Archive for the ‘politics’ Category

Human Events Thompson nod a non-event

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

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News that Human Events endorsed Fred Thompson barely made a ripple. That’s probably because Thompson has barely made a ripple himself. He might get a boost in SC, where his demonizing brand of swagger seems to resonate. Is that what Human Events is banking on?

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I-35W bridge downed by design flaw; infrastructure issues fade from headlines

Friday, January 18th, 2008

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The flaw: Undersized gusset plates. So, case closed? It wasn’t a portentous sign of a failing national infrastructure after all? Just a sad, tragic miscalculation by an engineer four decades ago? Nope…

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Libertarianism doesn’t work - but it’s still useful

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Most libertarians work so hard on maintaining their ideological purity that they are largely irrelevant. But in the process of screaming at everyone over taxes and wealth redistribution, supposed market solutions to externalities, and freedom, they keep the rest of us honest.

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‘Buying of the President’: Website a ‘one-stop source’ of eyebrow-raising info for 2008 election

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

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An independent research organization has unveiled a website that examines “how big money and special interests influence the path to the Oval Office.”

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Obama still fired up, ready to go

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

For a guy who just lost a primary, ‘08 Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama sounds like he won. Highlights and remarks follow the video below…

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Million-Years McCain and the answer to a stupid question

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

Hopefully Obama’s Iowa victory at last provides a definitive answer to the dumbest question still being asked by corporate media. … Meanwhile, McCain says he’s fine with U.S. troops being in Iraq for 100; nay, 1,000; nay, a million years! (videos)

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Bill Kristol on Ron Paul: He’s a crackpot

Monday, December 24th, 2007

America’s favorite neocon commentator takes a crack at America’s favorite quasi-Libertarian presidential candidate. Hey, might as well - everyone else is ripping Paul, as they always do when anyone gets too big for his britches. Kristol is particularly caustic, defending in an oblique manner a war that cost 600,000 American lives…

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400 scientists deny the importance of global heating

Friday, December 21st, 2007

Yesterday, global heating denier-in-chief Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma released a list of 400 scientists from around the world who deny that global heating is occurring, that it’s as bad as the prevailing theories say it is, that we can do anything about it, or some combination thereof. In addition to the list of names are explanatory statements from each of the scientists and a description of who the scientist is and thus why we should listen to him or her…

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Corn ethanol production is killing the coastal Gulf of Mexico

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

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…The Gulf of Mexico is one of the United States’ most important fisheries, where 72% of U.S. harvested shrimp, 66% of harvested oysters, and 16% of commercial fish are harvested for U.S. markets. But in 1985, a “dead zone” largely devoid of seabed marine life like shrimp and oysters was discovered along the Louisiana coast. Scientists determined that the ultimate cause of the dead zone was algae blooms fed by human agricultural practices, especially fertilizer runoff from corn…

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Neocon hero comes to Bush’s aid, suggests Iran intel report is work of US traitors

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Neocon extraordinaire Norman Podhoretz, who currently works as Rudy Giuliani’s foreign policy advisor, is engaging in some wild speculation today regarding the new National Intelligence Estimate report on Iran’s nuclear capabilities…

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