February 2011
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What a prank call proves about Wisconsin →
danielholter:
But if the transcript of the conversation is unexceptional, the fact of it is lethal. The state’s Democratic senators can’t get Walker on the phone, but someone can call the governor’s front desk, identify themselves as David Koch, and then speak with both the governor and his chief of staff? That’s where you see the access and power that major corporations and wealthy...
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Slashing Budgets, Republican Style
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The Republicans are using the deficit crisis created primarily by their wars, their tax cuts, and their financial collapse as an excuse to enact a series of partisan budget cuts.
When Republicans start proposing cuts to things Republicans like, I’ll take their deficit reduction efforts seriously. Until then? They’re just exploiting the crisis they created.
Truth.
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“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone...”
– Dr. Seuss (via kari-shma)
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“What gives? Since when is an honest source pilloried? You would have thought...”
– Edward Wasserman, “Biting the source that feeds you,” MiamiHerald.com
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Watchnickyoussef:
I’m pretty sure this newscaster is having a stroke.
The news circulating on Twitter is that they’re taking her to the hospital. I guess I know what an aphasic episode looks like now. I hope she’s okay.
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Robert Reich: Obama Shouldn't Allow Republicans to... →
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But don’t believe for a moment that federal spending cuts anytime soon will get the economy growing soon. They’ll have the opposite effect because they’ll reduce total demand.
The progressive tax system I’ve outlined will get the economy growing again. This, in turn, will bring down the ratio of the debt as a proportion of the total economy — the only yardstick of fiscal...
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A linguist's paper explains jocks and burnouts to...
xanderpiper:
“I have already given some background on the role of the jock and burnout categories as local articulations of socioeconomic class in the adolescent age group. In what follows, I will delve more into the everyday practices and concerns that make these categories what they are, in order to get at the meanings behind their linguistic differences. The differences between jocks...
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The leaked campaign to attack WikiLeaks and its... →
The very idea of trying to threaten the careers of journalists and activists to punish and deter their advocacy is self-evidently pernicious; that it’s being so freely and casually proposed to groups as powerful as the Bank of America, the Chamber of Commerce, and the DOJ-recommended Hunton & Williams demonstrates how common this is. These highly experienced firms included such...
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Future U.S. History Students: 'It's Pretty... →
“If they thought it was the right thing to do, why didn’t President Clinton or Obama or whoever just say, ‘Hey, discriminating against gay people is wrong, so let’s let them get married’?” said Pete Merriam, 15, who was born in an age with no death penalty and with nationwide approval of a woman’s right to choose. “I get that they wanted to be...
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How Millennial Are You? →
eldinire:
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(http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz/index.php)
I think the missing 7% is represented by my lack of tattoos/nonstandard piercings.
Do I get bonus points for posting my results to social networks?
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“I think it’s more important to rank Muni in terms of how it’s...”
– The N-Judah Chronicles: Hooray! We’re Number…..6? ORLY?
The politics surrounding (and within) San Francisco’s Muni continue to bewilder me.
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“Planned Parenthood, which relies on government grants and contracts, individual...”
– Autostraddle — The PP & Me: Why We All Need Planned Parenthood
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“…a couple of months ago, Obama announced the biggest military sale in history to...”
– Noam Chomsky (via azspot)
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“Regular readers know that one recurring theme in this blog is that concentrated...”
– Maxine Udall (girl economist)
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“We must raise similar questions today about those Christians who say to their...”
– Richard T. Hughes (via azspot)
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Communicating Data Clearly →
Never, ever use pie charts. The only thing worse than a pie chart is several of them.
OK, a 3-D pie chart is worse than a traditional pie chart. Really never use a 3-D pie chart.
Bar charts are not inherently terrible but are very often done terribly. Use with caution and care.
3-D bar charts are inherently terrible. Never use a 3-D bar chart. (See: 3-D pie chart.)
Dot plots are the...
