May 2012
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Slightly amusing: Paul Krugman argues with a brick wall for twenty minutes. Oh, that was Ron Paul? Sorry, my bad.
May 1st
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May 1st
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April 2012
28 posts
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Apr 30th
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Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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I get that the White House Correspondents Dinner is the epitome of inside the Beltway, DC-centric-ness, but it’s nice to see a different side of Obama, and it seems like a fun thing for everyone involved. So I’m looking forward to it. Here are Obama and Seth Myers’s remarks from last year.
Apr 29th
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Apr 28th
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ListenHow Long Must I Wait - Dr. Dog
Apr 28th
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The scene: around 7:30, deadline is wrapping up
Remeny: Montane, you're in a good mood, come cheer Devin up.
Montane: It's no use, I tried that for three years in middle school.
Apr 27th
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Apr 25th
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Really think I’ve got a shot at the gold in Olympic Sleep Evasion this year.
Apr 24th
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“It’s all very well to run around saying regulation is bad, get the government...”
– Molly Ivins 
Apr 24th
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This is a couple of weeks old, but This American Life did a great show about the influence of money in American politics. Listen if for no other reason than the fact that John McCain is featured at the end and is surprisingly likable, which I didn’t think was possible after the 2008 campaign.
Apr 23rd
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Apr 21st
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Apr 21st
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Apr 20th
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“The world is run by the stupidest fucking people in the world.”
– Atrios
Apr 18th
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Apr 17th
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Apr 16th
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Apr 14th
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ListenWash - Bon Iver
Apr 14th
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Santorum, Romney, and the Republicans
Rick Santorum ended his presidential campaign today, delivering a speech announcing his withdrawal from the race for the Republican nomination. It was only a matter of time for Santorum, who badly trailed Mitt Romney in the delegate count. With his three-year-old daughter, Isabella, in the hospital again this past weekend, and the possibility of an embarrassing loss in the primary in...
Apr 11th
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Apr 11th
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WatchWatch
Who really needs democracy, you know?
Apr 9th
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Apr 8th
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Apr 6th
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Apr 4th
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Republican health care hypocrisy
Ezra Klein: Ross tries to use this to draw some equivalence between the two parties. Both Democrats and Republicans changed their mind on the individual mandate, he argues. But there’s a key difference: The Democrats changed their mind in order to secure a bipartisan compromise on health-care reform. Republicans changed their mind in order to prevent one. And so what did Democrats get for their...
Apr 4th
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Apr 2nd
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