Blam: As the Occupy Wall Street protests spread from Lower Manhattan to Washington and other cities, the chattering classes keep complaining that the marchers lack a clear message and specific policy prescriptions. The message — and the solutions — should be obvious to anyone who has been paying attention since the economy went into a […]
Dominic Holden
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Buns of Steel and Lungs of Coal
The Atlantic: New research has found that bicycle commuters inhale more than twice the amount of black carbon particles as pedestrians making a comparable trip. That healthy bike ride to and from work might be getting you out of a car, but it’s not getting you out of the way of the automobile emissions. The […]
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Keith Olbermann Suspended for Making Political Beliefs Clear
This is absurd: MSNBC TV host Keith Olbermann was suspended indefinitely on Friday for making campaign donations to three Democratic congressional candidates, apparently in violation of NBC News ethics policy. The announcement came in a one-sentence statement from msnbc TV President Phil Griffin: “I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of […]
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Hate Mongers to Menace College Drama Club
The assholes at Westboro Baptist Church are planning to picket a showing of The Laramie Project — a play about the fatal gay-bashing of Matthew Shepard — tomorrow night in Vancouver, Washington. While Westboro typically dispatches only a few people from its home in Topeka, Kansas to picket a veteran’s funeral and insight hatred against […]