Archive for the “Politics” category
And now, from the anti-Semitic conspiracy theory wing of the Tea Party…
by Pete on July 24, 2010
In case I had ever been considering moving back to Indiana… Now, if you attend some tea party meetings in Indiana, a different kind of challenge is emerging. On the information tables, along with candidate brochures and handouts from right-wing (…)
Yes, but… CYNTHIA MCKINNEY!!!
by Pete on June 9, 2010
John Cole, on the news that Orly Taitz is running for the Republican nomination for California Secretary of state: The Republicans have spent the last couple of years doing everything they could to feed this kind of nutbaggery in the (…)
If you don’t like the weather
by Pete on June 4, 2010
Fiorina’s new“Barbara Boxer’s worried about the weather” ad reminds me of something… Oh right—we weren’t supposed to take John Kerry seriously because he thought terrorism was just a nuisance Clearly, only Republicans are qualified to tell us which global problems (…)
Maybe the Tea Party needs a community organizer
by Pete on June 4, 2010
The University of Washington has a new poll of Tea Party members that breaks response data from core, highly dedicated adherents out from the responses from the more general category of sympathizers. It’s hardly surprising that the two groups are (…)
Know your fallacies
by Pete on June 3, 2010
Tyler Cowan: If Keynesian economic theory is so great, how come more people aren’t doing it or supporting it? Jonathan Chait: Because the public doesn’t understand it, and politicians are too nervous to push for it. I happen to agree (…)
The easy criticism generally isn’t the best one
by Pete on June 3, 2010
Steve Benen posted on Tuesday regarding Republican deficit-hawks in the House voting pretty much en masse for a huge ($726 billion) defense appropriation bill: It’s a reminder that when Republicans block domestic spending on areas like extended unemployment insurance, what (…)
Good luck, Chuck
by Pete on June 2, 2010
Ah, Chuck Schumer. My former Senator has, unsurprisingly, found yet another excuse for some grandstanding. According to the Washington Independent: To discourage businesses from outsourcing their operator services, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) is proposing legislation to tax businesses that set (…)
Uh, selection bias much?
by Pete on May 31, 2010
Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick finds herself very reassured that young people don’t care whether about Elena Kagan’s sex life or clothing style: Young people reading Robin Givhan’s article on Kagan’s scandalously open knees think they’re reading something hilarious from their grandparents’ (…)
Spill here, spill now
by Pete on May 26, 2010
Subbing for Ezra Klein, Kate Sheppard writes: The U.S. uses 23 percent of total world oil consumption, but has only 3 percent the world’s oil reserves within its borders. Drilling off every coast in the U.S. won’t resolve that issue. (…)
Favorite quote of the day
by Pete on November 5, 2009
From the teabagger protest currently going in DC: Many of the demonstrators, like Judith Garloch of Newark, Ohio, said they were opposed to an increasing government role in the health care. Many said they feared cuts to the Medicare program (…)