Author: BooMan

Larry Summers Gone

I was busy with the Finny and I missed an email from the White House press secretary. WASHINGTON – Dr. Lawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy,...

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Big Vote This Afternoon

At around 2:15pm the Senate will hold a cloture vote on this year’s Defense Appropriations Bill. The base bill includes a repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy. During the markup of the bill, Republican...

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Could Alaska Go To The Dems?

Before there were tea parties there was the rise of the progressive blogosphere. We had our own insurgent candidates. Most notably, we had Jon Tester, Jim Webb, Donna Edwards, and Ned Lamont. There were others, of course, but...

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Coral Reef Holocaust

As any owner of a reef tank knows, you have to vigilantly control the temperature and the pH balance or all your creatures will die. Real coral reefs are so big that they can sustain lots of localized die-offs that occur from...

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Some Serious Questions

Here’s something to ask your friends, family, and co-workers. Is it a legitimate form of political action to target groups that tend to vote against you with intimidation in an effort to dissuade them from casting a vote?...

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