Random RecitalsWe've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for awhile, but sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces. Carl Sagan Lively LinksLinks change randomly each time the cache is refreshed. |
Article by missy on September 29th, 2008 at 11:49 am In a moment of historic drama in the Capitol and on Wall Street, the House of Representatives voted on Monday to reject a $700 billion rescue of the financial industry. The vote against the measure was 228 to 205. Supporters vowed to try to bring the rescue package up for consideration against as soon as possible. Stock markets plunged sharply at midday as [...]
Article by missy on August 8th, 2008 at 12:12 pm Krugman hits the Neanderthal on the head: …[K]now-nothingism — the insistence that there are simple, brute-force, instant-gratification answers to every problem, and that there’s something effeminate and weak about anyone who suggests otherwise — has become the core of Republican policy and political strategy. The party’s de facto slogan has become: “Real men don’t think things through.” … Remember how the Iraq war [...]
Article by missy on July 8th, 2008 at 11:18 am Use your left hook to knock those Republican fuckers out. The FISA debate is going on this morning (voting tomorrow – CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW OR EXPLAIN TO YOUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS WHY YOU DIDN’T). Running parallel to the FISA debate is the progressive renting of garments over should we or shouldn’t we be pounding Obama for his shift to the center. David [...]
Article by Rich on November 28th, 2007 at 7:44 am …and his apparently willful inability to get it right on FISA legislation and the Dems : After being called to task last week for writing a dangerously misinformed column on changes to the nation’s spying laws, Klein concedes that he might have made a mistake when he said a House bill would “require the surveillance of every foreign-terrorist target’s calls to be approved by [...]
Article by John on November 20th, 2007 at 6:41 pm Mike had some technical difficulties in the beginning of this so you should move the slider to around the 28 minute mark to watch this. Mike Gravel provides great commentary as the debate progresses. If you are going to bother to watch these diarrhea of the mouth displays, this is a much better way. You may have to wait quite some time for the [...] | Local TV Connect with Facebook |
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