Hilarious Republican quotations about the oil disaster (caused, in reality, by BP's disdain for safe drilling procedures, and failure by the the Bush and Obama administrations to enforce the law.) Via Daniel Kurtzman: 1. "I think the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 21, 2010
KY-Sen looking more and more like a Democratic pickup opportunity
Rand Paul, fresh off his insane commentary on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, has taken another step into loony-land. "What I don't like from the president's administration is this sort of, 'I'll put my boot heel on the throat of BP,'" Paul … [Read more...]
I Attended My First Tea Party
I was unimpressed. They sound a lot like Libertarians to me. Libertarians are Social Darwinists too. I'm not intending to demonize, stereotype, or pigeonhole. Just using the words in comparison I guess. Of course Libertarians can … [Read more...]
Trolling BMG for some positive vibes
UPDATE: I PASSED! Details posted in the comments Holy jeez. My PhD thesis defense is in one hour: "Effective Algorithms for Discovering Degree Constrained Spanning Trees in Sparsely Connected Graphs" It's just like American … [Read more...]
Talk Radio – Deval – Baker – Unions – When is DeLeo Leaving?
Except for WEEI Sports 850, Boston talk radio is as entertaining as Half Man George Regan is low key. George maybe low, but low key he ain't. God the talk airwaves are an embarrassment to this town. Finneran's show is the only one with some … [Read more...]
In light of the disasters, what we need to do NOW (Good Politics+Good Policy=Good Future)
An exclusively clean energy bill will have great results for relatively little cost, and will be very popular as well. It reduces our dependence on foreign oil, helps prevent more disasters like these, creates jobs, and, if a … [Read more...]