Give-A-Handgun-To-A-Schizophrenic Bill?
GOP state Reps in Iowa caught on live mic calling NRA-backed legislation the “Give-A-Handgun-To-A-Schizophrenic Bill.”
Millions saved in Japan by good engineering and government building codes
Had any other populous country suffered the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Japan on Friday, tens of thousands of people might already be counted among the dead. So far, Japan’s death toll is in the hundreds, although it is certain to rise somewhat. Over the years, Japan has spent billions of dollars developing the most… Continue reading Millions saved in Japan by good engineering and government building codes
The case for the dollar coin
Due to rising cotton prices, the dollar bill is now literally worth less than the paper it’s printed on. Dollar coins cost considerably less to produce and last much longer. Dollar notes only last two to three years; dollar coins can last up to 30 years or more. From The case for the dollar coin… Continue reading The case for the dollar coin
The View From Rush Limbaugh’s Recession
One way to look at this is that when Rush Limbaugh really thinks the “sloth and laziness” of Americans mostly consists of jailed drunks on disability and equivalent cases. Another interpretation is that he lacks the courage of his convictions the minute matters move from the abstract to the real. From The Daily Dish Another… Continue reading The View From Rush Limbaugh’s Recession
Rand Paul to EPA: Don’t protect Kentucky
If there was one form of disastrous pollution you would think everyone would readily agree the Environmental Protection Agency should regulate, it would be mountaintop removal coal mining. It’s hard to think of a modern industrial practice that does more damage than the one that blows up the top of mountains, fills up stream beds… Continue reading Rand Paul to EPA: Don’t protect Kentucky
The Rationing Switcheroo
reformers argue that Medicare needs to make choices about what it will pay for; people like Huckabee then scream that the government is going to tell people that they can’t get medical care it disapproves of. But nobody is proposing that the government deny you the right to have whatever medical care you want at… Continue reading The Rationing Switcheroo
The Left’s Tea Party?
My point is that when folks get angry, they get stupid, and stupidity knows no party or clique. Progressives should not meet this truism so defensively. I know we want to believe the best of our comrades. And I know that loudly congratulating one’s team for its superior intellect and virtue is a critical part of keeping a bubble of enthusiasm aloft and rising. So we adults can speak in whispers, if we must. But it’s a plain fact that the fuel-mixture of potent populism includes generous helpings of stupidity and self-regard.
Yes, the Kochs fund groups out of self-interest
I think it’s hard to argue with the basic premise that the Kochs fund organizations that advocate allowing Koch Industries to continue emitting carbon without limits. Those organizations employ various people who employ various arguments – outright denial of climate science, the cost-benefit argument that the cost of limiting emissions exceeds the supposed future “cost”… Continue reading Yes, the Kochs fund groups out of self-interest
Not winning anymore?
Is Charlie Sheen’s breakdown still funny or can we start talking about him as being sad and disturbing?
Michele Bachmann Refuses to Walk Back Gangster Government Comments
Well, I said I do believe that actions that have been taken by this White House, I don’t take back my statement on gangster government. I think that there have been– actions that have been taken by this government that I think are corrupt From Video Cafe Whenever I hear people compare government to organized… Continue reading Michele Bachmann Refuses to Walk Back Gangster Government Comments