Links (most recent first) that caught my eye, but did not warrant full-blown blog entries ….
- They won’t know what they’ve got ’til it’s gone: Steve Benen
- Another example of why we can’t have nice things – Is it just anti-government-spending (the rich can always fly, so why worry about whether the hoi-polloi have high-speed trains they can take), or disdain at giving the president credit for anything? Or both?
- Fear of Fox and the death of a climate bill – “That’s what it takes to govern in the 21st century — quick and quiet negotiations, motivated by fear of a cable news network. David Frum’s quote from last year continues to ring true: ‘Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we are discovering we work for Fox.'”
- And then there were four (and maybe five) – Yes, I’m sure there plenty of Republican Senatorial candidates (and probably a few Senators) who would love to see wages drop to the level of “supply and demand.” Cheap-labor conservatives love the idea of being the ones to demand, and workers being a mere supply.
- In Proclaiming Child Health Day, Jan Brewer Ignores Every Budget Cut She Made To Child Health Programs – Let them eat carrots!
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- WWJD?
- Supreme Court case: Can a man exonerated of capital murder sue the prosecutor who convicted him? – By John Hollway – Slate Magazine – While in general I think that some level of immunity is appropriate for DAs and similar public servants, there must also be some just recourse for this sort of inexcusable malfeasance — actions and inactions that could have led to yet another innocent man being executed and another photo in the DA’s gallery of victories.
- TARP saved my nation, and all I got was this bitter, cold tea party – “What other ‘common sense’ delusions will misdirect this year’s election vote?”
- West Virginia Is a Geothermal Hot Spot – ScienceNOW – It would be delightful to see West Virginia prosper by shifting from coal to geothermal over the coming years.
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