Yeah, we all know the stock market has been doing its usual “let’s pump up the numbers before election day” jump. And we all know that won’t last, and in fact, with a drop in the consumer confidence numbers that was just reported, when an increase was fully expected, along with unexpected drops in other […]
and while his blog isn’t necessarily political, this post of his got me laughing.
According to an article in the New York Times, the US Department of the Interior has dropped a suit that claimed that Chevron Oil was systematically underpaying Royalty fees on their oil drilling leases located on federal land. The timing of this is just too coincidental and one has to wonder how much of the […]
This is the first time an Economist has written an in-depth analysis of the cost of Global Warming. Bottom line is that we can all bite the bullet to the tune of 1% of GDP now, or pay as much as 20% or more of it later. According to the article on BBC,
The Stern Review […]
Just migrated the site over from Hostgator (whose billing system is . . . um . . . er . . . rather creative) to Media Temple. Hopefully all dns and nameserver issues will be resolving shortly. I waited 12 hours before cancelling hostgator, but apparently that wasn’t enough time for dns to resolve (though […]
Us technoweenies have known all along that this possibility has existed, and now John “Hannibal” Stokes of Ars Technica shows you how. With the merging of computer technology and voting machines, any reasonably talented hacker can steal an election. And I’m one of the lucky ones who lives in a state where paper backup records […]
The DOJ is seeking to limit attorney visits to Guantanamo Bay Prisoners despite there being no breach of rules in these visitations. The article in the Boston Globe states, “The fight over limiting access to lawyers comes after President Bush transferred 14 terrorist suspects, including alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to Guantanamo Bay […]
Last week over 300 citizens showed up at an informal meeting at Hunter College and attended by only two of the FCC Commissioners, Copps and Adelstein, although all were invited. The subject was Big Media Mergers and how undesirable further mergers would be in the NYC marketplace, which already has a lot of media concentration. […]
Donklephant’s Justin Gardner quotes E. J. Dionne/The Washington Post:
If a Democratic majority depends on moderate voters, it also depends on the victory of moderate candidates. In five of the seven races likely to decide control of the Senate, Democrats have nominated candidates who simply cannot be seen as conventional liberals.
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Thought provoking, and […]
After Pat’s Birthday.
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