May 2012
14 posts
March 2012
1 post
“A well-designed voucher program would fit the bill neatly. A taxpayer-funded...”
– Warren, Elizabeth; Tyagi, Amelia Warren (2007-10-15). The Two-Income Trap (Kindle Locations 746-755). Perseus Books Group. Kindle Edition.
December 2011
3 posts
Watch360 view of San Diego at sunset on Christmas eve 2011
#QuestionsMittLikes
Last night shortly after it was revealed that Mitt Romney approached Fox News’ Bret Baier after his “tough”interview to complain that the questions Baier asked were uncalled for, a lot of the people I follow on twitter started mocking Mitt Romney on twitter. I decided to create #QuestionsMittLikes on twitter to poke fun at the Romney’s outrage over a mostly friendly fox...
October 2011
1 post
“Rhee appeared on Oprah the day Newsweek came out and got so many...”
– Brill, Steven (2011-08-16). Class Warfare (p. 396). Simon & Schuster. Kindle Edition.
April 2011
1 post
NPR interview on New Media
This morning I quote on NPR talking about new media.
March 2011
2 posts
Leader Pelosi on Nowruz, the Persian new year
Pelosi Statement on the Persian New Year
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Pelosi released the following statement today to mark the Persian New Year, which falls on Sunday, March 20th:
“Nowruz – literally meaning ‘new day’ – is a celebration of the first day of spring, a marker of new beginnings and a new year for the millions who trace their history and...
January 2011
1 post
The Most Ridiculous Item From Playbook Today
Playbook:
GOP MINDMELD: As Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), incoming chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, prepares for three Sunday shows and with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who’ll be the ranking member, countering on one: Cummings, who is casting himself as the loyal opposition to Darrell Issa, runs the risk of prematurely marginalizing himself. If he keeps...
November 2010
1 post
John Kyl Has Consequences
Rachel Maddow did a long segment last night on the NNSA’s efforts to secure loose nuclear material from Kazakhstan. The entire eight minutes is riveting television is tied directly the Republican efforts to stop the START treaty.
It’s really amazing if you think about it. Nuclear Non-Proliferation is a non-partisan agreement between both parties, except for a small group of extremists...
October 2010
1 post
September 2010
6 posts
1 tag
25 best cocktail bars in America →
I’ve been to 4 out of 25. Sad that some of the great Portland bars aren’t even mentioned.
via reddit
“…there can no longer be any serious argument about whether Saddam...”
– Stephen F Hayes
August 2010
4 posts
Translated Tim Pawlenty Executive Order
Another gem from the DNC’s Hari Sevugan -
“After rejecting $7.8 billion dollars for his cash-strapped state where taxpayers are struggling to make ends meet and denying health care to a quarter million of his fellow Minnesotans, Tim Pawlenty’s executive order to state employees might as well have read ‘You will henceforth work for my Presidential ambitions instead of the people of...
“Today, the Republican party of Arizona nominated for Senate JD Hayworth in the...”
– DNC National Press Secretary Hari Sevugan.
Republicans Would Be Catastrophic For The Country
The House just passed a bill to make sure states received $26 billion in funding. The funding was to make sure that Seniors didn’t experience cuts in Medicare and that teachers, firefighters and cops, among others, weren’t laid off in mass. The bill was completely paid for with cuts, which shouldn’t have been the case for emergency funding like this.
Two Republicans voted for...
June 2010
2 posts
Quick And Dirty World Cup Schedule →
President Obama On Climate Legislation In The...
From his prepared remarks:
The House of Representatives has already passed a comprehensive energy and climate bill, and there is currently a plan in the Senate – a plan that was developed with ideas from Democrats and Republicans – that would achieve the same goals. The votes may not be there right now, but I intend to find them in the coming months. I will make the case for a clean energy...
May 2010
1 post
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Cooking Ghormeh Sabzi
I don’t usually try cooking anything that requires more than 3 ingredients and 20 minutes of my time. Luckily I didn’t have to this weekend as Jennifer did most of the work, including taking most of the pictures to make it look like I was cooking.
This is Ghormeh Sabzi which is apparently one of the more difficult Persian dishes to cook. All in all we spent 5 hours preparing and then...
April 2010
3 posts
Palin Goes After Meg Whitman
Wow..
A Palin aide recently told ABC News that the offices of Palin’s political action committee had been flooded with calls asking about her leather jacket after she stumped for McCain’s re-election to the Senate on March 26.
The Palin aide mused that her office would not have received as many calls about the leather jacket if she looked like Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO who...
Job Recovery
Nothing explains the world better than charts. Via Steve Benen
March 2010
9 posts
Chart: Amount Spent By Both Parties At At High-End...
PS. I realize that the title has two “at’s” in it, but I can’t actually change the title without changing the url.
Will The RNC be Broke Before November?
I think everyone may be missing just how bad the burn rate is at the RNC. In fact at their current burn rate it probably means the committee just won’t have the cash to help any candidates come November.
For fun here’s the RNC’s burn rate since last February.
Here’s the impact that Burn rate has had on their cash on hand. As the DNC’s Cash on hand slowly grows...
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Why Can't New Mitt Romney Explain Old Mitt Romney
It really is amazing.
Almost five days after Mitt Romney decided to lead the crusade to overturn the health care reform bill that the president signed this week because of the individual mandate provision Romney still can’t explain why he’s on video defending mandates in 2007 and 2008.
You would have though that Romney would have learned. It’s the same Romney that in 2007...
Hello World..
Testing this thing out.. .
