Author - SK Ashby

Weather

Here’s a Scary Metric

According to The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), October 2012 was the 332nd consecutive month of above-average temperatures. The average temperature across land and ocean...

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Ethics

“Worthless”

I love the smell of a circular firing squad in the morning. via TPM Boyd Marcus, a Republican consultant and senior adviser to GOP Senate candidate George Allen, criticized former presidential...

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Open Thread

Fiscal Poker Face

Artist - Tim Eagan In other news, President Obama nominated seven judges for the federal bench yesterday, including one openly-gay African-American. If approved, Judge William L. Thomas would become...

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Open Thread

Lincoln

Artist - Joe Heller In other news, the CEO of Macy's defended the company's partnership with Donald Trump today and declined to disassociate their business with him. Angelo Carusone (of StopBeck and...

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Wingnuts

Batshit in Wisconsin

As President Obama said "it's the law of the land," but Republicans in Wisconsin aren't convinced, and they're considering backing legislation to arrest federal health officials for implementing...

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Open Thread

Chicken Little

Artist - Daryl Cagle In other news, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, fear of the great evil Obamacare has plummeted after the election. Also -- the Office of Personnel Management announced...

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Ethics

Family Values

Pat Robertson left his family values at the door when he went on the air today. “The man’s off in a foreign land and he’s lonely and here’s a good-looking lady throwing herself at him. He’s a man.”...

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Economy

Tax Cut Magic

More evidence that the Republicans aren't going to change a bit. From Senator Roy Blunt's (R-MO) appearance on Fox News this morning BLUNT: I think, frankly, this is a great opportunity for the...

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Congress

Chart of the Day

via Steve Benen at Maddowblog Will Harry Reid push for filibuster reform in the next session of congress? To achieve maximum political effect, I believe the right course of action would be to push...

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