So TJX lays off 1,400 workers in Massachusetts. So much for the union label. Keep going dems, one of those hands you're biting is going to bite back. Please, tell me again how you're for the working … [Read more...]
Archives for December 10, 2010
If you think clean energy is expensive …
... try the dirty stuff. Here's the delightful story of a new coal-burning plant in Wisconsin: The stuttering start-up of the most expensive construction project in state history, the We Energies power plant complex in Oak Creek [WI], … [Read more...]
The Left’s Reaction to Obama’s Tax Deal
The Personal Level. By now, it's pretty clear that Obama the President has fallen far short of expectations voters had for Obama the Candidate. Comparisons to a first term Deval Patrick, however, are less apt perhaps than a first term Mike … [Read more...]
Shame on Kerry
When I pointed out that this was blackmail, the man on the phone agreed and said that Kerry was trying to make the compromise "better". When I pointed out that you can't make the compromise "better" unless you … [Read more...]
Basketball Jones…
Football is also heavily scripted and entirely deliberate, very nearly robotically so. A recent study (can't find cite...) of a sampling of games showed that, on average, only 11 minutes of each 1 hour game clock is actual play. The rest is … [Read more...]
Bernie Sanders filibuster
Bernie is doing it old-school right now on the Senate floor. He started at 10:25 this morning. If you've never seen a real filibuster, or even if you have, you can watch on C-SPAN2. … [Read more...]
Scott Brown’s Long History Against 9/11 First Responders
Yesterday, Scott Brown voted to block the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which is described as: a bill that would provide money for medical aid to ailing World Trade Center workers, dealing a blow to those sickened in … [Read more...]
Upper Crust’s Tobins is a Common Criminal
Bernie Sanders speech on the war on the middle class
Fabulous Vt. Senator Bernie Sanders' speech on floor of senate http://tinyurl.com/2fwh6lm … [Read more...]
What would Jesse “The Body” Ventura do?
So while I think it is useful to debate the details of the decisions that must be made in these last few weeks of the year, I think the more-important analysis needs to focus on this question: Just how in the world did Obama and the … [Read more...]