Archive for March, 2011
Speaking of Activist Judges
The Walmart discrimination case went before the Supreme Court today, and apparently it was ten years in the making. I know nothing of the merits of the case, I know nothing of the case law, and I know nothing of the law in general. Having said that, I am going to go out on a [...]
March 29, 2011
· 
John Cole · 
104 Comments
Posted in: Activist Judges!, Decline and Fall
Wisconsin Judge Says “Did I Stutter?”
And the wingnut Attorney General tells her to eat a bag of dicks: A Dane County judge Tuesday blocked the state from implementing Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining measure. “Further implementation of the act is enjoined,” said Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi. Sumi noted her original restraining order issued earlier this month was clear in [...]
March 29, 2011
· John Cole · 150 Comments
Posted in: Activist Judges!, Assholes, I Can't Believe We're Losing to These People, I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own, IOKIYAR
Friday night and Saturday morning
Are there any plans afoot to get Madison on their asses if Republicans shut the government down next Friday? Saturdays are great days for large rallies. Is anyone looking into this? There will be a lot of people looking at a lot of time on their hands if this shit goes down. With apologies to [...]
March 29, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 39 Comments
Posted in: Fucked-up-edness, Hoot-Smalley
Yeah, But Ronald Bailey Wrote About Global Warming Once at Reason
Just supporting libertarian causes, nothing to see here: A conservative taxpayers group backed by major GOP donors has launched a new radio spot targeting two Republican senators who have been involved in ongoing negotiations to put Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax proposal on a June ballot. The ad, aired by the California chapter of Americans for [...]
March 29, 2011
· John Cole · 64 Comments
Posted in: Glibertarianism
When black Friday comes
Commenter AnnaN on what happens to her if Republicans shut down the government next week: My husband and I are both Feds so we will have absolutely no income if this shut down comes to pass. There is a plan in place – we are to show up on Monday, put affairs in order – [...]
March 29, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 123 Comments
Posted in: Going Galt, Hoot-Smalley
They only answer Moore, Moore, Moore
Double shot of GOP crazy, by request. Feel the Moorementum: Roy Moore, the former Alabama Supreme Court chief justice who lost his job after erecting a monument of the Ten Commandments outside the state’s courthouse, plans to announce in mid-April that he is setting up a presidential exploratory committee, an aide told CBS News. And [...]
March 29, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 59 Comments
Posted in: We Are All Mayans Now
ABC’s sister network
You probably heard about this: Speaking in 2009 onboard a pricey Mediterranean cruise sponsored by a right-wing college, Fox Washington managing editor Bill Sammon described his attempts the previous year to link Obama to “socialism” as “mischievous speculation.” Sammon, who is also a Fox News vice president, acknowledged that “privately” he had believed that the [...]
March 29, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 63 Comments
Posted in: David Brooks Giving A Seminar At The Aspen Institute, Our Failed Media Experiment
One day it’s ping pong balls, the next it’s people.
Choose your doom folks. Bigdog, snakebot, murdercopterbots or human Pong. via io9.
March 29, 2011
· Tim F. · 18 Comments
Posted in: Science and Technology
Open Thread
Time to torture you all with pictures of my dog. I stalked that spot for weeks before I got there at the right time, with the right light, with Max in the mood to sit for a treat. Bleg time! Max has always grabbed the scruff of some other dogs to try to get them [...]
March 29, 2011
· Tim F. · 67 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread
They’re Not Even That Consistent
I like the general theme of Sullivan’s bit about the meaninglessness of labels with respect to modern Republicans. However, this is simply wrong. Income tax rates are now lower than they were under Ronald Reagan and far lower than they were under Eisenhower. And yet it has become a Norquistian non-negotiable that no taxes can [...]
March 29, 2011
· Tim F. · 86 Comments
Posted in: Tax Policy, The Party of Fiscal Responsibility, The Wingularity, We Are All Mayans Now
Just start saying it
If there’s one phrase I hate it’s “mistakes were made”. Fuck the passive voice. Somebody made the mistakes and they should be named and shamed. Let’s be clear, in layman’s terms, Republicans are getting ready to shut down the government. I don’t want to hear any of you saying “the government may be shut down” [...]
March 29, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 78 Comments
Posted in: Fucked-up-edness, Republican Stupidity, Republican Venality
Wishing and hoping
Ezra Klein thinks that Republicans will shut down the government: April 8th. That’s the deadline for Republicans and Democrats to reach a deal on funding for the remainder of 2011. No deal? Then the government shuts down. And if I were a betting man, that’s where my money would be right now: the negotiations have [...]
March 29, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 62 Comments
Posted in: Ever Get The Feeling You've Been Cheated?, Fuck The Middle-Class, Uncategorized, We Are All Mayans Now
24/7 Anti-Worker Dickishness
Michigan’s Republican governor and Legsilature are cutting unemployment benefits with an “up is down” strategy: The measure, passed by a Republican-led Legislature, took advocates for the unemployed by surprise: the language cutting benefits next year was slipped quietly into a bill that was originally sold as way to preserve unemployment benefits this year. You may [...]
March 29, 2011
· mistermix · 128 Comments
Posted in: Assholes
Get a New Ouija Board
Jeffrey Lewis is at a nuclear policy conference nicknamed “Nukestock” and reports: We had an oddly bloodless discussion this morning of the unfolding events at Fukushima. One thing that struck me about the panel, with perhaps Mark Hibbs excepted, was the gap in perception between nuclear industry and the public at large. The panel seemed [...]
March 29, 2011
· mistermix · 32 Comments
Posted in: Free Markets Solve Everything, Science and Technology
Open Thread
I’m off to the hospital with my neighbor for another exciting fun-filled day of oncologists, otolaryngologists, and thoracic surgeons. I can barely contain my excitement. There are few things more uplifting than spending your day talking about tumors.
March 29, 2011
· John Cole · 38 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
