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by Jacob Davies Two stories on net neutrality today; the first that Google & Verizon have been in talks over priority tiers for traffic, and the second that (thankfully) the FCC chairman Julius Genachowski opposes any such deal. The Google story is quite strange. Google has been one of the largest names pressing for net … Read more
by Jacob Davies I’m in Milwaukee visiting in-laws, and we took a trip to the Wisconsin State Fair today. Among the crowds and bustle, the hawkers of food and drink and strange plastic balloon animals, the lowing (okay mostly sleeping) cows and all the rest of the pastoral scene, and also the Miller Lite tent, … Read more
by Eric Martin Many prominent conservatives are making the argument that Judge Walker is gay and, therefore, his decision regarding Prop 8 might have been unduly influenced by his sexual orientation. It's not that I would suggest that his sexual orientation (if he is gay) has no influence on his jurisprudence, but here's the thing, if … Read more
by Eric Martin More evidence that Ronald Reagan would not be welcome in today's Republican Party (in addition to his now heterodox stances on raising taxes, pursuing nuclear arms control and engaging adversarial regimes such as the then-Soviet Union): In fact, Judge Walker was first appointed to the federal bench by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, at … Read more
by Eric Martin Score one for civil rights, human decency and a celebration of life and those that live it: In a major victory for gay rights advocates, a federal judge on Wednesday struck down a California ban on same-sex marriage. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the voter-approved ban, known as Proposition … Read more
by Eric Martin I don't vote for Republicans often – as in, almost never. However, I did vote for Mike Bloomberg (twice), the last time because he has done a solid overall job managing the NYC behemoth and, with respect to both occasions, because the Democratic Party nominated duds to oppose him. Further, importantly to me, Bloomberg has actually been … Read more
by Jacob Davies If you, like me, were completely dumbfounded by the way Democrats jumped on board the Iraq War train prior to the invasion, seeming to have lost their minds in their blind acceptance of the blatantly fabricated evidence and deeply unconvincing threats that were being put out by the administration, this little snippet … Read more
by Eric Martin Nicole Belle attempts to beat back some of the misinformation surrounding the GOP's recent cause celebre: opposition to the expansion of the community center run by a moderate Muslim group a few blocks from the World Trade Center. First and foremost, the Cordoba House is not a mosque as Muslims generally use the … Read more
-by Sebastian The Three-Day Work Week Matthew Yglesias focuses on one of the real reasons why the Senate can't possibly be bothered to spend a fews days or a week to even attempt to break a real filibuster–if they even bothered to make the minority party mount one: All this activity is crammed into a … Read more
by Jacob Davies There’s an op-ed in the NYT today by David Stockman with what Barry Ritholz calls a “brutal critique” of recent Republican fiscal policy. Ritholz provides a convenient summary of it: • The total US debt, including states and municipalities, will soon reach $18 trillion dollars. That is a Greece-like 120% of GDP. … Read more