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Wow.  Just wow.  I’ve always considered myself very cynical about politics.  After reading the comments following the publication of the first of the Ideas Matter! posts, I don’t feel quite so cynical anymore. I have muxed comments here with those on a thread on BC.  It is depressing to see that so many people are [...]

Ideas Matter! - Volume One
After a discussion over on BC today, I started wondering how many people are actually paying attention to the words coming out of politicians mouths as opposed to the "look and feel" of a candidate.  Today someone said about Mitt Romney, "I do not want him as President, no matter how [...]

Last night’s State of the Union address, G.W. Bush’s last, really illustrates how our president will leave office with more of a whimper than a bang. 
There was was a surprising amount of self-congratulatory bullshit considering how very little there is for him to take pride in at this point.  Even his claim of success for [...]

I know I’ve been negligent in posting this week, but I have been working on a longish post that requires a lot of research.  In the meantime though I have decided to break my usual tradition of avoiding New Years resolutions.
Over the last week I have seen some completely baffling bullshit from people who identify [...]

Coca-Cola Urged to Close an Indian Plant to Save Water - New York Times:

 NEW DELHI - A leading environmental research group based here has asked Coca-Cola to consider shutting down a bottling plant in the drought-stricken state of Rajasthan, saying that the plant is depleting scarce water supplies.

Back in 2006, Coca-Cola commissioned a report from [...]

As Congress returns tomorrow to start a new session, OpenCongress is excited to announce a major update that will put all the bills and votes at your fingertips. It’s never been easier to track what’s happening with your government.
Now on OpenCongress, you can build a personal profile of bills and people you’re tracking, network with [...]

Juan Cole:  Informed Comment: US Video of Iran Speedboats Doctored; Iranians Charge Fabrication:
The Bush administration’s assertion that 5 small Iranian boats confronted big, well-armed US ships in the Straits of Hormuz and threatened to blow up the American vessels is looking more and more like a serious error if not a Republican Party fabrication.
Thanks to [...]

Question:  When is 36% closer to 39% than it is to 37%? 
Answer:  When it represents the number of votes received by Obama, Clinton, and McCain - in that order - in New Hampshire’s 2008 primary.
And why is the Fox News ‘You Decide 2008′ site the only election site by a news outlet that lists only [...]

The internet is buzzing with Billy boy shoving an Obama staffer this weekend, thanks in large part to our friends at Crooks and Liars.  It’s been fun watching O’Reilly make a spectacle of himself, traveling to New Hampshire to beg Barack to come on his show.
Jonathan and Bill, our FOX Attacks duo, rushed in to [...]

This morning while making my rounds, I came across a link on the Turnip of Power blog.  (Go ahead, say that without giggling… try it.)  about a service in early Beta called Qassia.  I browsed over and signed up for an account so I could poke around.
Qassia is a search engine like beast in the [...]