Sunday, March 9th, 2008
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Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Too sensible for attention
By Thoreau
I like this article in Salon about gas prices and the election. The first page of the article is, admittedly, some hand-waving numerology about gas prices and elections and why we should ignore exceptions and all that. But the second page is far too sensible for anybody in the punditocracy to say [...]
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
A caucus that knows how to make waves
By Thoreau
As was pointed out by von Laue in the comments, Bill Foster (D-IL) (elected to replace Dennis Hastert) is a physicist. He joins physicists Rush Holt (D-NJ) and Vernon Ehlers (R-MI) in the bipartisan physics caucus. It is always nice to see a physicist in Congress, although I stand by my refusal to play [...]
Sunday, March 9th, 2008
Wait, you mean voters actually RESPECT a backbone?
By Thoreau
As Greenwald observes, a Democrat just won Dennis Hastert’s old seat while railing against warrantless surveillance and telecom immunity. If a Dem can win in Team Red territory while standing up for the 4th amendment, what excuse is there for certain elements (notice how I qualified that statement, I didn’t use a broad brush, [...]
