March 2009
44 posts
Watch“Money from Democrats can still be exchanged for goods and services.” — Jon Stewart reporting on the latest antics from some Republican state governors.
February 2009
68 posts
Jindal Admits Katrina Story Was False →
Whoops.
Citigroup, Gov Reach Deal For Up To 36% Stake →
Why??? Obama/Geithner stop this charade. Citigroup is a zombie bank. Have the FDIC take over the bank, sell off the good assests to another bank, and stop throwing good taxpayer money after bad.
Obama’s Budget Plan Sweeps Away Reagan Ideas →
The budget that President Obama proposed on Thursday is nothing less than an attempt to end a three-decade era of economic policy dominated by the ideas of Ronald Reagan and his supporters.
Eminem takes record label to court over iTunes... →
Obama Plans Major Shifts in Spending →
This is a GREAT budget. If President Obama can achieve even 90% of what he outlines here, it will be a massive and impressive turnaround from the horrific Bush years.
King City woman ignites oxygen tank with... →
Smooth.
Ad strategy at root of Facebook privacy row →
MySpace is more explicitly a public place where friends hang out in the equivalent of a cafe or a club and the aim is often to meet new people. Most of all, MySpace is a place to share music with other fans. Users tend to view Facebook as a private forum and resent commercial intrusions.
Banking on the Brink (Krugman) →
“The real question is why the Obama administration keeps coming up with proposals that sound like possible alternatives to nationalization, but turn out to involve huge handouts to bank stockholders.”
Obama Nominates Harvard Professor As Top Weapons... →
U.S. Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts →
Enough! After $150 billion can we please just let AIG fail? And why hasn’t GM CEO Rick Wagoner been fired yet?
Why Is Geithner Continuing Paulson's Policy of... →
Mystery of the ‘Land of Twins’: Something in the... →
Geneticists have no solid explanation for the 38 pairs of twins living among about 80 families in a small farming town in southern Brazil, the “twins capital of the world.”
Richard Shelby, Alabama Senator, Questions Obama's... →
Senator Shelby (R-Alabama, dickhead). From the AP:
According to the Associated Press, state officials in Hawaii checked health department records during the campaign and determined there was no doubt Obama was born in Hawaii. The nonpartisan Web site Factcheck.org examined the original document and said it does have a raised seal and the usual evidence of a genuine document. In addition,...
“We started with banks that were too big to fail, but what has happened, in the...”
– Nouriel Roubini, New York University’s Stern Business School
For your enjoyment… Far From Home…The...
Portland sets goals for Major League Soccer deal →
I hope the City of Portland can make this work. However, as pointed out in the article, if this Major League Soccer deal looks anything like the PGE Park renovation deal inked in secret between the City (Vera Katz) and Marshall Glickman a decade ago, run, don’t walk away.
Man Shoots TV Over Converter Confusion →
Missouri man angered about losing cable and being unable to get new converter box to work.
Soros sees no bottom for world financial... →
Flippin’ great.
Will Seattle's top cop change nation's drug war? →
Patrol towing is legalized bounty hunting for cars... →
State seeks to recycle unused prescription drugs... →
Good idea. It’s been done safely and successfully in other states.
Obama Bans Gimmicks, and Deficit Will Rise →
This is very cool for a budget watcher like me. The President and his chief budget director, Peter Orszag, are going to stop misleading the American people (as the Bush administration did every year).
Sean Hannity's Ridiculous War Against Socialism →
For Uninsured Young Adults, Do-It-Yourself Health... →
G.M. Raises Loan Request by $12 Billion →
Let them fail… And please don’t even consider one more dime of taxpayer money without sending CEO Rick Wagoner packing.
G.O.P. Governors Support Obama →
Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information (NY... →
Some [Facebook] members, including Sasha Frere-Jones, the pop critic and staff writer for The New Yorker, said they had deleted their accounts to show their opposition to the new terms. “Zuckerberg’s response to the protest is just the modern version of ‘Ignore the fine print, ma’am, just sign here,’ ” Mr. Frere-Jones wrote in an e-mail message. “Why would anyone trust a company with his or her...
SC sheriff: No pot charge for Phelps after photo →
Thank you. Now on to more important things.
As electric cars gain currency, Oregon charges... →
‘Green’ state is working on plan for public charging stations; Nissan will debut its electric vehicles here.
Nationalize the Banks! We're all Swedes Now →
I could not agree more.
Bipartisanship Fetishism vs. What's Best for... →
Odd carpentry leads Portland State student to find... →
What was worth $35,000 decades ago may be worth $200,000 now…
Obama’s Battle on Stimulus Shows Threats to His... →
It is a quick, sweet victory for the new president, and potentially a historic one. The question now is whether the $789 billion economic stimulus plan agreed to by Congressional leaders on Wednesday is the opening act for a more ambitious domestic agenda from President Obama or a harbinger of reduced expectations.
Biggest Solar Deal Ever Announced →
The Fastest Datsun On Earth →
WTF? Eight arrested in Michael Phelps case →
Report Urges Changes for USA Track & Field →
“The compromise is worse than the original bill because it is smaller, and the...”
– Berkeley economist J. Bradford DeLong, who was a Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary during the Clinton administration.
The Destructive Center (Krugman) →
Mr. Obama’s postpartisan yearnings may also explain why he didn’t do something crucially important: speak forcefully about how government spending can help support the economy. Instead, he let conservatives define the debate, waiting until late last week before finally saying what needed to be said — that increasing spending is the whole point of the plan.
Result for Rodriguez Revives Testing Controversy →
Oregon-born "Coraline" draws good numbers on its... →
The first feature from Laika, Phil Knight’s Oregon animation studio, took in an estimated $16.3 million Friday through Sunday. That placed it in the No. 3 spot, behind “He’s Just Not That Into You” and “Taken,” both of which played on significantly more screens.
The Handmade Tale: Coraline's Inventive DIY... →
In all, the [Coraline] crew hand-built 150 sets and 250 jointed puppets, as well as plants and toys with countless moving parts… To create a blooming effect, animators pulled on cables and tubes to open flowers made of cosmetic sponges, wire, and Ping-Pong balls… The crew spent 800 hours painting 250,000 pieces of popcorn—pink on the outside, red on the kernel—to stand in as blossoms...
With Stimulus, Partisanship Proves a Worthy Foe →
“We are not going to get relief by turning back to the very same policies that...”
– President Barack Obama, 2/5/09
'There's no reason only poor people should get... →