February 24, 2011 – 9:01 am
The headline at Grist is an attention grabber: Maybe no one cares about climate change because we’re wired for extinction. Yet, the article doesn’t really support that, as George Black goes on a tear that our brains are wired wrong In my unending (and thus far, I have to confess, largely fruitless) attempts to figure […]
February 24, 2011 – 8:18 am
We had dueling idiocy from both Parties, starting with this fool, who is a Republican An Indiana deputy attorney general “is no longer employed” by the state after Mother Jones magazine reported he tweeted that police should to use live ammunition against Wisconsin labor protesters, the attorney general’s office said Wednesday. The magazine reported Wednesday […]
February 23, 2011 – 3:01 pm
February 23, 2011 – 12:36 pm
I know, you’re shocked A new report [PDF] from a ratepayers advocacy group found that the price of electricity in 59 percent of renewable energy contracts signed by the state’s three big utilities exceeded the market price referent, or MPR for all you utility junkies. (snip) According to the report, 77 percent of the contracts […]
February 23, 2011 – 8:30 am
In the real world, mom and dad (or kindergarten teacher) would put the Dems into timeout, asked them if they had been eating Playdo. Right now, the Wisconsin assembly is going strong into their second day of debate and votes, along with a filibuster and enormous amounts of amendments from Democrats, and, we have Capitol […]
February 23, 2011 – 7:50 am
Semantics, pure semantics A third federal judge upheld the constitutionality of the Obama health care law on Tuesday, reinforcing the divide in the lower courts as the case moves toward its first hearings on the appellate level. Judge Gladys Kessler of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia became the third appointee of President […]
February 22, 2011 – 7:18 pm
This just has awesome written all over it A measure filed by State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) would allow any law enforcement agency that has custody of an illegal immigrant to take the illegal to ‘the office of a U.S. Senator or Representative’ and leave them there. 1200 WOAI news reports the measure also allows […]
February 22, 2011 – 5:21 pm
You must change your lifestyle by government decree A new “politics driven” diplomatic approach is required to tackle global warming, the Foreign Office’s special representative for climate change said yesterday. Speaking to a packed audience at Chatham House, John Ashton described climate change as a “ticking clock”, arguing for binding international agreements to cut emissions […]
February 22, 2011 – 12:30 pm
SEIU has apparently forgotten all about being civil There are not many American rock and roll bands that stand in solidarity with the union movement as much as the Dropkick Murphys. So it is no surprise that the band has released an advanced stream of a new song “Take ‘Em Down” in support of the […]
February 22, 2011 – 11:12 am
He’s not playing around Walker said Tuesday morning the state could send out layoff notices to state workers as soon as next week if the budget standoff is not resolved. Speaking at the WISC-TV (Channel 3) studios, the Republican governor said he would have to send out the notices next week to start seeking savings […]
