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How the Deficit Got This Big - NYTimes.com →
The answer is largely the Bush-era tax cuts, war spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, and recessions…
A few lessons can be drawn from the numbers. First, the Bush tax cuts have had a huge damaging effect. If all of them expired as scheduled at the end of 2012, future deficits would be cut by about half, to sustainable levels. Second, a healthy budget requires a healthy economy; recessions...
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New Orleans Top City for Singles →
It’s also pretty great if you’re not single.
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Ellsbury's season may be historically great →
Johnny Damon often smirked that the Red Sox had yet to find someone that could fill his shoes. It took a while, but I’d say they’ve succeeded.
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The Republicans exit history - Roger Ebert's... →
Good overview of today’s Republican Party. But his plea to “declare its independence from its radical fringe and embrace common sense” is wishful thinking as long as the Christian Right is in charge.
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Michele Bachmann Wants You to Know She 'abhors... →
I just want to make it absolutely clear: I abhor slavery.
Just the fact that she’s having to make this statement should tell you all you need to know about Michele Bachmann.
It’s kind of like… I don’t know: Having to tell people you’re not a witch.
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7 Harry Potter Movies In 7 Minutes →
All movies covered except for the recently released Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
If you haven’t seen the movies I doubt this will be much help. But if you have, and you want a refresher before seeing the finale, it does the job quite well.
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How come you're not watching Harry Potter? →
Or any other movie created since the dawn of time.
Though if your idea of entertainment is watching a promotional video for Sarah Palin disguised as a movie Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows might be over your head.
“It’s like nobody sings unless they want to be Britney Spears. That’s stupid—we...”
– Matt Haughey
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My Morning Jacket Covers 'Our World' by Emmet... →
Every December, my friend Cara and I would camp in her basement, furiously running through channels on the old slider cable box, passing time until the next showing of Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas,” bassist Tom Blankenship tells SPIN. “It deserves to share legendary status with Rudolph, Frosty, and Charlie Brown.
I’m not a big fan of their cover, but I couldn’t...
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Getting Away with Torture →
This 107-page report presents substantial information warranting criminal investigations of Bush and senior administration officials, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and CIA Director George Tenet, for ordering practices such as “waterboarding,” the use of secret CIA prisons, and the transfer of detainees to countries where they were...
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Netflix Raises Prices →
I’m currently paying 9.99 a month for unlimited streaming plus one dvd out at one time. With the new plans I would have to pay 15.99 to receive that level of service.
Getting DVDs through the mail seemed cutting edge just a few years ago, but now feels almost archaic, so in theory I have no problem with this move.
However, the vast majority of movies I’d like to watch are not...
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Roger Ebert Reviews Harry Potter and the Deathly... →
These films will be around for a long time. And without spoiling a single thing, let me just observe that the final scene clearly leaves an opening for a sequel. I know, Rowling says there won’t be one. Just sayin’.
I’m way too excited about this movie than someone my age should be.
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“In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the...”
– Anne Rice
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“So let’s summarize: The economy isn’t fixing itself. Nor are there real...”
– Paul Krugman
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Jon Heyman Hypocritical in Support of Jim... →
Nationals manager Jim Riggleman was vilified in some circles for leaving a job when he had a contract. But Riggleman didn’t leave until well after it became obvious to him he was not wanted….
The move to quit with the Nationals a game over .500 was derided by many who believe that folks should fulfill their contracts (even though nobody believes the reverse, that the employer is...
Understated Patriotism →
For my father, reality is streaked with a deep pride that comes from many generations of living in, believing in, and fighting and dying for the United States of America. What that has instilled within him is a quiet confidence about the nation, as opposed to an insecurity that needs to frequently and publicly assert itself…
It’s easy to express your patriotism by taking off your hat...
December 2010
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“Have you listened to Kid Rock lately? Probably you have. Although he has been...”
– Kid Rock, Real American Rock Star | The Awl
October 2010
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“Someone suggested that there’s an incomplete part of our chromosomes that...”
– John Goodman
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“New Orleans is an incomparable city, with its wrought iron edifices, its...”
– ‘Soul of America’ photos of New Orleans to appear at Oswego State Downtown
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Krugman Rebuts Right-Wing Charge of 'Surge' in... →
The thing about Krugman is that he’s really wedded to the idea that presenting concrete facts will change the discussion. He doesn’t understand that the right wing will simply create new “facts” to justify their accusations!
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Move over NYC, New Orleans gets top city rankings... →
The big news this year is that New Orleans received the most number one rankings over New York. It is a popular weekend destination. You can go to New Orleans and feel like you have left the country.
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Tea Partiers In The Bible Belt Explain The Fire In... →
Shelby Burnett scares the hell out of me.
“I was unaware of what was going on around me until I retired,” says Shelby Burnett, who formerly worked at a financial company. “And we started watching Fox News, and getting more informed on what was going on in our nation.”
God help us.
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John Sculley On Steve Jobs →
The thing that separated Steve Jobs from other people like Bill Gates — Bill was brilliant too — but Bill was never interested in great taste. He was always interested in being able to dominate a market. He would put out whatever he had to put out there to own that space. Steve would never do that. Steve believed in perfection.
Which is why I use a Mac and not a PC.
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Carl Paladino Hates Gay People, Loves Porn →
Since Carl decided to make an issue of “pornographers and perverts” who are subverting our society and offending his values and Catholic sensibilities, we here at WNYMedia.net thought now would be a great time to revisit the 70-something emails that Carl Paladino sent around to hundreds of his friends, advisors, and associates as well as to leaders in the WNY business community and government...
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Ken Buck Doesn't Have a Heart →
I am pro-life, and I’ll answer the next question. I don’t believe in the exceptions of rape or incest. I believe that the only exception, I guess, is life of the mother. And that is only if it’s truly life of the mother.
He ‘guesses’.
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“Yes, she calls it like she sees it; and she is clinically delusional and...”
– The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XCV: The Return Of “The Death Panels” - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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What Changes In Survival Rates Tell Us About US... →
We speculate that the nature of our health care system—specifically, its reliance on unregulated fee-for-service and specialty care—may explain both the increased spending and the relative deterioration in survival that we observed. If so, meaningful reform may not only save money over the long term, it may also save lives.
We may not live long, but dammit at least we’re not socialists.
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White Men With Guns--Reconstruction Redux →
If you’re a person of color or of an “alternative sexuality” or anywhere outside what the far right and Tea Party people consider “main stream” today, all sorts of internal, instinctive alarms are going off. That old, cold feeling I carried in the pit of my stomach as a kid resurfaces regularly these days. And it’s starting to be a chronic ache.
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www.nola.gov address replaces www.cityofno.com |... →
Well, it sounds better.
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“I believe in a country that rewards hard work and responsibility, a country...”
– Barack Obama
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“If you want to see what real fiscal conservatives look like, and not the nutjob...”
– What Smaller Government Actually Looks Like - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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Linda McMahon Isn't the Only One Who Doesn't Know... →
Well, it looks like Linda McMahon isn’t the only one who doesn’t know what the minimum wage is. RNC Chair Michael Steele doesn’t know what it is either. While discussing Linda McMahon’s statement that the minimum wage ought to be reviewed, MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell asks Steele if he knows what the minimum wage is, and he refuses to answer, accusing...
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Canadian drives into a marsh using GPS - Yahoo!... →
She advised she was standing on top of her car as it was submerged in a heavy marsh,” police said in a statement. “She was following her GPS (Global Positioning System) directions and became lost.
This happened to Michael on an episode of The Office and I thought it was a little over the top. How dumb would you have to be to follow your GPS into a body of water?
Evidently I was...
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“What’s hard to get across to someone who hasn’t owned—and...”
– WANTED: Amazon Kindle, 3rd Generation | Fast Company
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Rand Paul thinks punishing the old and sick is the... →
A new video today catches Rand Paul repeatedly supporting a $2,000 Medicare deductible on Kentucky seniors – despite his claims just last week that such a statement was a “lie.”
Do Kentucky voters care? Probably not.
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TAPPED Archive | The American Prospect →
And today, with the Soviet Union gone, we account for most of the world’s defense spending — 54 percent in 2009, according to a recent report. That’s right: There are 195 countries on planet Earth, and if you added up the military spending of the 194 of them that aren’t the United States, you’d still have less than what we are spending.
Unbelievable. Yet...
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Firefighters Watch As Home Burns: Gene Cranick's... →
The fire reportedly started in some barrels outside. As the flames crept closer to the home, Cranick says he offered to pay whatever it would take. The plea fell on deaf ears. Hours later, the home was gone.
I’m sure Rand Paul is proud.
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“What’s encouraging is that the early new platforms—Kindle and iPad—are...”
– Idea Book
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“There’s nothing like “October Baseball” at Fenway Park. You...”
– Red Sox owners vow to ‘do better’ - Extra Bases - Red Sox blog
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“I wished I knew how this happened. I wished I knew how somebody could end up so...”
– I Met a Dumb Person Today | Tuesday Afternoon
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