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April, 2012

30	So much easier during the foolish Bush bubble years (link).
29	Peter Haycock (guitarist) (link).
27	Hovland and Sherif's communication experiments show how Republicans grew to accept their party's rightward extremism (link).
26	A chart shows that Europe, practicing austerity, has not fared as well as the US (link).
25	Oddly, Robert Gates allies himself with Condoleezza Rice in a consulting firm (link).
24	Over-the-top evocations of Hitler (link).
22	Romney's economic plans emulate George Bush's (link).
19	The soft interview questions which Mitt Romney likes (link); missing Levon Helm (link).
17	Republican crowds still show no signs of diversity (link); saluting Tom Friedman, Atrios's Wanker of the Decade (link).
15	Mitt Romney will say anything and everything to get elected, and IS (link); women in the Florida Senate cross the aisle to stop Republican overreaching (link).
14	A panel on baseball and its color line at the Metropolitan Museum of Art included Dale Murphy, my favorite player (link).
11	Republicans continue to be tone deaf regarding women (link).
10	Darkness, by State of the Union (link); the comment system is going to change, if you have suggestions please make them (link); do the Republicans really have an opportunity with Hispanics? (link);.
4	The social psychology principles which make it important that a Republican identifies our interrogation techniques as torture (link).
2	The Supreme Court approves strip search for anyone who's arrested, no matter how minor the offense (link).
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March, 2012

31	Scott Walker's power grab and campaign to bust the unions hits a pretty big speed bump (link).
30	Scalia thinks the public mandate on health care will lead to us all being forced to eat broccoli (link).
27	Why I am totally cool with Mitt Romney's California house having car elevators (link).
22	Classical guitar performance by Cristiano Porqueddu (link).
21	Romney's moment of triumph ruined by a spokesperson saying he can change as rapidly as erasing an Etch-A-Sketch (link).
20	Romney's inartful, deceitful attempt to blur Bush's economy into Obama's (link).
19	How to tell your relatives that the price of gasoline isn't Obama's fault (link).
17	The economics of the Bush years were overrated (link).
15	On my trip to Washington DC I saw both Grover Norquist and David Addington (link).
11	An unprecedented two-hour television discussion (on Israel), with accompanying histrionics (link).
8	Romney's popularity with wealthier Republican voters is fitting (link); some groups that operate politically object to scrutiny from the IRS (link).
7	Virginia's governor signs a bill forcing women desiring an abortion to have an ultrasound (link).
6	Rush Limbaugh will be enshrined in the Hall of Famous Missourians? Seriously? (link).
4	I don't know if extreme partisanship was inevitable, but the Yeats line ("the center cannot hold") makes it easier to take it for granted (link).
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February, 2012

28	For all the lack of appeal of Santorum's positions, his candidacy helps clarify the differences between Republicans and Democrats (link).
27	Santorum campaign tries to blame the whole college-elitist thing on a lack of clarity from Obama (link).
26	Tal Farlow (link); an artisanal mayonnaise shop? huh? (link).
25	Santorum is in favor of dumbing down America (not really, but he lies about Obama and college educations) (link).
23	Republicans don't consistently dislike compromise (link).
21	Economic optimism on the rise (link).
20	Economic impact of gay marriage restrictions (link).
16	Too few of the candidates for President are making substantive arguments (link); RIP Gary Carter, the '86 WS was very exciting (link); climate change deniers are looking for an entree into school classes (link).
15	Obama doesn't need to defend his having a Super-PAC. (link).
13	Whitney Houston wasn't the first to die at a too-early age. (link).
11	The North Carolina legislature tried to time a gay marriage bill for a day when they expected low Democratic turnout. But things don't always work out that way. (link).
9	CPAC song session (link).
8	A new Southern Strategy: minimize Democrats through re-districting (link).
7	Will the Right be satisfied with an accommodation for church-led institutions on contraceptives? (link).
6	Optimism plays against Republicans, and so Karl Rove complains about the Clint Eastwood Super Bowl ad (link).
5	Skipping the Super Bowl (link).
4	Newt Gingrich's class warfare (link); airlines pushing back about having to build taxes into their advertised prices (link); activists see transit and conservation as a UN conspiracy (link).
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January, 2012

31	Republican voters may be unenthusiastic about their Presidential candidates, but that doesn't mean they won't coalesce by November (link).
28	Warren Buffet's secretary's tax rate isn't the point (link).
26	NJ Governor Chris Christie attempts to dodge the Gay Marriage issue (link).
25	Errors from Politifact (link); Archibald MacDonald of Keppoch (link).
24	Gingrich labels Obama "the Food Stamp President," but the hunger comes from George W Bush's recession (link).
23	Mitt Romney tries to sow doubt to deflect suspicions from himself (link).
21	Newt Gingrich says he'd arrest judges he disagrees with (link); Michael Kinsley gets called out by Kevin Drum and Paul Krugman (link).
18	Buyer's remorse over Barack Obama (link); I See the Rain, by Marmalade (link); anecdote about Conor Cruise O'Brien at the UN (link); reclaiming Edmund Burke from the conservatives (link); Obama over Romney in early polling (link).
17	Anger over Citizens United is equal among Democrats, independents, and Republicans. (link).
16	Frumkin channels Colbert in a series on Citizens United. (link).
15	Conditioned by PBS to expect pledge breaks. (link).
13	What can Martin Luther King Jr. teach us about the 1%? (link).
11	Warren Buffet vs. Mitch McConnell on what millionaires should pay in taxes (link).
9	How a lack of enthusiasm among Republicans could huurt the GOP (link); exciting news, Todd Palin has endorsed Newt Gingrich (link).
8	Rick Perry says we should re-invade Iraq. (link).
5	Mitt Romney, of all people, says Obama sounds like Marie Antoinette (link).
3	Liars and truth tellers in the Republican presidential field (link).
2	When states are forced to deal with substandard providers because of the difficulty in entering a market, does this suggest that our society is actually worse off than we know? (link).
1	Newt Gingrich claims Obama is trying to steal the 2012 election by resisting voter ID laws (link); wishing you a better year (link).
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