Occasional Blog

tweets 3/8/11 to Sun Mar 13 14:22:23 +0000 2011

2011-03-13T08:00:00.000-07:00

id	status date	status text
46939163529969700	Sun Mar 13 14:22:23 +0000 2011	@jaredpolis @charliesheen You have a severe drug deficiency and too high a sanity coefficient. Your abilities at ego and crazy are too low.
46930219055067100	Sun Mar 13 13:46:50 +0000 2011	Programming jobs fall, despite Labor Department's outlook http://bit.ly/eDztal
46929513023672300	Sun Mar 13 13:44:02 +0000 2011	Company pays government to challenge pesticide research showing link to Parkinson's - Toxic Influence \| http://bit.ly/ftf2sK
46725334544031700	Sun Mar 13 00:12:42 +0000 2011	Darpa Gave $400,000 to Chief s Family Firm http://bit.ly/g3YqyG Move along, nothing to see here.
46724734427209700	Sun Mar 13 00:10:19 +0000 2011	Team Petraeus Brings Back Body Counts http://bit.ly/hZhB9X Nam Baby! "Those who fail history have to repeat it in summer school" Buffy
46718318807232500	Sat Mar 12 23:44:49 +0000 2011	Gov. Rick Scott Revives Law Originally Intended To Disenfranchise Blacks http://bit.ly/gn9mEn In preparation for 2012
46599910065315800	Sat Mar 12 15:54:18 +0000 2011	Taking the "Adopt-a-Highway" program a step further. http://bit.ly/eptKII
46596203349151700	Sat Mar 12 15:39:35 +0000 2011	Political correctness victimizes Congressional staff and lobbyists http://tbd.ly/fSgEBw
46589381477269500	Sat Mar 12 15:12:28 +0000 2011	Copyright Concerns, Meet Public Relations Nightmare http://bit.ly/gYjpZ5 Trolls
46587731261927400	Sat Mar 12 15:05:55 +0000 2011	Defective NH Republican Won't Apologize For Saying 'Defective' People Should Die In Siberia http://bit.ly/gDlJ2U Harsh Attack on Tea Party
46587133292585000	Sat Mar 12 15:03:32 +0000 2011	Colorado Doubles-Down on Dumb Crime Policies http://bit.ly/i6aKUn Hickenlooper, not just ignorant but dumb as a Republican on crime
46583539197677600	Sat Mar 12 14:49:15 +0000 2011	gop support nuclear power http://bit.ly/h4a4M1
46580278298288100	Sat Mar 12 14:36:18 +0000 2011	'Sovereign Citizens' Arrested In Alaska For Alleged Plot To Kill Police, Federal Judge http://bit.ly/eqzkiO Not Muslims, so not terrorists
46579057948762100	Sat Mar 12 14:31:27 +0000 2011	Earth's axis shifted 25 cm as a result of the earthquake, and the main island of Japan had shifted 2.4 meters http://reut.rs/g1kOzd
46356864744689700	Fri Mar 11 23:48:32 +0000 2011	Prisoners of their own strategy http://bit.ly/gWzQG2 conservative "thinkers" on evolution, ID etc. AKA hacks
46350196422090800	Fri Mar 11 23:22:02 +0000 2011	3/11/83 "I don't think they'll be happy until the White House looks like a bird's nest." Reagan on "environmental extremism" of EPA critics
46334827200389100	Fri Mar 11 22:20:58 +0000 2011	The "Rationing" Switcheroo - http://nyti.ms/giNwko How Huckeberry death panel lies work.
46226309185159200	Fri Mar 11 15:09:45 +0000 2011	JPL bombshell: Polar ice sheet mass loss is speeding up, on pace for 1 foot sea level rise by 2050 http://bit.ly/dHLhks
46037730232238100	Fri Mar 11 02:40:24 +0000 2011	In Forty Years, Gasoline May be Almost a Dollar a Gallon http://bit.ly/hLByu3
46009180640919600	Fri Mar 11 00:46:58 +0000 2011	Greg Anrig has written a great, succinct myth-busting piece on Social Security http://bit.ly/ffhnJ1 via Digby http://bit.ly/f9iL9P
45996765303947300	Thu Mar 10 23:57:38 +0000 2011	Nation needs a Democrat to challenge Obama http://bit.ly/gqOu85 WH denied supporting the Wisconsin workers.
45871091515789300	Thu Mar 10 15:38:15 +0000 2011	Lying Videographer Claims Another Hidden-Camera Scalp http://gaw.kr/gtShNJ
45867209456754700	Thu Mar 10 15:22:49 +0000 2011	NYT actually prints that Corpulent Christie is a big (http://bit.ly/i3hNBZ) liar http://bit.ly/e2S2xH then debates if that's a bad thing.
45863979330965500	Thu Mar 10 15:09:59 +0000 2011	The New York Times' Rape-Friendly Reporting http://bit.ly/hALtmH
45641045442166800	Thu Mar 10 00:24:07 +0000 2011	Terrorists in our midst? An arrest in the Spokane bomb plot http://bit.ly/hJ0Umf Again, he can't be a terroist, he's a white christian male.
45619583339606000	Wed Mar 09 22:58:50 +0000 2011	Do-thats hidden and false assumptions about sex http://bit.ly/dRwEy6
45606613515649000	Wed Mar 09 22:07:18 +0000 2011	Koch Brothers Key Political Employee Has Dark And Disturbing Past http://bit.ly/dPdHJ6 Sounds like a real Republican
45605739590459400	Wed Mar 09 22:03:50 +0000 2011	Scott Walker Would Rather a Woman Die Than Have an Abortion That Could Save Her: It's True http://bit.ly/h1gp7F
45605268305883100	Wed Mar 09 22:01:57 +0000 2011	Abortion didn't matter in the last election? Take a look at what the GOP Congress is doing to women http://bit.ly/hxsRDN
45556705060323300	Wed Mar 09 18:48:59 +0000 2011	OneJag Enraged By Lack Of Sufficient Free Parking http://bit.ly/dWI27I "I honestly thought the piece was a parody the first time I read it."
45549985382678500	Wed Mar 09 18:22:17 +0000 2011	Republicans and Medicare - http://nyti.ms/hujUpL Always want to kill it, won in 2010 by lying about it.
45538136511623200	Wed Mar 09 17:35:12 +0000 2011	Inequality is not as bad if there is movement in and out but there is no change in mobility at the top. http://bit.ly/hikFG9
45537473744474100	Wed Mar 09 17:32:34 +0000 2011	Urgent steps to stop the climate door closing http://on.ft.com/fELmZb Koch has really fracked us.
45537129744449500	Wed Mar 09 17:31:12 +0000 2011	Americans have higher rates of most chronic diseases than same-age counterparts in England http://bit.ly/gGwJ3N
45503662478471200	Wed Mar 09 15:18:13 +0000 2011	Wisconsin pension plan among most secure http://bit.ly/hpGBbg
45351528491520000	Wed Mar 09 05:13:41 +0000 2011	NYTimes doesn't mention credit card interchange rates in the United States are among the highest in the developed world http://bit.ly/eHejfH
45342901907103700	Wed Mar 09 04:39:24 +0000 2011	Housing: The leverage bulls return http://reut.rs/hbPMOd "Those who fail history, repeat it in summer school" Buffy The Vampire Slayer
45289226178277400	Wed Mar 09 01:06:07 +0000 2011	If there's no climate change because Al Gore is fat, what about Corpulent Christie's Holland Tunnel decision ? http://bit.ly/iiYhrW
45288292895293400	Wed Mar 09 01:02:25 +0000 2011	Tax bills in 2009 at lowest level since 1950 - USATODAY.com http://usat.ly/h15TgM
45285131212173300	Wed Mar 09 00:49:51 +0000 2011	tax revenue as a percentage of the economy is at a 60-year low http://bit.ly/ej71Lk
45279252681203700	Wed Mar 09 00:26:29 +0000 2011	I just became a @firedoglake member! Join for as low as $45/year and support serious indy journalism http://fdl.me/dNk261 Gitmo Here I Come!
45273471403565100	Wed Mar 09 00:03:31 +0000 2011	Ex-Democratic Senator Chris Romer's Fundraiser Hosted By Republican Teabagger Josh Penry http://bit.ly/ftEdU6
45269907604111400	Tue Mar 08 23:49:21 +0000 2011	Oil and Copper http://nyti.ms/hHteQ4 better than the entrails of birds
45263661551464400	Tue Mar 08 23:24:32 +0000 2011	Another Entry In The Lifestyles Of The Not Quite Rich Enough Genre http://bit.ly/fULduW
45260146523381800	Tue Mar 08 23:10:34 +0000 2011	Who could have known that electing a criminal tea partier to the highest office in the state would cause problems? http://bit.ly/ezodye
45259518464114700	Tue Mar 08 23:08:04 +0000 2011	Hey grandma, Rick Santorum thinks you're a junkie http://bit.ly/gWmu6J
45181272103985200	Tue Mar 08 17:57:09 +0000 2011	If you say ethanol isn't affecting prices for staple grains and soybeans, you are a fool or a knave looking to mislead http://bit.ly/fQp9Pi
45180845320962000	Tue Mar 08 17:55:27 +0000 2011	Why the Democrats Should Never Have Started Paying Ransom to Avoid a Shutdown http://bit.ly/ehwxJF If you give a rat a cookie...
45180408438075400	Tue Mar 08 17:53:43 +0000 2011	The Mauritius Miracle by Joseph E. Stiglitz http://bit.ly/f5n0Vn via Mark Thoma http://bit.ly/hO6Yxa
44966262652145700	Tue Mar 08 03:42:47 +0000 2011	Doesn't Anyone Remember Christine Whitman? who caused the Jersey pension fund crisis Corpulent Chris is going to fix http://bit.ly/fcW4kx
44926925860380700	Tue Mar 08 01:06:28 +0000 2011	A Modest Proposal: Indefinitely Detain the Banksters http://bit.ly/eCwHeo

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

2010-09-26T20:55:00.000-07:00

340+221+415+632+416+336+362+381+180 (3283) Google Reader articles. 118 tweeted

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

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

2010-09-17T08:11:00.000-07:00

330+592+408+430+438+493+423+326 (3440) Google Reader articles. 74 tweeted

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.
This is What Class Warfare Looks Like http://bit.ly/cVDkim
The misguided reaction to Tea Party candidates http://bit.ly/bURCQ6 they are the real Republicans just honest about it.
Bailed-Out Banks Finance Predatory Payday Lenders http://bit.ly/d2t1u4
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
"Thanks for the Blitz, asshole." http://bit.ly/9Uukcw
How Democrats, Republicans compare http://bit.ly/a7p3bh It's as easy as ABCD H/T Dave Johnson http://bit.ly/bTx81h
Review: Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson – Winner-Take-All Politics http://bit.ly/cRLqQc American economic inequality is largely political
At least he's an administration official who will respond to a major DFH http://bit.ly/9k2xiz
Elizabeth Warren on Way to Being Sidelined as Head of Consumer Protection Agency, Relegated to “Advisor” Role http://bit.ly/ce0LA8Yb3
Demand is the only real problem http://bit.ly/cGNstn and GOP trashes anyone who tries to deal with it.
What Does a Vote for a GOP Candidate in November Really Mean? http://huff.to/cmP0fn
John Suthers' "Willie Horton" Back in the News http://bit.ly/c96PHQ Serial Killer sponsored by Suthers (who doesn't remember)
It's Demand, Stupid http://nyti.ms/bIMCIH But business lobbyist would rather bitch lies than do something about poor sales
An Antidote to Estate Tax Misinformation http://bit.ly/9KJAtl Lots of Lies because they really pay... the ultra rich
NY Primary shows Dems don't have to be Wall Street whores to win http://bit.ly/9I3iIK
Join me in supporting Meet Joe Miller via @actblue http://actb.lu/9zrzgR
There are more anti-wanker GOP wankers than are wet dreamt of in your tea party http://bit.ly/9TSJWE
O'Donnell asserted that women serving in combat damages national security http://bit.ly/c7Wk6A
Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit http://bit.ly/bto2Um One of many lies they tell (racism, tough on defense, immigrants, morality)
Amendment 63 if passed and legal (unclear) would mean no Medicare money for Colorado, zip, nada http://bit.ly/d9zefI
AIG: How creative and accommodating the Treasury is with large distressed firms, in contrast to underwater homeowners http://bit.ly/bf8fyC
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
Wall Street Strikes Again: Sewer Hikes in Alabama http://bit.ly/9WISoq
Tancredo & Miller stay on the ballot http://bit.ly/daH2oH Alternate Headline:Activist Judge Overturns Will of Dick Wad(ham)
Why Broadband Prices Haven’t Decreased http://bit.ly/bS5M6N Regulatory decisions are made without data by argument. (lobbying)
South Carolina: National Federation of Republican Women show respect for their tradition. http://bit.ly/cjZWPT
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
Shorter: You can't call all conservatives racists just because historically they are http://bit.ly/c6BCun
NY Times regrets error: Correct Headline is "Operation Citizen's United Successful" http://nyti.ms/cF1aLn
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
Government bureaucrat who destroyed the market in Thalidomide (GOP version) http://nyti.ms/aBOU8f H/T Digby http://bit.ly/c7VXRW
Haley Barbour's lies about Ole Miss http://bit.ly/bfeuzv Actually names someone who can call him on his lies
If Tancredo out polls Maes the Republicans will officially be a minor party http://bit.ly/d9uOWN
Rich Americans Save Tax Cuts Instead of Spending, Moody's Says - http://bit.ly/bta6AR
The Case Against Rahm http://bit.ly/9DkbSK Lots of detail, long depressing story.
Even in New York City, $250,000 is rich http://bit.ly/aVDy4G
The Importance of the 1970s Business interests in all sectors organized a takeover of political power http://bit.ly/9BoKgD
Hellegers: American Income Inequality is the Cause of our Crisis http://bit.ly/a1zIbf Cause rich people are genetically greedy
Joe Bageant: Understanding America's Class System http://bit.ly/b3fRaC The Political Class and The Rulling Class. Screw the rest of us.[
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.
Basel III arrives http://bit.ly/bm1HpW good results but waiting to see how TBTF screw it up.
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.
Austan Goolsbee to CEA Chair http://bit.ly/bXqgmW Positive review
Obama mired in surreal US politics http://bit.ly/cK1x63 Call out to Michael Bennet as surrealist (and backstabber)
Certain inalienable rights http://bit.ly/9W8Wa6 What a radical statement
Money Well Spent http://bit.ly/cy9gmy Koch's buy reality
Tell Congress: Don't extend the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy http://bit.ly/a4H33T Pls RT #p2
Lesbian couple in Vonore house fire is hate crime http://bit.ly/crS4cL Terrorist from Beckistan
Despite the rise of a right-wing domestic threat, it's ignored http://bit.ly/coHivm See events listed and http://bit.ly/dDiAQG
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.
Why Rahm Was 100% Wrong | http://bit.ly/99vnse In order to a pragmatist, you have to be right.
$250k isn’t a lot of money if you want to shit gold dust http://bit.ly/dnN07p
10 reasons:"There Is No Economic Justification for Deficit Reduction" Galbraith to Deficit Commission t http://bit.ly/ao0GYA
Krugman Prophecy written 9/14/01 http://nyti.ms/bmPGDz Partisanship ? How dare you suggest...
10 Republican Lies About the Bush Tax Cuts http://bit.ly/cfGq8V
Lotsa facts about the tax cuts fo the rich. Incredible how much Government subsidies they require. http://bit.ly/b0OcMP
Having a Hard Time With 60, 61 & 101? Here's a Video That Explains Things http://bit.ly/aPds50 4:51
US and domestic radical problem http://bit.ly/aW0tkq No mention of White right wing Christian terrorists or Beck. PDF http://bit.ly/cRxtmQ
Coverture http://bit.ly/d6kJIe What is the Tea Party position on it ? Also Sati (Sutee) http://bit.ly/dpn9FF
Paradise Lost: Why Fallen Markets Will Never Be the Same http://bit.ly/a8KFw1 Governments will not be able to agree on sensible regulations
Boulder County Fire Air Operations Live Scanner Audio Feed http://bit.ly/9lwZn6 #boulderfire In case you didn't see it earlier
Beckistan Terrorist posts bomb instructions on Facebook, is charged in plot http://bit.ly/cRfZd0 H/T Atrios http://bit.ly/97kfoh
Rahm’s replacement?: A Fannie Mae lobbyist in the pay of Goldman http://bit.ly/b0tOAn
Encouraging Hatred and then pretending surprise at the result. http://bit.ly/bkGm6M
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
Fourmile fire perimeter and evacuation http://bit.ly/99kGzM #BoulderFire as of 9/9
YouTube - Colorado's Wandering Attorney General http://bit.ly/dra98c
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.
Obama used Dean's "50-state strategy" to win a primary and general election and then rejected bottom-up governing http://bit.ly/ako4fP
How about printing copies of the Quran on preprinted American Flag Paper ? http://bit.ly/bGPuzP
Just how bad is Obama's "progressive" "middle-class" tax cut? http://bit.ly/9AUTio Only half as halfassed as the GOP proposal
DigitalGlobe| Fourmile Canyon Fire, Boulder, Colorado Satellite Imagery http://bit.ly/avQoQV #boulderfire
malpractice reform is not the answer to the healthcare cost problem, http://bit.ly/brOibt

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

2010-09-09T07:35:00.000-07:00

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

Rahm Emanuel’s Competence Test http://bit.ly/cbUnAl Is thIS an elaborate setup for a joke about Chicago mayors ?
Fox Calls for Repeal of the 20th Century — 13 Achievements Conservatives Would Roll Back http://bit.ly/9dl9KA And they ain't kidding
Millions strike in France over pension cuts http://bit.ly/cYzC6I French: better cheaper healthcare & dealing with Catfood Commissions.
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
"Mad Men" is science fiction of the past http://bit.ly/aydcrz
If Martin Luther King were alive today, Breitbart would have video lynched him already http://bit.ly/bJ8MfJ
Incredibly Obvious Things In Front Of Our Faces http://bit.ly/aqqltS Conservatives will f%$k the economy every time.
Fiscal policy: So crowded, no one's working anymore http://bit.ly/cRpT8B Crowding out doesn't happen with massive under utilization, a$%hole
High-Income People Would Benefit Significantly From Extension of “Middle-Class” Tax Cuts http://bit.ly/bUfOlT
After Labor Day: Let the Politics Begin http://bit.ly/d3L6eG Four Reasons for hope. From your lips to God's ears
A Taste of Home in Foil Packets and Powder - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/bnhfmx
Biggest fire in Boulder County History, thousands evacuated, homes destroyed, still uncontrolled http://bit.ly/aXN9UJ #boulderfire
The Slump Goes On: Why? http://bit.ly/b5ln0X Dr. and Dr. Shrill One (Krugman and Wells) H/T Atrios http://bit.ly/cOrTFu
Choice of Clerks Sign of the Roberts Court’s Polarization http://nyti.ms/ckQKMR Alternate Headline: Robert's Wing Are Right Wing Hacks
Social benefits associated with significantly increased equity requirements are large, while social costs are small. http://bit.ly/cpeuel
Will Basel III really deliver? http://bit.ly/davClR Maybe the World will do what the US won't, constrain Banksters
Chinese act like Banksters, but when they do it, it's wrong. When Banksters do it, it's Financial Innovation http://bit.ly/97BiGA
NH-Sen: Ayotte's $300k Planned Parenthood settlement http://bit.ly/9jkFt1 But But the deficit
Boulder County, Colorado (CO) Live Police, Fire, and EMS Scanners on RadioReference.com http://bit.ly/9HSTlT
Dear President Obama: More of this, please http://bit.ly/de8TpN can he start talking the talk ?
Republicans flood the zone to build "conventional wisdom" http://bit.ly/cymyAn 142 GOP to 47 Democratic polls
ProgressivePunch : Members by score / All issues http://bit.ly/csDEv4 Useful to see who's been naughty and who's been nice.
To Save Themselves From The GOP, Dems Should Start By Saving Social Security http://bit.ly/cBgPFv Negative on Betsy Markey and Blue Dogs
Trumka: "Most Crucial Election in 75 Years" http://bit.ly/9PMqKv
Consequences of U.S. and Dutch Approaches to Teen Sex http://bit.ly/cq9bq4 Gives new meaning the phrase Clap harder
1938 in 2010 Krugman says BHO really is like FDR, when FDR was wrong. http://nyti.ms/dutnbh
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!"
Credit card issuers offer business cards to consumers to get around new law http://bit.ly/dpc9V2 Chose wisely
Seattle man attacked shopkeeper, calls victim a terrorist http://bit.ly/dCcnvN Another terrorist from Beckistan
Because of health care reform, projection is for $600 billion SURPLUS. http://bit.ly/cQzFNy Not widely reported by deficit peacocks
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
Famous directors in haiku form http://bit.ly/9hLvCj
The Original Reagan Democrat http://bit.ly/cUenlt H/T Digby http://bit.ly/aizpOt
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
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
Inequality back at record highs http://bit.ly/98FSV8 from governing like Republicans
Arizonans might consider their white-supremacist problem http://bit.ly/bkvcdQ Hey, the 2nd Amendment allows White Men to shotgun non-whites.
Google Public Policy Blog: Texas inquires on our approach to competition http://bit.ly/9F4LbC Three complaints all by Microsoft fronts
Who's Hurting? Job Losses by Labor Sector, Gender, Race - Interactive Graphic http://bit.ly/d44Q51 American Business attacks men.
Great comment on neoliberalism http://bit.ly/9TAKZ9 Obama and the Third-Wayers really want to destroy the New Deal.
'I Had A Dream' : Picture Stephen Colbert, at a 'Restoring Truthiness' Rally http://bit.ly/afiOhT And Special Guest: Tina Fey!
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
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
Rahmism http://nyti.ms/a2iv1k Why is Obama still listening to the people who persuaded him to go for the capillaries.
What's Really Behind Yesterday's Unemployment Numbers? http://bit.ly/cDaf6h Net: Rich people sit on their money dragging the economy down.
A mailing from Congressman Grayson about Koch http://bit.ly/910Ztg Koch shows that Government is an investment with excellent ROI
The Drum Rule: My Unfavorable Review Of The American Prospect's "American Taliban" Article http://bit.ly/9tjT1l Fight among liberal bloggers
Attractions of Payroll Tax Holiday Diminish Upon Closer Examination, 12/3/01 http://bit.ly/cotSLr repeating analysis http://bit.ly/c3YGuf
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

A mailing from Congressman Grayson about Koch

2010-09-04T06:41:00.000-07:00

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)

2010-09-04T06:08:00.000-07:00

336+466+399 (1201) Google Reader articles. 33 tweeted (Including retweets)

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
jaredpolis This week I visited local cool companies http://www.Kidrobot.com @kidrobot in Boulder & http://www.hckombu.com in Gypsum (kambucha)
Southern Strategy, the (enduring) power of racism http://bit.ly/dvt2PT
Oregon Dem. Senator runs on public option and is 20 points ahead. http://bit.ly/cu8jve
@BagNewsNotes re: two drill pipes instantly brought to mind the second gunman theory of BP ?
Might fire up the troops a little to know that the Democrats are still breathing. http://bit.ly/d8axIr
Slow Boil http://bit.ly/bVVfir Vote for a candidate who then does nothing he said he would do ?
jaredpolis en route to Frederick for Congress on Your Corner at D'Agostino's, 141 5th St, Frederick, CO
Light of destruction http://bit.ly/c4ilhq
16.6 million small business employees could benefit from Healthcare act provisions starting this year http://bit.ly/a585rH
Wells Fargo's Odd Mortgage Essay Question http://nyti.ms/cdgZpz Are the Banksters creating a "no-fly" list ?
An apology to California students for ripping them off http://bit.ly/bmfBCr
Paradoxes Of Deleveraging And Releveraging http://nyti.ms/bSN8iu Paradox of Thrift and fallacy of composition http://bit.ly/9wpH8M
Oil Sheen Reported After Another Rig Explodes in Gulf http://bit.ly/9jvxML Mariner Energy, at least 13 accidents in the Gulf since 2006
Life support http://bit.ly/dDcc8U Why the gaping enthusiasm gap, Not very complicated: the Democrats abandoned core Democratic principles.
Drama Queens? Freedom works receives threats of lower rents. http://bit.ly/bjiQ9G
Bonddad Solves the Unemployment Situation http://bit.ly/dx1GXh Construction workers out of work, Massive infrastructure work needed. Duh!
Home truths for complacent economists http://bit.ly/bOlda2 why the homebuyers' tax credit's a bad policy
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
Bush tax cuts for rich equals long term Social Security shortfall http://bit.ly/dkhtZK One is a crisis, the other not.
Charles Darwin's ecological experiment on Ascension isle http://bbc.in/ccEA3U H/T Queen Victoria's Terraformers http://bit.ly/a8l48e
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
Irish Worries For The Global Economy http://bit.ly/9XWRic Victory in the War on the Small People!
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
Feds Warn Residents Near Wyoming Gas Drilling Sites Not To Drink Their Water http://bit.ly/alaylp As Starbuck would say "Frack!
Fun With Twitter, Vol. 1 -- RollingStone.com http://bit.ly/cnLuC6 Cusak shows his credentials to run in the style of the GOP.
Liveblogging the Wachovia and Lehman Brothers Hearing http://bit.ly/95jhk5 The Banksters really got both a handup, a handout and a handj%b
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"
Netflix Opportunity http://slidesha.re/ceAnd3 excellent analysis. Innovative American business Slide 11 shows Fed regulation dependency
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
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
So called "Liberal Hawks" have the same blood on their hands http://bit.ly/cJ7Mpd Let's put their names on a plaque somewhere
Top science fiction writer devises technology for writing without the distractions of the Internets http://bit.ly/aGOKyJ Hilarious comments

Tweets of Yesterday (8/30/2010 - 8/31/10)

2010-08-31T21:28:00.000-07:00

509+552 Google Reader articles. 32 tweeted. (Including retweets)

Impressions of Afghanistan http://bit.ly/cKOB8z H/T Fallows http://bit.ly/bTI1FT
Career Death By PowerPoint http://bit.ly/dC3gPe more on http://bit.ly/9y1ZpT with link to How to Get out of Afghanistan http://bit.ly/9VlLBP
Mortgage Fraud http://bit.ly/aCrAIE Banksters claim: It wasn't rape, the American people were asking to be screwed.
Five Notes On The Iraq Speech ATTACKERMAN http://bit.ly/apqW55 Generally positive on getting out of Afghanistan. On how Iraq was played
Why Are NACA’s Innovative Mortgage Modification Marathons Below the Radar? http://bit.ly/a6uEw6 Conventional Media works for the Banksters
Obama's Speech Recap http://bit.ly/aulGaQ Positive review: Drum was apparently "able to get a sense of his soul" http://bbc.in/8YlNop
My prayer for Rupert Murdoch: Let him be bankrupt and unemployed before he burns in hell http://bit.ly/claiJ0 From your lips to God's ears
Tom Tomorrow: Scary scary news scary! http://bit.ly/csLfiY Plagiarist. All his ideas belong to Fox News: Guarding the Henhouse of Democracy
Corexit Found In Swimming Pool Of Sickened Florida Family http://bit.ly/cB4Lko
Now Get Those Damned Vets Off My Lawn http://bit.ly/bBjjJA Cause Simpson can only finance so much Tax Cut $ for the Rich off the old people
Sorry, incomplete Tweet: Iraq: What Did We Win, And What Did It Cost? http://bit.ly/c0G2Bf Official Answers to both questions: D: STFU DFH
Iraq: What Did We Win, And What Did It Cost? http://bit.ly/c0G2Bf Official Answers to both questions: D: STFU
Corporate America crying over executive pay disclosure http://bit.ly/amcs54 Sunshine the best disinfectant and BS the best lobbyist tool
Gilpin Family Whisky made from diabetics' urine http://bit.ly/bMsyWG Too many jokes, twitter overloaded H/T Slashdot http://bit.ly/aSzZR1
God is an abortionist http://bit.ly/9Taihn Just to post something non-controversial
Lawrence O’Donnell is Dangerously Wrong About Social Security http://bit.ly/b2QLmb Just to show that Democrats can be assholes too
Drew Westen: What Created the Populist Explosion and How Democrats Can Avoid the Shrapnel in November http://huff.to/bFZwR1 worth reading
Conservatives: government for me not for you http://bit.ly/ar851P
Days from death, Fla. wildlife officials free plastic jar that was stuck on bear cub's head http://bit.ly/btbiQu Save the Jar, save the Bear
Just realized, conservatism is based on denying basic economic truth. Economic growth is not zero sum, better for us not worse for the rich
Hidden Energy Costs- Unpriced Energy Production & Use Cost http://bit.ly/9nni47 H/T http://bit.ly/aUgY39 H/T*2 Atrios http://bit.ly/cTEXdZ
Good comment: Dems have squandered every opportunity to provide leadership to address anxiety and concern people feel http://bit.ly/dnWe6N
BagNewsNotes Kind of thing I worry about. Story: Obama trusts public will sort out religion rumors. Photo: O hosts WH Ramadan dinner http://bit.ly/9kmg2Z 6:40 PM Aug 30th via TweetDeck Retweeted by you
Koch Industries Has Financial Stake in Derivatives and Pharmaceuticals, Not Just Oil http://bit.ly/ceIIdW So destroying government is good.
What happens when religious right leader Maggie Gallagher meets St. Peter http://bit.ly/aTLi5K
Beck rally crowd size by the numbers http://bit.ly/96WQck 20 people on a queen sized mattress.
Billionaire Who Denies Connection to Tea Parties Bankrolls Tea-Partying Glenn Beck Fans http://bit.ly/cPaHmp H/T Digby http://bit.ly/d2lHwq
No Sound And Fury http://bit.ly/b30YSr WH clueless on messaging. What have they done in the last 30 days to inspire the base ?
lee fang has been covering the (Like to buy the world ) Koch brothers for a while http://bit.ly/awnVmL
The Tax that cannot speak its name http://bit.ly/cehYqX Small person at $200k/yr pays taxes about the same rates as a Richie making $200m
Politico notices Hispanics Leaving Democrats http://bit.ly/9K4Fgz More kick the base political strategy
Peter Daou: Vital Lessons from the Health Reform Wars http://huff.to/b7TBSn H/T Ian Welsh http://bit.ly/cCXPH9

Update: changed urls to links.

Tweets of Yesterday (8/27/2010 - 8/29/10)

2010-08-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

1018 Google Reader articles. 34 tweeted.

Tea Party Sheds the Libertarian Fig Leaf, Goes Full Fundie http://bit.ly/cypMZW Helps Mittens over Huckleberry cause Beck's a Mormon
Brazil’s Smartphone Census http://bit.ly/bBICUq 7% the cost of US census 66% of US population. Guess our corporate corruption hurts
Amendment 63 - The Health Care TABOR Amendment http://bit.ly/b5GQuF another reactionary TABOR style proposal. VOTE NO on Amendment 63
Glenn Beck Goes Messianic at America's Divine Destiny Event http://bit.ly/9XLFBx rundown of the religious winger leaders he had on stage
Shrill One: Predictions I Wish Had Been Wrong http://nyti.ms/cU5uq4 Obama crazyhate worse than Clinton crazyhate http://nyti.ms/cMNh7L
Symbol of Fear: Glenn Beck Wore a Bulletproof Vest At Rally http://bit.ly/d7lbtB
Wikileaks Assange details on the smear http://bit.ly/anb4jM Not what most Muricans would call rape.
Koch Brothers go after Alan Grayson and Suzanne Kosmas http://bit.ly/aiOfmW In violation of tax laws for non-profits
Terrorists burn religious site http://bit.ly/9v7jjX Are they from Beckistan ?
The Historical Fiction of Glenn Beck http://bit.ly/cpQvfQ "Those who fail history have to repeat it in summer school" Buffy Summers
Nonsense from Deficit Peacocks Threatens to Keep Tens of Millions Needlessly Unemployed http://bit.ly/aMqw8H The War on the Small People
Japan’s Experience: Quantitative Easing Helps Banks, Not Real Economy http://bit.ly/coRL52 i.e. Fed will bail out Banksters not unemployed
The Billionaires Bankrolling the Tea Party http://nyti.ms/9vzSHj see also Invisible Hands http://amzn.to/b0X4in
Have we underestimated Chinese consumption? http://bit.ly/9jqV1J Chinese has inequality like US. H/T Yves Smith http://bit.ly/96yi7f
Congress may sneak through Internet ‘kill switch’ in defense bill http://bit.ly/anNE7j
What are the obstacles to being a landlord? http://bit.ly/cYWgsO Questions for NYTimes article on housing at http://bit.ly/ciji2M
A Crib Sheet on Wall Street’s Self-Dealing Money Machine http://bit.ly/b0bALq full story at http://bit.ly/9ApcQ1
Just subcribed to ProPublica in my Google Reader http://bit.ly/ca0yef They broke the CDO Ponzi scheme story. Good Reporting still exists
ProPublica and Planet Money Find the Keys to the Kingdom http://bit.ly/c9QLDd More detail on the CDO Ponzi scheme
Tea Party Patriots | Events for Saturday, 8/28/10 http://bit.ly/aQuLum scroll down for bus trips. Tea Party not supporting Beckistan ?
Today the United States faces several hundred bad-tempered men with beards http://bit.ly/aqRVcz
Banks' Self-Dealing Super-Charged Financial Crisis http://bit.ly/a6nPou How Banksters made hundreds of billions selling crap to each other.
Widespread Fear Freezes Housing Market http://nyti.ms/ciPVph Buyers, Sellers, Lenders all afraid, very afraid and you know rational
Catfood Commission Analysis http://bit.ly/bz6JNI "Why the Democratic Party is attempting a merger with the Plutocratic Party is beyond me"
GOP Funding Octopus http://bit.ly/bOSGIV A very few people spending $400M so that a GOP Congress gets them lots more money and power.
The story of the scripted start of the Tea Party and it's well funded growth http://bit.ly/bWoJqB
Glenn Beck "restores honor" with Abramoff-linked Rabbi http://bit.ly/bW9O4m
Koch: I'd Like To Buy The World http://bit.ly/bN6z1A Tales from the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, including a link to the Original Intent memo
AK-Sen: Miller compares Murkowski to prostitute http://bit.ly/dr0GiJ Class act all the way, waiting for Palin to refudiate
Earl Blumenauer: Leading the Way for “Progressive” Democrats to Cut Social Security http://bit.ly/9NDPwq
Grayson, Progressive Groups Join Call to Fire Alan Simpson http://bit.ly/c6vwKH Lots of them
PowerPoints 'R' Us http://bit.ly/dpC18E Colonel tells it like it is and gets shot for effort. http://bit.ly/c2eiwN Truth hurts
Eating Your Own Toxic Waste http://bit.ly/a33Gsl Banksters Ponzi themselves and make money doing it.
What NOM can't spin http://bit.ly/d33AKV (the Anti-Sex League not the googie and kitteh treats http://bit.ly/90e2mC )

Too many tweets for categories frequency counts. I use too many characters for tags so I have to figure out a simpler system. Anyhow this is Friday, Saturday and Sunday combined.

Tweets of Yesterday (8/26/2010)

2010-08-27T10:51:00.000-07:00

615 Google Reader articles. 18 tweeted.

GOP plan to repeal health care reform would add $455bn to the deficit http://bit.ly/dh2fM6 And $680bn for Tax Cuts for the Rich
Tit's A Big Deal: Alan Simpson's Long History Of Advocating Social Security Cuts http://bit.ly/dqLhb4 Appointed by Obama
President Obama, It’s Time to Can the Catfood Commission http://bit.ly/aTLWxG As Delong says, The Cossacks work for the Czar
John Suthers Did Sell Payday Lending Reform Out? http://bit.ly/d9efn6 for a measly $10K
GOP Earmark hypocracy: Ken Buck has requested at least $5 million in earmarks and grants http://bit.ly/cWel9w
California Foreclosures: the last arrivals at the bottom of the middle class ladder are the first to be pushed off http://bit.ly/bePcmJ
Top Terrorist Funds Fox News http://bit.ly/dtfQk8 No joke (although it's on the Daily Show.)
Re: Bennet DC voicemail I got though at the local office 303-455-7600. It's probably because they are at Recess. http://bit.ly/bbIZId
Now that the Primary is over, Bennet's Senate phone number only has voicemail. 202-224-5852
Save the Salmonella http://bit.ly/bY1cYq Britain began vaccinating hens against the bacteria...virtually wiped out the health threat.
Koch Industries gave funding to the DLC and served on its Executive Council http://bit.ly/cYfAgf more on the funders of sedition
A Tea Party Family History? http://bit.ly/d9ST8H Lot's of links on Koch Family sedition funding
NYT and Matt Bai Falsely Call Social Security Trust Fund a “Lottery”http://bit.ly/9mMSIm Doing their bit in the War on the Small People
Senator Simpson: He’s Not Just Offensive, He’s Ignorant http://bit.ly/b6MVQ7 But an Inspirational Leader in the War on the Small People
Recursive Tweet: Occasional Blog: Tweets of Yesterday (8/25/2010) http://bit.ly/dbKGtn
Fiscal Austerity and “Third World America” http://bit.ly/aR6z9E Calling out the War on the Small People
Despite Reform, Banks Have Room for Risky Deals - NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/a9fDx5 H/T http://bit.ly/am0GJJ
Alan Simpson: Social Security Is 'A Milk Cow With 310 Million Tits' [UPDATE] http://huff.to/bjqRRM with Timeline and video link

Deficit Peacocks 2

Catfood Commission 4

GOP Crooks 2

Colorado 3

War on Small People 10

GOP Lies 2

Corruption 5

Tweets of Yesterday (8/25/2010)

2010-08-26T07:58:00.000-07:00

247 Google Reader articles. 16 tweeted.

Anti-big government GOP terrified of "privatization" (the word, not, you know, doing it) http://bit.ly/dCqTRg
Healthcare For Students Right Wing lies about Health Care. Expect a lot of them. http://bit.ly/a11mrN
What the elites are trying to steal from us, and why http://bit.ly/8YxNaY The war on the small people
Fire Alan Simpson http://nyti.ms/a95LlN At least the Shrill One is on our side. Petition http://bit.ly/9s6X7z WH comment line 202-456-1111
Jobless Organize to Remove Republican Royalists From Their Jobs http://bit.ly/bTSH1j If the unemployed vote against the GOP, they're screwed
"310 Million Tits" - If Simpson Doesn't Resign, The President Must Fire Him http://bit.ly/d3F0UJ
Tell Pres. Obama's deficit commission to cut military spending, not Social Security. http://bit.ly/bnyE0N Pls sign and RT #p2
DeLay appears headed for trial: Austin American-StatesmanJohn Colyandro, above left, and Jim Ellis, above center, ... http://bit.ly/9oMpso retweeted
Recursive Tweet: Occasional Blog: Tweets of Yesterday (8/24/2010) http://bit.ly/9JT352
Corporate pension funds earnings assumptions http://bit.ly/cl8BiP Cut by 2%-3%, and cash-heavy corporate balance sheets don't look so good
The Mosque Post http://bit.ly/91dcJG Introduces the great term: "non-troversy"
Tell Alan Simpson - We've had it. http://bit.ly/9s6X7z Petition to remove him as Chair of Catfood commission for "310 million tits"
Is It Time For Class Warfare? http://bit.ly/bkBf7R
Chart of the Day: Housing Prices Since WWII http://bit.ly/bGLFFA read the chart then rent
ColoradoPols.com:: Ken Buck Actually More to the Right Than Dan Maes http://bit.ly/dq1ums

catfood commission 4

colorado politics 1

war on the small people 2

Republican lies 4

Republican crooks 1

Economics and Business 2

Tweets of Yesterday (8/24/2010)

2010-08-25T08:56:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I read 247 Google Reader articles. These are the ones I tweeted.

Daily Kos: Murdoch published Imam Rauf's book on Islam and America http://bit.ly/cr6VzA
The Anti Defamation League has gone Neocon http://bit.ly/9QjX4u Very sad. They used to be righteous
The New Yorker Maps Koch Industries' Right-Wing funding, leaves out FreedomWorks (Teabag funder) also Koch funded http://bit.ly/9Jve2Y
God, no. Don't make me agree with John Boehner calling for mass firing of Obama economic team, Geithner and Summers http://bit.ly/dzUG5L
Yes, Bush Tax cuts give $3 Million per plutocrat http://nyti.ms/bmZrTT Krugman shows his work for the slow (and mendacious) class members
US to spend $1.3 billion on Afghanistan bases http://bit.ly/azUozG
Bush - America's First Muslim President http://bit.ly/bbcjQW GOP can say goodbye to Islamic vote
How Has It Come to This? http://bit.ly/d3YjMh Finally photos of BP what did

I fix typos when I see them in writing these posts.

Four War Stories for Today

2010-07-26T18:28:00.000-07:00

Afghanistan war funding might be delayed, but likely can't be defeated http://bit.ly/aarZFY

The Fog(ging) of War http://bit.ly/90VkTW How horrible the coverage of AfPak has been

Michael Brenner: Miracles and Myths -- Opiate of the Afghanistan Hawks http://huff.to/9GAWt1

We are the Russians: All the Strangeness of Our American World in One Article http://bit.ly/cavh2q

Since Twitter's get lost 4:59 PM Feb 19th to 3/2/10 6:30 pm

2010-03-02T18:30:00.000-08:00

marcsobel

Wall Street and Vine: Hollywood's View of Business by Larry Ribstein http://bit.ly/clWQHi (abstract, has download link)44 minutes ago via bit.ly

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PA-Sen: Specter Leads Toomey In Latest Q-Pollhttp://bit.ly/9hJfN2 Pushed to the left Spector may win. Like Bennet ?about 1 hour ago via bit.ly

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Lawyers, Guns and Money: Our War Against Mickey Kaus http://bit.ly/9SUu5Z for the win.about 1 hour ago via bit.ly

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Very Scary Things http://nyti.ms/9vsjup Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum massive extinctions 6C temp rise, current BAU analysis 5C.about 2 hours ago via bit.ly

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Annals of Goldman Sachs client relations, Michael Lewis edition http://bit.ly/cJOUcA net: They will fuck you if they can.about 2 hours ago via bit.ly

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Udall & > 30 Senators showing bold leadership on the public option! go to say thanks http://bit.ly/8ZiOxH@BoldProgressiveabout 2 hours ago via web

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I just called my Senator: it's a critical week for a real#climatebill. Pls join me: http://bit.ly/cmSjCL (via @RepowerAmerica)about 8 hours ago via web

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The Bunning Effect http://bit.ly/bC45AY6:09 PM Mar 1st via bit.ly

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petition @Senate_GOPs & Jim Bunning: stop holding unemployed Americans hostage to your obstruction agendahttp://act.ly/1qo RT to sign #p25:56 PM Mar 1st via act.ly

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finished: The Elegance of the Hedgehoghttp://bit.ly/aueaP8 #booksread10:01 AM Mar 1st via bit.ly

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finished:The Age of Wonder http://bit.ly/ajHySx #booksread9:57 AM Mar 1st via bit.ly

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Finished: Some Things That Stay http://bit.ly/aeIiah #booksread9:54 AM Mar 1st via bit.ly

MarkUdall

For help re: Chile earthquake, email ChileEarthquake@state.gov, or call 1-888-407-4747 #chilequake3:05 PM Feb 27th via web

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http://bit.ly/ao14oi What an honor for me today in Loveland to present WWII Veteran, Bill Dudley with ten military medals and decorations.3:03 PM Feb 27th via iPhone iGift4u

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In Fort Collins, meeting with CSU school leaders who are preparing students for agribusiness ind. that will grow jobs in CO rural areas.12:14 PM Feb 27th via iPhone iGift4u

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Atemporality for the Creative Artist http://bit.ly/9zhwtfBruce Sterling, very interesting.12:23 PM Feb 26th via bit.ly

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Judd Gregg on Reconciliation http://bit.ly/dhgbIP11:27 AM Feb 26th via bit.ly

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Our Plutocracy http://bit.ly/aPzVOG Top 400 Tax returns made more than Kentucky, paid taxes at half the pre-Bush rate8:47 AM Feb 26th via bit.ly

MarkUdall

You can see my appearance on @MadMoneyOnCNBChere: http://bit.ly/aA7u3q #naturalgas3:01 PM Feb 25th via web

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Reconciliation Usage - Republicans 14, Democrats 5 with list of bills http://bit.ly/bqVd2c4:38 PM Feb 24th via bit.ly

MarkUdall

If you missed me on @MadMoneyOnCNBC earlier, I'll be on in a few mins with more on the @pickensplan and the NAT GAS Act4:15 PM Feb 24th via web

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Today is the Virtual March for Health Care Reform! I'm marching - join me? http://www.moveon.org/r?r=86527&rc=vm.tweet3:58 PM Feb 24th via web

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Producerism - Right Wing Popularismhttp://bit.ly/akTxpe H/R digby http://bit.ly/cT0HQF White Christians are the only "producing" citizens10:30 AM Feb 24th via bit.ly

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About to appear on @MadMoneyOnCNBC to discuss the @pickensplan and the NAT GAS Act with @JimJCramer10:11 AM Feb 24th via web

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Robert Gibbs: Public Option Via Reconciliation Can’t Pass Congress | The Plum Line http://bit.ly/9SPzCK3:52 PM Feb 23rd via bit.ly

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the Social Control of Mothers http://bit.ly/bqapnk 5% of alcoholic women give birth to babies diagnosed with FAS3:48 PM Feb 23rd via bit.ly

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Dana Milbank love letter to Rahm http://bit.ly/b9WNs3What it means http://bit.ly/diu3yw H/TAtrios http://bit.ly/9hxTOy Is Rahm over ?8:18 AM Feb 23rd via bit.ly

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Federal Reserve policy has exhibited partisan bias in presidential election years http://bit.ly/d2Zymm3:33 PM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

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What if they ran the Zoo, (they actually did run the Zoo) http://bit.ly/9p8hF02:06 PM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

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RNC orders moderate Republicans "cooperate" with Obama as long as it leads to delay but vote no when it comes to action http://bit.ly/a9BaEA2:03 PM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

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"BIPARTISANSHIP" is not what Americans want -- give us a good bill with the public option. Tell Congress that.http://bit.ly/bbEB9h #p21:54 PM Feb 22nd via web

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How Paul Krugman found politics : The New Yorkerhttp://bit.ly/93Cr799:32 AM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

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Better live in Sweden than in the US: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better http://bit.ly/cuJnsH9:01 AM Feb 22nd via bit.ly

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About the guy who let the torture lawyers off the hook David Margolis http://bit.ly/959WZk Fox guarding the henhouse8:58 PM Feb 21st via bit.ly

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William Frank Buckley, Sr. Texan descended from Canadian Irish http://bit.ly/chfpNs Explanation for http://bit.ly/aEZsFf?11:19 AM Feb 21st via bit.ly

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Price changes, not utilization, made up 80 % of growth in Massachusetts’ health spending (06 - 09) http://bit.ly/9zjYhFMonopolies bitch!11:16 AM Feb 21st via bit.ly

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Occasional Blog: Selections from the Roots of Modern Conservatism http://bit.ly/a3B5Bj Conservatism doesn't change, only its target victims7:44 AM Feb 21st via bit.ly

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Rowling's being sued for plagiarism againhttp://bit.ly/9Rq4FF Analysis of the case by a real live book editor2:30 PM Feb 20th via bit.ly

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Fig 1 Federal Spending by State Per Dollar of Federal Taxes Fiscal Year 2004 http://bit.ly/9tm44Q From the tax foundation so may be suspect6:32 PM Feb 19th via bit.ly

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Krugman thinks Bernanke may be leading us into a Japanese style lost decade http://nyti.ms/aQjJnX Of course Krugman is always wrong.4:59 PM Feb 19th via bit.ly

Selections from the Roots of Modern Conservatism

2010-02-21T06:43:00.000-08:00

Matthew Yglesias reminds us that those who do not learn from History get to reinvent it on Fox. In particular, the Sharon Statement which he explains in the historical context is about keeping the Negro in his place. He mentions but doesn't link to a probable William F'Buckley editorial "The South Must Prevail". I was interested in reading it and The Google gave a bunch of references almost all of which were progressive or academic. I hadn't read Buckley in a long time. He has a style which come across in his interviews which I recognized immediately, David Brooks. It's "I'm so rational and more intelligent and educated than you are that my argument is obviously correct." Also known as the Emperor's New Clothes. Like Brooks, Buckley buries a hateful opinion masquerading as a fact among a slew of gracefully written facts. In this case after talking about the Senate limiting the right of Southerners to suppress "Negro" voting he says

The central question that emerges-and it is not

a parliamentary question or a question that is

answered by merely consulting a catalogue of the

rights of American citizens, born Equal-is whether

the White community in the South is entitled to take

such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically

and culturally, in areas in which it does not pre-

dominate numerically? The sobering answer is Yes

-the White community is so entitled because, for

the time being, it is the advanced race . It is not easy,

and it is unpleasant, to adduce statistics evidencing

the median cultural superiority of White over Negro :

but it is a fact that obtrudes, one that cannot be

hidden by ever-so-busy egalitarians and anthropolo-

gists .

Like Brooks, he often leaves little breadcrumb trails to his basic beliefs in this case:

It is more important for

any community, anywhere in the world, to affirm and

live by civilized standards, than to bow to the de-

mands of the numerical majority .

It get's better:

Sometimes it be-

comes impossible to assert the will of a minority,

in which case it must give way, and the society will

regress ; sometimes the numerical minority cannot

prevail except by violence : then it must determine

whether the prevalence of its will is worth the ter-

rible price of violence .

Good stuff, right up with the Teabaggers.

Matthew makes the point that the same rhetoric is being used today but the context is hatred of teh gay not teh Negro.

The Fetalist Next Door

2010-01-31T13:02:00.000-08:00

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/magazine/index.html

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/01/31/magazine/31cover/sfSpan.jpg

In the week when Domestic Terrorist Scott Roeder is convicted in a civilian court rather than a military tribunal why didn't the New York Timers write a cover story about whether you had to be afraid of the Fetalists next door. Or whether Christianity is responsible for their terrorist views ?

Naah, just kidding.

Incidentally, my wife's reaction was "Great, more fear mongering"

What's This Blog About ?

2010-01-30T11:05:00.000-08:00

I normally read a lot of articles a day using Google reader and for articles I want to remember or recommend, I open a tab with the article then use the bit.ly widget to create a shortened url in a window that allows me to write a tweet. I have my Facebook account setup to copy my Twitter feed. That is with two mouse clicks, I am ready to write a short description of the article. It gives me practice in blurb writing if nothing else.

On rare occasions, I want to write a longer piece and this is where they will go.