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Tea-Publican Tyranny in Wisconsin Update: And Then There Were Six
May 31, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week, Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board certified the recall of 3 Tea-Publican state senators. Today, the Government Accountability Board certified the recall of 3 more Tea-Publican state senators. Elections board gives approval for three recall elections: [The Government Accountability Board] gave the final approval to three recall petitions targeting three GOP senators, … Read more
It’s funny until you lose your democracy
May 31, 2011
Posted by AzblueMeanie: Bob Newhart made famous the one-sided telephone conversation stand-up comedy routine. "The Button Down Mind of Bob Newhart" added to Library of Congress. The Minnesota Loon, Rep. Michelle Bachmann, claims she has a "calling from God himself" to run for President. I would pay good money to see Bob Newhart perform this … Read more
Time for an Apollo Project ‘energy independence race’ with Germany
May 31, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The U.S. failed to enact a comprehensive energy bill in the last Congress because the energy industry and its allies in Congress have a vested financial interest in maintaining the status quo. Now that the era of peak oil has arrived, dwindling oil supplies and higher demand means higher profits for the … Read more
Debt Ceiling Up For A Vote Tomorrow; Nationwide Default Imminent
May 30, 2011
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings After weeks of posturing and playing chicken with America's economic stability (and fiscal credibility), House Republicans are bringing H.R. 1954, raising the government's debt limit, to the floor for a vote Tuesday evening. It's a vote designed to fail – they're bringing the bill to the floor … Read more
A comment well worth reading
May 30, 2011
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by David Safier Regular commenter Phillip D has once again written a fabulous comment about education, filled with terrific stats. It's a continuation of my post about the misconception that our achievement is going down when the more important fact is that we're keeping more students in school than ever before. He has some illuminating … Read more
Mesa becomes political epicenter of immigration issue
May 30, 2011
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by David Safier The Recall Russell Pearce group, Citizens for a Better Arizona, is nearing the date to turn in its signatures. That's scheduled for Tuesday. To put the event in historical perspective, it will be the first time a legislator has been recalled in Arizona's nearly 100 year history, and it will be the … Read more
A note to trolls
May 29, 2011
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by David Safier I assume anyone who writes comments on BfA indiscriminately on a wide variety of posts day after day, focusing more on snark and put-downs than content, is either being paid by the comment (I don't know the going rate), on the staff of someone who expects them to make these comments, or … Read more
Is our high school graduation rate too high?
May 29, 2011
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by David Safier It's true, we're graduating a sizable number of high school students whose academic skills are low. It's also true, a sizable number of students have lousy attitudes toward school. But here's something most people forget, or don't know: Those low skilled, bad attitude kids would have dropped out if they had been … Read more
