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Monthly Archives: October 2008

A bit more on the debate

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Thanks to a reader, who pointed me to this from Rachel Maddow: And, for anyone who hasn’t seen it, check out the SNL sketch from last night. You can view it here. For reasons I can’t fathom, the embed code doesn’t seem to work on my site.

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Congratulations to Joe Courtney

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Joe voted against the second bailout bill, for which he should be applauded. He was right on the merits with his first vote, and there was no logical reason for him to change his vote for the second bill, which by any measure important to a Democrat was worse than the first bill. Joe’s to […]

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Friday Night Music-Bela Fleck

Friday, October 3, 2008

I can’t begin to even categorize this guy, but his music is great. A couple of examples: Big Country: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXHOyqHzupk[/youtube] A Moment So Close: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFwrJ1rd_xQ[/youtube]

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For it, before he’s against it.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Via Thinkprogress: Yesterday during an interview with the Denver Post, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) claimed, “I will not and have never supported renegotiating the Colorado River Compact,” an agreement that “governs how seven Western states, including Colorado and Arizona, share the Colorado River“: MCCAIN: And by the way, whatever misinterpretation there may have been, I […]

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Big night at Drinking Liberally

Thursday, October 2, 2008

By far the biggest night we’ve had. Over 30 people according to my wife’s count. Here we are drinking liberally: And here we are, or some of us, watching the debate: A quick observation about the debate. Had she been anyone else but Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin would have been mocked for her performance tonight. […]

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Bill Maher plugs his movie

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Bill Maher talks about his new movie on the Daily Show. The entire interview below, split into two parts. It is great to see a movement to re-legitimize reason in this country.

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Bailout bill gets worse

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Some interesting comments on the bailout from Dean Baker: While all right-thinking people might know we need the bailout, just about all right-thinking people don’t have a clue as to what they are talking about. The Great Depression story is of course the most extreme case. No one has yet sketched out the sequence of […]

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