February 8, 2013
David Roberts: The electric grid is like an SUV, big, bloated and inefficient
“It spends 90% of the time parked & 9% ferrying…people – It’s…a monster, a f*cking spaceship, and we use it to get groceries.”
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February 8, 2013
On The Debt And Deficit, Forget About Shared Sacrifice
A common argument in support of raising taxes on the rich is the idea of shared sacrifice. The United States has a lot of debt, and somebody has to pay for it. And after all, if cuts to programs like Social Security and Medicare are on the table, then how exactly are the rich supposed to sacrifice if not for increased taxes?
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February 8, 2013
New Fox Spin Off: It’s Always Sunny In Germany
Did you know that Germany gets a lot more sunlight than the United States? Well, it was said on Fox News, and well, they are a “news” network, right? That must be why Germany’s solar industry is so much further ahead than ours. Thanks Fox News!
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February 7, 2013
Bill O’Reilly Says NBC News Is “Protecting The President” By Not Covering Drones
Last night Bill O’Reilly was even more dishonest than usual when he claimed NBC News was not covering the Obama administration’s drone policy. Never mind that Michael Isikoff broke the story for NBC. Never mind that MSNBC had ample coverage of the story on afternoon and prime time shows like The Rachel Maddow Show. And never mind that the “No Spin Zone” is actually a front for all spin, all the time. To be fair to O’Reilly, maybe he wasn’t dishonest, maybe he just didn’t care to check. On his way to fulfilling a pre-existing narrative, O’Reilly managed to fool himself.
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February 6, 2013
New York Times, Washington Post, Kept CIA Drone Base A Secret
Today we found out that The New York Times, The Washington Post and apparently a number of other news organizations cooperated in keeping secret a CIA drone base in Saudi Arabia.
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February 6, 2013
Boy Scouts of America and Mainstream Conservative Bigotry
We have one party in this country that has no problem with discrimination. On one hand Republicans say they don’t want to talk class or race or sexual orientation, on the other hand, everything they do and say shows their open support for bigotry within the ranks. As always, it needs to be repeated that not all conservatives and Republicans are bigots. But if a person is a bigot, that person is more likely to be a Republican.
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February 5, 2013
CBO and Obamacare: Today’s Right-Wing Health Care Tweet-A-Thon
Today your conservative friends have likely been tweeting and sharing the same right-wing articles in an attempt to show their “compassion” for fellow Americans.
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February 5, 2013
Bob Costas: We Ought Not Have High Capacity Magazines And Assault Rifles
“I think any sane person believes we ought not have high capacity magazines and assault rifles and that there ought to be background checks.” – Bob Costas
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February 5, 2013
You Can’t Bridge The Gun Chasm
After two months of gun control and gun rights rhetoric, there is one thing that has become painfully obvious — there’s simply no way we can span the fissure between gun “rights” advocates and gun “control” advocates. I’m not sure even the most skilled arbiter could bring forth a workable solution for both sides. One side believes nothing should be done to existing gun laws, well, except to further weaken them. The other side wants very strict controls, up to and including bans on certain types of firearms.
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February 5, 2013
Presidential Elections: Red vs. Blue, Conservative vs. Liberal
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