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Bin Laden's New Weapon of Mass Destruction
Longtime friend, Mark Steitz, an irrepressible Washington wit, described the potential threat posed by Osama bin Laden's new arsenal: If bin Laden were smart, he'd disband his terrorist cells, and instead buy ad time on radio and TV stations. The ads could be simple:...
Maryland's Water Main Drama
What was that about investing in our crumbling infrastructure, again? I ask because a water main somewhere in Montgomery County, Maryland, ruptured today and washed out much of my day. Though my experience was nothing compared to what some people had to deal...
Progressive Breakfast: Oh, What a Reeling
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Toyota Losing Money Too Toyota will lose money on cars for the first time in seven decades. Emptywheel: "Richard Shelby and Bob Corker like to squawk about...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/23/2008
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Toyota Losing Money Too Toyota will lose money on cars for the first time in seven decades. Emptywheel: "Richard Shelby and Bob Corker like to squawk about...
They Just Don't Understand It
After my post last week exposing a CNN report as a factually-challenged hit piece on infrastructure investment, fed by the conservative National Taxpayers Union, Pete Sepp from the NTU posted an
America’s Greediest: A 2008 Year-End Top Ten
Has any year ever showcased greed as dramatically as 2008? We sift through the avarice to bring you the lowlights — and a little hope for a less greedy 2009. This time of year always seems to bring a never-ending barrage of “top ten” lists. The year’s top ten movies,...
Toyota Republicans Should Cut Their Own Pay
President Bush took to the TV Friday to announce that he wouldn’t walk past the financial crash of America’s Big Three automakers and do nothing to save their lives. Refusing resuscitation, Bush said, would be irresponsible during the worst economic crisis since the...
Progressive Breakfast: Wages Falling, Jobs Vanishing, Econ Package Growing
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Calls For Even Bigger Economic Plans W. Post reports Obama is upping his jobs target to 3M, as advisers now fear unemployment could surpass 9%....
It's a Man's, Man's, Man's Meltdown
This is a man's world But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl He's lost in the wilderness He's lost in bitterness ~ James Brown, "It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World" It's been written many times already that 2008 was quite a year for women. Whether...
Progressive Breakfast - 12/22/2008
Progressive Breakfast is the morning roundup of what progressive movement members need to know to start the day. Calls For Even Bigger Economic Plans W. Post reports Obama is upping his jobs target to 3M, as advisers now fear unemployment could surpass 9%....
