The Republican “Jobs” Plan

Posted by on May 28, 2011 in Miscellaneous | No Comments

Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly has a wonderful take on the “new” Republican “jobs” plan: The good news is, House Republicans unveiled a plan yesterday that’s intended to create jobs. The bad news is, the plan can charitably be described as a bad joke. As we discussed yesterday, the jobs agenda, such as it ...

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People Are Amazing

Posted by on May 27, 2011 in Miscellaneous | No Comments

Popular Science has an amazing photo gallery of individuals fighting to save their homes from the recent flooding of the Mississippi River. Talking Points Memo also has a heart breaking photo gallery as well.

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Roundup: Reactions To Obama’s Speech

Posted by on Apr 13, 2011 in Miscellaneous | No Comments

David Dayen argues it’s a mistake to play the game on GOP terms, but didn’t otherwise have a major problem with the speech: This could have been a ton worse. Other than the fact that this speech is being given at all, I didn’t have a major problem with it. Huffington Post led with the ...

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Cool Home Office

Posted by on Mar 1, 2011 in Miscellaneous | No Comments

[Found via Apartment Therapy]

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Mississippi River System As Subway Map

Posted by on Feb 20, 2011 in Miscellaneous | No Comments

This is pretty darn cool. The Mississippi River and all its tributaries drawn as a subway map. [Found via Kottke]

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