. Rep. Peter DeFazio Turns The Tables, Confronts Shadowy Conservative Group Running Attack Ads Against Him (VIDEO) http://huff.to/dgcbUU
  26. Progress on the Treason-in-Defense of Slavery Front http://bit.ly/9I9LSV Basic Principles of TIDOS
  27. Improving Teacher Quality By Paying Teachers More http://bit.ly/cYdDH7 Pay around the world
  28. Unpacking the GOP’s "Pledge to America" http://bit.ly/aEiTIs Who What and What Not
  29. Health Care act solved the long term deficit problem http://bit.ly/dbct1v GOP would recreate it. H/T Deling http://bit.ly/9BLWRu
  30. The Republican View of America: 80% Male, 20% Female; 75% Over 50, 25% Under 50; 99% White, 1% Horse http://bit.ly/dx6bFj Photo evidence
  31. Iconography of the Pledge on America http://bit.ly/d253yw Perving on The Statue Of Liberty or New Solutions for Wretched Refuse
  32. Report: Broder & Woodward still taking speaking fees despite WaPo policy http://bit.ly/9x2SiC H/T Susie Madrak http://bit.ly/aEwAh8
  33. Witless http://bit.ly/8Zdh1M Yes, it's not deja vue, it's memory
  34. A vanilla-scented pledge http://bit.ly/9bqGRA White Privilege
  35. The Way Out of the Slump - Paul Krugman and Robin Wells http://bit.ly/ce86si Quantitative Easing or Fed buys debt Calls for courage No Hope
  36. Neoliberalism and the For-Profit, Predatory Educational Industry: You Can't Regulate a Criminal Enterprise http://bit.ly/aeBWB3
  37. Orcs are harmless to children's development http://bit.ly/aWaCAU H/T Shrill One http://nyti.ms/bl202g
  38. Eileen Nearne and the Times Torture Policy  http://bit.ly/bUdtu4 AKA Gestapo use of enhanced interogation techniques
  39. GOP 'Pledge To America' Director Lobbied For AIG, Exxon, Pfizer, Chamber http://huff.to/biHGoP
  40. Man without Mortgage Loses Home in Foreclosure http://bit.ly/aBamFZ
  41. New study says protecting net neutrality good for the economy http://bit.ly/becjMj
  42. Based on history the best way to fix the economy and deficit is not elect Republicans http://bit.ly/d36XXL Those who fail history etc.
  43. Which CDOs and Banks Had Deals With the Most Cross-ownership? - ProPublica http://bit.ly/bMVV4w
  44. Exciting News from BP http://bit.ly/c04C4S Youtube 1:24  Scenes from an abusive relationship. H/T First Draft http://bit.ly/dqaMjc
  45. Peretz, Thomas, and the Middle East double standard http://bit.ly/a7Lu45
  46. Right Wing Foments Voter Fraud Conspiracies, Hatches ‘Voter Caging’ Plot To Suppress Minority Votes In WI http://bit.ly/9unwqQ
  47. Gentle, Public Activism: Magnusson’s I-75 Project http://bit.ly/9z2Jyf Historical Markers, Hysterical Markers
  48. Nitwits and Hypocrites - Video 1:19 with music that makes you want to invade some country http://bit.ly/bA8DvY
  49. Tell the FCC: We need strong #netneutrality rules now. http://bit.ly/cQZ3Ll
  50. Progress on #LGBT rights has ground to a halt because of the #filibuster. Tell the Senate: Fix the filibuster. http://bit.ly/boGLAD RT Plz
  51. Speculation that Summers will be replaced with someone who can like him represent the powerful misogynistic interests http://nyti.ms/avR24m
  52. GOP made history, you gutless wonders. the first time a defense appropriations bill has failed to pass since 1961. http://bit.ly/dq7GIX
  53. The Democratic Message http://scr.bi/9nUIoU Why not try the truth for once ?
  54. Capital Rivals: Koch Brothers vs. George Soros  http://bit.ly/bCA1rg How much each spends and to some extent where. (Lots of secrets)
  55. Federal Agency Failed to Report Disciplined Providers to National Database - ProPublica http://bit.ly/cvaQKj
  56. It's not right to hold all Christians responsible for the actions of Palin, P2(O'Donnell), the Pope, Pedophile Priests, or the Inquisition.
  57. Billionaire Bailout Recipient to America: "Suck It In and Cope, Buddy" --  http://bit.ly/daHcaZ
  58. All Republicans and Blanch Lincoln Block Defense Funding Bill to Sabotage “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal  http://bit.ly/aoS4m7
  59. Vote to give this idea $25K: Promote health by providing affordable wholesome food to families.#pepsirefresh http://pep.si/aeLkdi
  60. The Quadrotor Drone Learns Several Terrifying New Tricks http://gizmo.do/dg9Hr1 Wait til Skynet gets a hold of it.
  61. America Needs Jobs' Idea No. 1: A Payroll Tax Holiday http://huff.to/dziga3
  62. GOP blocks DADT repeal on purity of the senate procedures grounds http://huff.to/cfHsmL
  63. 20 Ways To Put America Back To Work Again http://huff.to/bJyiNP
  64. US  Businesses & Consumers are NOT Deleveraging. but Going On One Last Binge http://bit.ly/9GjvvW Decrease is debt is mortgage write-offs
  65. There is No Evidence for the "Structural Unemployment" Story  http://bit.ly/dA2mTE 1 job for every 5 workers.  No matter how qualified.
  66. NYT just figures out Republicans are behind the Teabagger movement http://nyti.ms/bIrpnp preferred term:TeaBircher  H/T http://bit.ly/aToncV
  67. NY-18: Lowey's challenger opposes interracial marriage and school integration; supports eugenics. http://bit.ly/drILps GOP denial ? crickets
  68. Watchdog Faults FBI for ‘Factually Weak’ Basis for Investigating Activists http://bit.ly/b8Z4aA Has someone cloned J.  Edgar Hoover ?
  69. Fannie And Freddie, Again  http://nyti.ms/cd1iwA Innocent of causing the Mortgage Backed Security meltdown
  70. Schadenfreude: There's nothing quite like watching GOP and Tea Partiers rip each other up http://bit.ly/9gt6yo Great Phrase: #Teabircher
  71. Newt on the economy: Is there any politician more congenitally dishonest than this cretin?  http://bit.ly/9aDUC8 Palin but that's cheating.
  72. Will Sarah Palin run for the presidency in 2012? Duh http://bit.ly/99Pkfb
  73. co-signed @MaryJoKilroy's letter to Speaker Pelosi demanding Congress vote on middle-class tax cuts: http://bit.ly/bVrUlJ #oh15 RT please
  74. One Wisconsin Now uncovers organized voter suppression effort http://bit.ly/dD5qQM Next, tasers ?
  75. The Gingrich Senators http://bit.ly/cVJuJp Funny how the evil that Man does lives on.  Of course Caesar was ambitious.
  76. Flash! Ben Stein Lies! http://bit.ly/bLGPht Flash, someone does the maths and he is either lying or doesn't do math. or both I guess.
  77. Poll Showing Gains by Paladino Excluded Key Candidate From Ballot http://bit.ly/bnSFqw Rasmess'in with you.
  78. MSM view of the center http://bit.ly/bZTRjQ Boehner and McConnell rate 96% with the American Conservative Union. Chris Matthews sez "center"
  79. Jesus' General: My Ad for O'Donnell http://bit.ly/bHygMI Because it's time to end the Tubesock Holocaust
  80. Meg Whitman Blows Away Self-Funded Federal Candidates in Cash Comparison http://bit.ly/dpJqbS Spreadsheet at http://bit.ly/bxLcRC
  81. Judges' financial disclosures hard to get http://bit.ly/dpUdpc
  82. There's No Crying In Nieman Marcus http://bit.ly/aY3npL More on Ben Stein's veracity
  83. If Peretz is not a bigot, then the word has no meaning. http://bit.ly/bDw5am Well said. Read it and weep for America
  84. Sex and social justice WWJD http://bit.ly/bkq31e Sex vs Social Justice 1:14
  85. Ben Stein’s fiscal policy http://bit.ly/dl52Ux as if anyone should ever believe a word he says  http://bit.ly/bV1kGB
  86. BP Says Well Is Sealed, but Oily Gulf and Accountability Questions Remain http://bit.ly/be9cQd
  87. Structural Impediments http://nyti.ms/bJuYdc People (like Pres. Clinton) are saying plenty of jobs, workers have the wrong skills. WRONG!
  88. Who Is Responsible for the Progressive "Enthusiasm Gap?" http://bit.ly/9uwiOH Voters are smarter than the White House treats them
  89. Trying to understand income inequality http://bit.ly/bh7XSh Many causes all dependent on Govt actions http://bit.ly/coQHoq
  90. Todd Henderson's Century-Ago Predecessor: G.H.M in the Atlantic Monthly in May 1905 http://bit.ly/aJFNlk Rich people always had it hard
  91. The Angry Rich and Taxes  http://nyti.ms/cqnTPZ These days, tax-cutters for the rich aren't even pretending to make the trickle-down case.
  92. The Golden Age of Television http://bit.ly/chaV7F Featuring a Mini Episode with a surprise ending
  93. Study Shows Testosterone is Bad For High-Stakes Decisions http://bit.ly/bYPbEi Counter intuitive: Testosterone makes you pull out?
  94. Private Gains/Public Losses: Inside Job-- The Movie http://bit.ly/c5U7 is Good intro with timeline
  95. Twitter and the Cowardice of Sarah Palin http://bit.ly/cj4GPT
  96. In Which Mr. Deling Responds to Someone Who Might Be Professor Todd Henderson http://bit.ly/aI95ji #worthreading SA http://bit.ly/aKXxur
  97. Vote No Prop 102 (CO) http://bit.ly/bs1ZXB Limits Judges' ability to release non-violent accused without bail  $$$ for Bailbonds men RT plz
  98. Introducing the Mia, our new currency unit. One Mia buys one month in Afghanistan, (currently $6B) http://bit.ly/axQJEn
  99. A taste and analysis of a Rich whine http://bit.ly/ayn69F overly self indulgent and leaves a bitter after taste H/T Digby AND DeLong
  100. The Extent of White Advantage http://bit.ly/9SGSFj Blacks & Latinos poor: poorer than poor Whites and their rich less rich than rich Whites
  101. TARP Was Not a Success – It Simply Institutionalized Fraud http://bit.ly/cYEupl Didn't change the banking system, just funded it.
  102. This Country Just Can't Deal with Reality Any More  http://bit.ly/bpLOOd Truth has been replaced by lies
  103. Charity Navigator Rating - Solar Electric Light Fund http://bit.ly/cKjl4Y
  104. Solar Electric Light Fund: About SELF http://bit.ly/diTkul
  105. The Empire strikes back: By the time Basil III takes effect, they can be eliminated http://bit.ly/9Lxwgt
  106. How to Write a David Brooks Column http://bit.ly/diF69B Leaves out fake sociology
  107. Following the Money  http://bit.ly/d1DxLv Vast US Income inequality mostly because of government policy
  108. @gregpinelo  I love the phrase Tealiban
  109. The US Republicans have created a Frankenstein monster http://bit.ly/aq7fgL Dr. Rove, be proud
  110. 10/30/10 March to Keep Fear Alive and Rally to Restore Sanity http://bit.ly/c90o8K And Pre-Game Halloween.  F%$K Yeah!
  111. Complete blueprints for making your own full-size Dalek http://bit.ly/cmwvzc
  112. The Old Adventures Of New Christine http://bit.ly/bQkMmN
  113. Deficit Hawks New Definition http://bit.ly/c5vThM Where have they all gone now that there are deficit balloning tax cuts for the Rich
  114. In Praise of TARP http://bit.ly/9qccHl No cost to Taxpayers and saved banking system
  115. recursive Tweet: Occasional Blog: Tweets of Yesterday (9/9/2010 - 9/16/2010) http://bit.ly/bpn67X
  116. Where Have All the Deficit Hawks Gone? http://bit.ly/bSrfRj Or for the Vitter/Newt/Rush wing, gone to young girls everyone
  117. SEIU Helps Bank Workers Become Whistleblowers http://bit.ly/cg0YsM flyer at http://bit.ly/dmiAQ4
  118. The Warren Appointment: A Home Run for Our Side http://huff.to/baAYHI essentially, If it weren't a good deal Warren wouldn't have taken it.


Friday, September 17, 2010

Tweets of Yesterday (9/9/2010 - 9/16/2010)

330+592+408+430+438+493+423+326 (3440) Google Reader articles. 74 tweeted
  1. DE-Sen: O'Donnell, in her own words http://bit.ly/bkGhr1 Q: You're going to stop the whole country from having sex? O'DONNELL: Yes.
  2. This is What Class Warfare Looks Like http://bit.ly/cVDkim
  3. The misguided reaction to Tea Party candidates http://bit.ly/bURCQ6 they are the real Republicans just honest about it.
  4. Bailed-Out Banks Finance Predatory Payday Lenders http://bit.ly/d2t1u4
  5. Tax Cuts for the Rich? 6 Key Points About the Tax Debate Raging in Washington http://bit.ly/93gvVu How much will I pay to the Richies
  6. "Thanks for the Blitz, asshole." http://bit.ly/9Uukcw
  7. How Democrats, Republicans compare http://bit.ly/a7p3bh It's as easy as ABCD H/T Dave Johnson http://bit.ly/bTx81h
  8. Review: Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson – Winner-Take-All Politics http://bit.ly/cRLqQc American economic inequality is largely political
  9. At least he's an administration official who will respond to a major DFH http://bit.ly/9k2xiz
  10. Elizabeth Warren on Way to Being Sidelined as Head of Consumer Protection Agency, Relegated to “Advisor” Role http://bit.ly/ce0LA8Yb3
  11. Demand is the only real problem http://bit.ly/cGNstn and GOP trashes anyone who tries to deal with it.
  12. What Does a Vote for a GOP Candidate in November Really Mean? http://huff.to/cmP0fn
  13. John Suthers' "Willie Horton" Back in the News http://bit.ly/c96PHQ Serial Killer sponsored by Suthers (who doesn't remember)
  14. It's Demand, Stupid http://nyti.ms/bIMCIH But business lobbyist would rather bitch lies than do something about poor sales
  15. An Antidote to Estate Tax Misinformation http://bit.ly/9KJAtl Lots of Lies because they really pay... the ultra rich
  16. NY Primary shows Dems don't have to be Wall Street whores to win http://bit.ly/9I3iIK
  17. Join me in supporting Meet Joe Miller via @actblue http://actb.lu/9zrzgR
  18. There are more anti-wanker GOP wankers than are wet dreamt of in your tea party http://bit.ly/9TSJWE
  19. O'Donnell asserted that women serving in combat damages national security http://bit.ly/c7Wk6A
  20. Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit http://bit.ly/bto2Um One of many lies they tell (racism, tough on defense, immigrants, morality)
  21. Amendment 63 if passed and legal (unclear) would mean no Medicare money for Colorado, zip, nada http://bit.ly/d9zefI
  22. AIG: How creative and accommodating the Treasury is with large distressed firms, in contrast to underwater homeowners http://bit.ly/bf8fyC
  23. Shorter Armey: The reason Blacks don't show up at Tea Party Rallies is because them Ghetto neighbors would hurt them. http://bit.ly/bwTKfi
  24. Wall Street Strikes Again: Sewer Hikes in Alabama http://bit.ly/9WISoq
  25. Tancredo & Miller stay on the ballot http://bit.ly/daH2oH Alternate Headline:Activist Judge Overturns Will of Dick Wad(ham)
  26. Why Broadband Prices Haven’t Decreased http://bit.ly/bS5M6N Regulatory decisions are made without data by argument. (lobbying)
  27. South Carolina: National Federation of Republican Women show respect for their tradition. http://bit.ly/cjZWPT
  28. RT @MoveOn: GOP is holding middle class tax cuts hostage to get giveaways for the rich. Tell them it ain't happening. http://bit.ly/dzsl3k
  29. Shorter: You can't call all conservatives racists just because historically they are http://bit.ly/c6BCun
  30. NY Times regrets error: Correct Headline is "Operation Citizen's United Successful" http://nyti.ms/cF1aLn
  31. Tax Cuts on Profits, Savings, and the Wealthy Fail to Spur Economic Growth http://bit.ly/dw3P8p But A Victory in the War on the Small People
  32. Government bureaucrat who destroyed the market in Thalidomide (GOP version) http://nyti.ms/aBOU8f H/T Digby http://bit.ly/c7VXRW
  33. Haley Barbour's lies about Ole Miss http://bit.ly/bfeuzv Actually names someone who can call him on his lies
  34. If Tancredo out polls Maes the Republicans will officially be a minor party http://bit.ly/d9uOWN
  35. Rich Americans Save Tax Cuts Instead of Spending, Moody's Says - http://bit.ly/bta6AR
  36. The Case Against Rahm http://bit.ly/9DkbSK Lots of detail, long depressing story.
  37. Even in New York City, $250,000 is rich http://bit.ly/aVDy4G
  38. The Importance of the 1970s Business interests in all sectors organized a takeover of political power http://bit.ly/9BoKgD
  39. Hellegers: American Income Inequality is the Cause of our Crisis http://bit.ly/a1zIbf Cause rich people are genetically greedy
  40. Joe Bageant: Understanding America's Class System http://bit.ly/b3fRaC The Political Class and The Rulling Class. Screw the rest of us.[
  41. TIMELINE: Nine months of the right's anti-Muslim bigotry http://bit.ly/9yhfRO Because you have to keep on stoking the fires of hatred.
  42. Basel III arrives http://bit.ly/bm1HpW good results but waiting to see how TBTF screw it up.
  43. A short post about gratitude http://bit.ly/93Fhu5 Iceland had their Kochs. A few powerful evil men did a lot of harm to a lot of people.
  44. Austan Goolsbee to CEA Chair http://bit.ly/bXqgmW Positive review
  45. Obama mired in surreal US politics http://bit.ly/cK1x63 Call out to Michael Bennet as surrealist (and backstabber)
  46. Certain inalienable rights http://bit.ly/9W8Wa6 What a radical statement
  47. Money Well Spent http://bit.ly/cy9gmy Koch's buy reality
  48. Tell Congress: Don't extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy http://bit.ly/a4H33T Pls RT #p2
  49. Lesbian couple in Vonore house fire is hate crime http://bit.ly/crS4cL Terrorist from Beckistan
  50. Despite the rise of a right-wing domestic threat, it's ignored http://bit.ly/coHivm See events listed and http://bit.ly/dDiAQG
  51. The Election Needs You, Broken Heart and All http://bit.ly/aEz0C1 Cheer up things could be worse and if we don't GOTV, it will be.
  52. Why Rahm Was 100% Wrong | http://bit.ly/99vnse In order to a pragmatist, you have to be right.
  53. $250k isn’t a lot of money if you want to shit gold dust http://bit.ly/dnN07p
  54. 10 reasons:"There Is No Economic Justification for Deficit Reduction" Galbraith to Deficit Commission t http://bit.ly/ao0GYA
  55. Krugman Prophecy written 9/14/01 http://nyti.ms/bmPGDz Partisanship ? How dare you suggest...
  56. 10 Republican Lies About the Bush Tax Cuts http://bit.ly/cfGq8V
  57. Lotsa facts about the tax cuts fo the rich. Incredible how much Government subsidies they require. http://bit.ly/b0OcMP
  58. Having a Hard Time With 60, 61 & 101? Here's a Video That Explains Things http://bit.ly/aPds50 4:51
  59. US and domestic radical problem http://bit.ly/aW0tkq No mention of White right wing Christian terrorists or Beck. PDF http://bit.ly/cRxtmQ
  60. Coverture http://bit.ly/d6kJIe What is the Tea Party position on it ? Also Sati (Sutee) http://bit.ly/dpn9FF
  61. Paradise Lost: Why Fallen Markets Will Never Be the Same http://bit.ly/a8KFw1 Governments will not be able to agree on sensible regulations
  62. Boulder County Fire Air Operations Live Scanner Audio Feed http://bit.ly/9lwZn6 #boulderfire In case you didn't see it earlier
  63. Beckistan Terrorist posts bomb instructions on Facebook, is charged in plot http://bit.ly/cRfZd0 H/T Atrios http://bit.ly/97kfoh
  64. Rahm’s replacement?: A Fannie Mae lobbyist in the pay of Goldman http://bit.ly/b0tOAn
  65. Encouraging Hatred and then pretending surprise at the result. http://bit.ly/bkGm6M
  66. 30 Stats That Prove The Elite Are Getting Richer, The Poor Are Getting Poorer And The Middle Class Is Being Destroyed http://bit.ly/bwKFZO
  67. Fourmile fire perimeter and evacuation http://bit.ly/99kGzM #BoulderFire as of 9/9
  68. YouTube - Colorado's Wandering Attorney General http://bit.ly/dra98c
  69. Rahm Cuts & Runs Before Shit Hits The Fan http://bit.ly/98TQv4 But let's look forward not backwards. At least he will be gone.
  70. Obama used Dean's "50-state strategy" to win a primary and general election and then rejected bottom-up governing http://bit.ly/ako4fP
  71. How about printing copies of the Quran on preprinted American Flag Paper ? http://bit.ly/bGPuzP
  72. Just how bad is Obama's "progressive" "middle-class" tax cut? http://bit.ly/9AUTio Only half as halfassed as the GOP proposal
  73. DigitalGlobe| Fourmile Canyon Fire, Boulder, Colorado Satellite Imagery http://bit.ly/avQoQV #boulderfire
  74. malpractice reform is not the answer to the healthcare cost problem, http://bit.ly/brOibt 

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Tweets of Yesterday (9/4/2010 - 9/8/2010)

315+345+390+164+424 (1638) Google Reader articles. 49 tweeted

  1. Rahm Emanuel’s Competence Test http://bit.ly/cbUnAl Is thIS an elaborate setup for a joke about Chicago mayors ?
  2. Fox Calls for Repeal of the 20th Century — 13 Achievements Conservatives Would Roll Back http://bit.ly/9dl9KA And they ain't kidding
  3. Millions strike in France over pension cuts http://bit.ly/cYzC6I French: better cheaper healthcare & dealing with Catfood Commissions.
  4. Time for the Pundits to Take a Deep Breath - Why Democrats Will Not Be Routed In November http://huff.to/bkU9Cw From Your Lips to God's ears
  5. "Mad Men" is science fiction of the past http://bit.ly/aydcrz
  6. If Martin Luther King were alive today, Breitbart would have video lynched him already http://bit.ly/bJ8MfJ
  7. Incredibly Obvious Things In Front Of Our Faces http://bit.ly/aqqltS Conservatives will f%$k the economy every time.
  8. Fiscal policy: So crowded, no one's working anymore http://bit.ly/cRpT8B Crowding out doesn't happen with massive under utilization, a$%hole
  9. High-Income People Would Benefit Significantly From Extension of “Middle-Class” Tax Cuts http://bit.ly/bUfOlT
  10. After Labor Day: Let the Politics Begin http://bit.ly/d3L6eG Four Reasons for hope. From your lips to God's ears
  11. A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bnhfmx
  12. Biggest fire in Boulder County History, thousands evacuated, homes destroyed, still uncontrolled http://bit.ly/aXN9UJ #boulderfire
  13. The Slump Goes On: Why? http://bit.ly/b5ln0X Dr. and Dr. Shrill One (Krugman and Wells) H/T Atrios http://bit.ly/cOrTFu
  14. Choice of Clerks Sign of the Roberts Court’s Polarization http://nyti.ms/ckQKMR Alternate Headline: Robert's Wing Are Right Wing Hacks
  15. Social benefits associated with significantly increased equity requirements are large, while social costs are small. http://bit.ly/cpeuel
  16. Will Basel III really deliver? http://bit.ly/davClR Maybe the World will do what the US won't, constrain Banksters
  17. Chinese act like Banksters, but when they do it, it's wrong. When Banksters do it, it's Financial Innovation http://bit.ly/97BiGA
  18. NH-Sen: Ayotte's $300k Planned Parenthood settlement http://bit.ly/9jkFt1 But But the deficit
  19. Boulder County, Colorado (CO) Live Police, Fire, and EMS Scanners on RadioReference.com http://bit.ly/9HSTlT
  20. Dear President Obama: More of this, please http://bit.ly/de8TpN can he start talking the talk ?
  21. Republicans flood the zone to build "conventional wisdom" http://bit.ly/cymyAn 142 GOP to 47 Democratic polls
  22. ProgressivePunch : Members by score / All issues http://bit.ly/csDEv4 Useful to see who's been naughty and who's been nice.
  23. To Save Themselves From The GOP, Dems Should Start By Saving Social Security http://bit.ly/cBgPFv Negative on Betsy Markey and Blue Dogs
  24. Trumka: "Most Crucial Election in 75 Years" http://bit.ly/9PMqKv
  25. Consequences of U.S. and Dutch Approaches to Teen Sex http://bit.ly/cq9bq4 Gives new meaning the phrase Clap harder
  26. 1938 in 2010 Krugman says BHO really is like FDR, when FDR was wrong. http://nyti.ms/dutnbh
  27. Democrats Plan Political Triage to Retain House http://nyti.ms/d4LeHv Why do I expect this to end up at "Hopeless Blue Dog! F*%K Yeah!"
  28. Credit card issuers offer business cards to consumers to get around new law http://bit.ly/dpc9V2 Chose wisely
  29. Seattle man attacked shopkeeper, calls victim a terrorist http://bit.ly/dCcnvN Another terrorist from Beckistan
  30. Because of health care reform, projection is for $600 billion SURPLUS. http://bit.ly/cQzFNy Not widely reported by deficit peacocks
  31. People of color or with funny sounding names aren't a threat to our way of life. But they make good scapegoats http://bit.ly/bPo7Hp
  32. Famous directors in haiku form http://bit.ly/9hLvCj
  33. The Original Reagan Democrat http://bit.ly/cUenlt H/T Digby http://bit.ly/aizpOt
  34. GOP to voters: We don't need your stinking primary votes, we decide http://bit.ly/986SnY And the Press did such a great job of vetting Maes
  35. Recessions Are For The Little People http://bit.ly/anazjz Finally a chance to score a major Victory in the War on the Small People
  36. Inequality back at record highs http://bit.ly/98FSV8 from governing like Republicans
  37. Arizonans might consider their white-supremacist problem http://bit.ly/bkvcdQ Hey, the 2nd Amendment allows White Men to shotgun non-whites. 
  38. Google Public Policy Blog: Texas inquires on our approach to competition http://bit.ly/9F4LbC Three complaints all by Microsoft fronts
  39. Who's Hurting? Job Losses by Labor Sector, Gender, Race - Interactive Graphic http://bit.ly/d44Q51 American Business attacks men.
  40. Great comment on neoliberalism http://bit.ly/9TAKZ9 Obama and the Third-Wayers really want to destroy the New Deal.
  41. 'I Had A Dream' : Picture Stephen Colbert, at a 'Restoring Truthiness' Rally http://bit.ly/afiOhT And Special Guest: Tina Fey!
  42. Deficits fixed on top 0.1% backs & preserving low cost quality govt health care won't win the War on the Small People. http://bit.ly/9AhxCF
  43. If the Congress can stick to PAYGO and the long-run growth news is not bad, then we are done with our long-term deficit http://bit.ly/cyiT23
  44. Rahmism http://nyti.ms/a2iv1k Why is Obama still listening to the people who persuaded him to go for the capillaries.
  45. What's Really Behind Yesterday's Unemployment Numbers? http://bit.ly/cDaf6h Net: Rich people sit on their money dragging the economy down.
  46. A mailing from Congressman Grayson about Koch http://bit.ly/910Ztg Koch shows that Government is an investment with excellent ROI
  47. The Drum Rule: My Unfavorable Review Of The American Prospect's "American Taliban" Article http://bit.ly/9tjT1l Fight among liberal bloggers
  48. Attractions of Payroll Tax Holiday Diminish Upon Closer Examination, 12/3/01 http://bit.ly/cotSLr repeating analysis http://bit.ly/c3YGuf
  49. Payroll Tax Holiday a Poor Stimulus Idea http://bit.ly/c3YGuf analysis done 1/26/09 Helps the rich and business does nothing for employment

Saturday, September 4, 2010

A mailing from Congressman Grayson about Koch



Got this in the e-mail today, can't find it on a web page but I don't think there is an expectation of privacy.
Let me tell you something else about David Koch, the billionaire who is spending $250,000 in attack ads this week, to try to defeat me.
In 1999, Koch Industries was indicted on 97 counts of violating the Clean Air Act, and related criminal laws. Why? Because Koch's Corpus Christi oil refinery had dumped 91 tons of benzene, a carcinogen, into the environment.
Four Koch employees faced up to 35 years in prison. And Koch was liable for $350 million in fines.
Should Koch, the polluter, choose our Congress, or should we? Contribute to our campaign, and fight back.
It didn't look good for Koch. But 2000 was an election year. So Koch dragged out the case, and spent $900,000 to help get George Bush and other Republicans elected. Not to mention doling out $20 million to right-wing think tanks, which churned out anti-Gore propaganda.
And guess what? Two months after John Ashcroft was sworn in as Bush's Attorney General, the Bush Administration settled the case for less than six cents on the dollar. John Ashcroft - the best Attorney General money could buy. The money that Koch spent on the 2000 campaign bought Koch a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card.
David Koch learned an important lesson about government in 2001. If you can't beat it, buy it.
And that is what David Koch is trying to do today. Having bought the Executive Branch in 2000, now he's going for the Legislative Branch. A twofer.
And we need your help to stop him. Koch is spending $250,000 right now. We have to fight back. Help us now.
Truth,
Alan Grayson

Slight edit to take out an additional appeal for contributions.

Koch shows that Government is an investment with excellent ROI

Tweets of Yesterday (9/1/2010 - 9/3/2010)

336+466+399 (1201) Google Reader articles. 33 tweeted (Including retweets)
  1. Over the past 30 years, 34.6% of all income growth went to the top one-tenth of 1% of all earners. http://bit.ly/9TeVoT 1 in a 1000 Richies
  2. jaredpolis This week I visited local cool companies http://www.Kidrobot.com @kidrobot in Boulder & http://www.hckombu.com in Gypsum (kambucha)
  3. Southern Strategy, the (enduring) power of racism http://bit.ly/dvt2PT
  4. Oregon Dem. Senator runs on public option and is 20 points ahead. http://bit.ly/cu8jve
  5. @BagNewsNotes re: two drill pipes instantly brought to mind the second gunman theory of BP ?
  6. Might fire up the troops a little to know that the Democrats are still breathing. http://bit.ly/d8axIr
  7. Slow Boil http://bit.ly/bVVfir Vote for a candidate who then does nothing he said he would do ?
  8. jaredpolis en route to Frederick for Congress on Your Corner at D'Agostino's, 141 5th St, Frederick, CO
  9. Light of destruction http://bit.ly/c4ilhq
  10. 16.6 million small business employees could benefit from Healthcare act provisions starting this year http://bit.ly/a585rH
  11. Wells Fargo's Odd Mortgage Essay Question http://nyti.ms/cdgZpz Are the Banksters creating a "no-fly" list ?
  12. An apology to California students for ripping them off http://bit.ly/bmfBCr
  13. Paradoxes Of Deleveraging And Releveraging http://nyti.ms/bSN8iu Paradox of Thrift and fallacy of composition http://bit.ly/9wpH8M
  14. Oil Sheen Reported After Another Rig Explodes in Gulf http://bit.ly/9jvxML Mariner Energy, at least 13 accidents in the Gulf since 2006
  15. Life support http://bit.ly/dDcc8U Why the gaping enthusiasm gap, Not very complicated: the Democrats abandoned core Democratic principles.
  16. Drama Queens? Freedom works receives threats of lower rents. http://bit.ly/bjiQ9G
  17. Bonddad Solves the Unemployment Situation http://bit.ly/dx1GXh Construction workers out of work, Massive infrastructure work needed. Duh!
  18. Home truths for complacent economists http://bit.ly/bOlda2 why the homebuyers' tax credit's a bad policy
  19. Dispersants May Delay Recovery of the Gulf By Years/Decades http://bit.ly/dr0Kgn On the Bright side, it will kill a lot of Small people
  20. Bush tax cuts for rich equals long term Social Security shortfall http://bit.ly/dkhtZK One is a crisis, the other not.
  21. Charles Darwin's ecological experiment on Ascension isle http://bbc.in/ccEA3U H/T Queen Victoria's Terraformers http://bit.ly/a8l48e
  22. Who Are You Going to Believe, the IMF or Your Lying Eyes? http://bit.ly/9dwiG8 The Market is perfect until it disagrees with the Rich
  23. Irish Worries For The Global Economy http://bit.ly/9XWRic Victory in the War on the Small People!
  24. How Many Lone Nuts Does It Take To Make A Party Mix? http://bit.ly/aZiIin If he's a White Christian he's a lone wolf. All Muslims are alike
  25. Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not To Drink Their Water http://bit.ly/alaylp As Starbuck would say "Frack!
  26. Fun With Twitter, Vol. 1 -- RollingStone.com http://bit.ly/cnLuC6 Cusak shows his credentials to run in the style of the GOP.
  27. Liveblogging the Wachovia and Lehman Brothers Hearing http://bit.ly/95jhk5 The Banksters really got both a handup, a handout and a handj%b
  28. Vanity Fair:Palin http://bit.ly/dbiwzN "anywhere you peel back the skin of Sarah Palin’s life, a sad and moldering strangeness lies beneath"
  29. Netflix Opportunity http://slidesha.re/ceAnd3 excellent analysis. Innovative American business Slide 11 shows Fed regulation dependency
  30. SEC to Ratings Agencies: Really, We Mean Business http://bit.ly/9C6QOM Strongly worded letter to a puppy a week after he pees on the pillow
  31. Dick Armey: Oh, no, no, no, no. I've got 34 goats that depend on me daily. I couldn't be away that long. http://bit.ly/9z8iji Undenied love
  32. So called "Liberal Hawks" have the same blood on their hands http://bit.ly/cJ7Mpd Let's put their names on a plaque somewhere
  33. Top science fiction writer devises technology for writing without the distractions of the Internets http://bit.ly/aGOKyJ Hilarious comments