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05 Sep 2010 15:05

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Politics: Protip: California’s Prop. 23 designed by big oil to block regulation

  • Live in California? You should read this. One of the propositions currently on the ballot for November is Proposition 23, an oil-company pushed piece of legislation that would prevent a landmark environmental bill from getting passed unless California had four straight quarters below 5.5 percent unemployment. This is a marker that the state has rarely hit over the last 35 years, and likely won’t for a long while due to the current unemployment levels, hovering above 12 percent. And big energy is backing it. Check it out:
  • bad The bill is backed by two of the biggest polluters in the state, oil-hawkers Valero and Tesoro.
  • worse The Koch brothers (remember them?) are pushing it financially with $1 million in help. source
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04 Sep 2010 19:34

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Politics: Ray “Banana Dude” Comfort: Stephen Hawking is full of crap

  • It is embarrassingly unscientific to speak of anything creating itself from nothing. Common sense says that if something possessed the ability to create itself from nothing, then that something wasn’t nothing, it was something – a very intelligent creative power of some sort.
  • Ray “I like bananas and Kirk Cameron” Comfort • Making a bizarrely circular argument in favor of intelligent design in the wake of Steven Hawking’s “there is no God” thang the other day. Remember, this is the guy who hangs out with Kirk Cameron. And made a silly argument for creationism using a banana. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

03 Sep 2010 18:56

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Politics: Alaskans prefer Kenyan Socialist with funny name to Sarah Palin

  • 37% Sarah Palin’s approval rating in Alaska
  • 44% Barack Obama’s approval rating in Alaska source
  • » Who would have thought that abandoning your state halfway through your term as Governor might make your constituents dislike you? Also in that poll: Only 6% of Alaskans like Levi Johnston, and residents with positive feelings about Palin are twice as likely to believe they can see Russia from their houses as those who dislike her.
Posted by Seth Millstein • 0 Comments • Permalink

03 Sep 2010 13:11

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Politics: Poll: The “Ground Zero Mosque” not popular even in NYC

  • 67% of New Yorkers
    think that Park51     should be built elsewhere
  • 27% of New Yorkers think it should be built near Ground Zero
  • 6% undecided ↑
  • This post style is a little experimental, so if it breaks your browser, sorry. But let’s just say that the thought was there. But that said, this new New York Times poll definitely suggests the idea of the “Ground Zero Mosque” isn’t popular even in NYC. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 1 Comment • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 22:20

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Politics: Smokin’: California gets its first medical marijuana TV ad

  • Wonder what they’re smoking. Wanna know the proof that cannabis is about to become legal in California? Because now medical marijuana shops are blatantly advertising their wares. It’s official: The tide has turned in their favor. Cheech and Chong are winning. source
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02 Sep 2010 20:46

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Politics: Craigslist dude Craig Newmark incredibly pissed CNN ambushed him

  • If Amber had done her homework, she would have known ambushing me with questions I am not qualified to answer, or even the right person to ask, would not get CNN’s viewers the accurate information they deserve.
  • Craigslist founder Craig Newmark • Regarding getting ambushed about his service by CNN reporter Amber Lyon for a report about sex trafficking, and then folding under pressure. Newmark’s silence in the report, which ran a month ago, was deafening, without any fair explanation why he might struggle answering these questions. Simple answer: Uh, he’s not the CEO and works a menial customer service job with his own service. This is intentional, because he’s a terrible manager. Good thing, as a writer, he does a very good job explaining himself and why Lyon’s attack was all wrong. Do your homework before you ambush. source
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02 Sep 2010 17:49

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Politics: The worst opening statement in debate history

  • What happened? Appointed Governor Jan Brewer (R-AZ), most famous for this controversial bill, wasn’t asked a difficult question at the start of yesterday’s debate. In fact, she wasn’t asked a question at all; she was simply given an open opportunity to introduce herself to voters. This is the easiest part of a debate, and yet somehow, Brewer found a way to bungle it (and badly). This may be the most unforced error in the history of political debates. source
Posted by Seth Millstein • 2 Comments • Permalink
 

02 Sep 2010 13:44

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Politics: Midterms: A scary historical trend for Democrats

  • six flips in control of the House of Representatives since WWII
  • 100% of the time, the Senate changed hands as well source
Posted by Seth Millstein • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Sep 2010 10:59

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Politics: Top political analyst Larry Sabato: The GOP will overtake the House

  • Given what we can see at this moment, Republicans have a good chance to win the House by picking up as many as 47 seats, net.
  • Larry Sabato • Predicting that the Republicans will take back the House in 2010. Sabato also thinks that the Senate could be close to a switch, too, but that the Democrats will still hold the upper-hand … as long as supermoderates Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson don’t play turncoat. Sabato’s predictions in elections are important for one major reason: He’s usually right. Keep this in mind, kids. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

01 Sep 2010 23:47

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Politics: Julian Assange: A yo-yo in the Swedish legal system

  • The rape investigation against Assange? Back on. Wikileaks has had a bit of trouble in the past two weeks with this whole Julian Assange thing. As more details have leaked to the press, it’s become clear that there may be something there, though many supporters will debate that fact. But why push rape charges, unpush them and then push them again? It just leads to inconsistency and damages the case in the public eye. source
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