Archive for the ‘ politics ’ Category
The current national discussion of health care has been marked by awful lies and incredible stupidity. Trying to keep up with the debate is a mentally punishing task. I mean, who can stand having to listen to stuff like this? This is the level of deep thinking displayed by opponents of healthcare reform. Elsewhere, other health [ READ MORE ]
Logically, there must be some point at which the actions of the Bush administration stop shocking me. A few people have spilled ink about outrage fatigue; the scandalous revelations of misconduct and terrible decisions over the last 8 years were so widespread and relentless that even the most dedicated of Bush haters had a hard [ READ MORE ]
Here’s what I wrote to my state senator (with variations to my state rep, speaker of the house, governor, etc): Hi Senator Dvorsky, I’m writing to tell you how pleased I am at today’s Supreme Court ruling affirming the rights of Iowans to marry regardless of their sexual orientation. I am [ READ MORE ]
The web nerds are all afloat on the whitehouse.gov redesign, especially the blog. Kottke noted that the robots.txt is much smaller (meaning nearly everything on the site is now searchable, not hidden), and that all 3rd-party content on the site is CC-licensed. Gruber at DF reports that the new site passes markup validation. The most recent [ READ MORE ]
I hate it. Hate hate hate. It has stolen my brain and I want it back. I wish for Vishnu arms so I can hear no evil and see no evil at the same time. [ READ MORE ]
My poor brain is tired of trying to absorb all the stories about all the crazy junk that whatsername did up in Alaska. Is someone making a list with the help of a suitable computerized digital electronic list-making device of some kind, I hope? I’m pretty sure I heard that her husband was a member [ READ MORE ]
It’s been a weekend of politics-as-dadaist-performance-art, and didn’t we have fun? Whether McCain wins or not, Sarah Palin is a harbinger of the future. The fact there was no one able to prevent McCain from choosing such an obviously inadequate imperial manager, and choosing her in such a bizarre, panicked way, indicates that—as during [ READ MORE ]