Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- Senate overcomes GOP scheme, approves small business bill – “In other words, according to a senior GOP senator, his Republican Party delayed progress on a worthwhile economic bill — on purpose — as part of an election-season scheme. Businesses that could have aided economic expansion months ago were delayed because the GOP had a “messaging” strategy in mind. If our political system made more sense, this would be a huge national scandal that would force Republicans onto the defensive seven weeks before the midterms.”
- Unemployment insurance keeps millions out of poverty – “If you’re thinking it seems obscene that the biggest fight in Washington right now is over whether to give the rich yet another round of tax breaks, on the heels of a 14.3% poverty rate, then you and I are on the same page.”
- Take two votes and call me in 2011: Steve Benen
- Armey Accuses Religious Right Of Trying To Impose It’s Will Through Tyranny – It’s rare I agree with Armey on anything, but …
- Prison Industry Funnels Donations To State Lawmakers Introducing SB1070-Like Bills Around The Country – Cui bono? Clearly SB1070 and its toadstool-popping imitators around the nation aren’t being driven just by nativist xenophobia … but by a desire for a tidy profit, too.
- PG&E Never Used $5 Million Rate Hike It Touted For Repairs To Fix Pipeline It Admitted Was ‘High Risk’ – Yeah, there’s a shocker for you.
- Texas Board of Education: History Textbooks ‘Tainted’ With ‘Gross Pro-Islamic, Anti-Christian Distortions’ – The news stories point to very few specifics, so it’s difficult to judge by objective historical merits. That said, as I strongly suspect the Texas SBOE would have few objections to history books that dwelt on negative views of Muslims, I’m not sanguine that what they would consider balanced would be what I (or most historians) would.
- 9 things I really don’t like about your avatar – To which I’d add “10. The image of you is too small in the already small avatar — try cropping the original a bit closer.”
- Rove sees the error of his ways – Not even Karl Rove can stand up to the GOP Machine, where never may be heard a discouraging word. For what it’s worth, Karl, all the other Republicans who were slamming O’Donnell before (and even during) her primary win have also whole-heartedly joined her fan club.
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