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Anil : YouTube and the Million Mixer March - Imagine if half a million people marched on Washington, collectively broke federal law, did it in plain sight of the world's leaders and traditional media, and yet we all barely noticed? What if political leaders didn't even see it as a political act, but
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deusx : Judging Stimulus by Job Data Reveals Success — Officially Lucky ❡ a blog by Clint Ecker - "Imagine if, one year ago, Congress had passed a stimulus bill that really worked. ... Well, it would look almost exactly as it does now. Because those nice descriptions of the stimulus that I just gave aren’t hypothetical. They are descriptions of
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deusx : Op-Ed Columnist - America Is Not Yet Lost - NYTimes.com - "The truth is that given the state of American politics, the way the Senate works is no longer consistent with a functioning government. Senators themselves should recognize this fact and push through changes in those rules, including eliminating or
jcgregorio : Op-Ed Columnist - America Is Not Yet Lost - NYTimes.com - """But by now, we know how the Obama administration deals with those who would destroy it: it goes straight for the capillaries."""
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nelson : Terrorball - Lancing editorial about the ridiculousness of current domestic antiterrorism policy
deusx : Undressing the Terror Threat - WSJ.com - "No amount of statistical evidence, however, will make any difference to those who give themselves over to almost completely irrational fears. Such people, and there are apparently a lot of them in America right now, are in fact real victims of terro
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deusx : DICK THE COWARD - The Washington Monthly - "Democrats, at the time, didn't launch an assault against the Bush administration, and we didn't see Al Gore condemning the White House. It simply didn't occur to Democrats in 2001 to use the attempted mass murder of hundreds of Americ
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deusx : The Same Old Washington Blame Game | The White House - "President Obama doesn’t need to beat his chest to prove it, and – unlike the last Administration – we are not at war with a tactic (“terrorism”), we at war with something that is tangible: al Qaeda and its violent extremist allies. And we
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deusx : Rachel Maddow rips apart Cheney, GOP attack machine - Daily Kos TV (beta) - "Again, my friends and colleagues in the media have two choices in covering this. You can just copy down what the Republicans and Vice President Cheney are saying, and click "send," call it journalism, or you can actually fact-check those c
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Greg Storey : A look at how leaders big and small, around the world, manage their day. - I can't imagine holding meetings past midnight. #
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nelson : The worst run big city in the US - A bit ranty, but good summary of SF's dysfunction
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nelson : Bush history unforgotten - Amazingly, the Democratic administration was able to find the missing emails!
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Linkorama : James Carville Unplugged on Flickr
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philgyford : Open Rights Group | The Digital Economy Bill - a first critical look - Good, and alarming, summary of that bloody bill.
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deusx : Limbaugh Reaction to Obama Thesis Hoax, Amanda Marcotte Reaction at Pandagon to Bill Sparkman Census "Fed" Suicide Illustrate Bad Rhetoric | Popehat - "Do you contribute something worthwhile to the marketplace of ideas, or are you just a noisy asshat? Here’s one way to tell: how do you act when you are proven wrong about something? Do you learn from the experience and admit you were wrong — or
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nelson : Expert Labs - Anil Dash's new project; getting tech folks to help government
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nelson : Prayer as healthcare - Healthcare overhaul bill includes "religious and spiritual healthcare" as covered
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Rod Begbie : blog.reddit: Congressman Barney Frank Answers Your Questions - Redditors collaborated and voted on questions, Barney Frank answers them. His answer to the question about the GLBT march is essential viewing. [via] #
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Rod Begbie : The Congress today had five minutes of worthwhile dialogue - Salon.com - You, along with a democratically-elected representative, can learn about "bills of attainder" [via] #
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philgyford : LRB · Roy Mayall: Diary - A good day to finally read this report from a pseudonymous postman. "Figures are down" but volumes are up; companies are important, ordinary people aren't.
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Rod Begbie : Capuano: A Washington Insider, Unknown At Home - NPR piece on Mike Capuano, my old House representative in Somerville, running for Ted Kennedy's senate seat. MA residents: Please give him your consideration. "He’s not afraid of being seen as a Washington insider. In fact, he tells the crowd of about [via] #
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joshua : The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office” - wonderfully bitter; presents an "unorthodox school of management based on the axiom that organizations don’t suffer pathologies; they are intrinsically pathological constructs" and therefore "Idealized organizations are not perfect. They
cobra libre : The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office” - "Sociopaths, in their own best interests, knowingly promote over-performing losers into middle-management, groom under-performing losers into sociopaths, and leave the average bare-minimum-effort losers to fend for themselves." [via] #
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gleuschk : Tent City USA - George Saunders - great piece in GQ, someone put all on one page
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Greg Storey : The best response to Obama's "Norwegian Gimmie" I've read to date. - If Obama won because he's not Bush, shouldn't the prize have been awarded to the citizens of the United States? #
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deusx : MyDD :: A Garlic Milkshake Recipe for John Boehner - I'd actually like to make this! "Held the last weekend every July, the Gilroy Garlic Festival serves up garlic ice cream every year. Here's their recipe"
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