Globalization Strikes Angry Bear Exciting details tomorrow … AB
Rumsfeld I just got around to following Kash’s earlier link to Rumsfeld on Face the Nation (now a compelling MoveOn.org ad.) If you haven’t seen it yet, make sure to check it out the next time you have broadband access. Now the important question is whether MoveOn can make an equally powerful ad based on […]
Bush and Shaggy: It Wasn’t Me From Shaggy’s It Wasn’t Me: She even caught me on camera “It wasn’t me” She saw the marks on my shoulder “It wasn’t me” Heard the words that I told her “It wasn’t me” Heard the screamimg getting louder “It wasn’t me” I think that nicely encapsulates the Bush […]
Rumsfeld on Face the Nation You may well already have seen this, but if not, this video clip from this past Sunday is amusing. (Courtesy of the Center for American Progress. If that link doesn’t work try this one.) Kash
New CPI Data The danger of deflation seems to be receding. The BLS’s newest CPI data (for February) indicates an increase in the core rate (excluding food and energy) of 0.2%, similar to last month’s increase. The 12 month change in the chained core CPI is 0.8%, up slightly from last month, and the 12 […]
CalWashingtonMonthly Many of you probably know that Kevin Drum’s excellent blog, CalPundit, is being incorporated into the Washington Monthly. The transition occured this morning, and if you visit www.washingtonmonthly.com, you’ll see that it looks a lot more like CalPundit acquired The Washington Monthly than the reverse. Congrats. AB
Revising History Again The GOP website gives the credit for the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to President Bush: Last year, President Bush proposed and Congress approved a single, unified Department of Homeland Security to improve protection against today’s threats and be flexible enough to help meet the unknown threats of the […]
Illinois Senate Update I’ve posted about this race, which doesn’t seem to get talked about much despite being a likely pick-up for Democrats, a few times (here and here.) Illinois held its primary last night and the results are in: Barack Obama for the Democrats and Jack Ryan for the Republicans. Obama won with 52%, […]
Note to John Lott Next time the data fail to support your theory, I recommend that instead of faking the data, lying about a computer failure, and using false identitities to attack critics and self-promote, you simply follow Lucas Kovar’s lead (do follow the link and read the paper to the end; it’s hilarious.) AB
The Latest Pew Global Attitudes Survey The survey was conducted in February, so some of the number may already be dated as a result of the attacks in Spain. What have we learned? In every surveyed country except the US, more people believe that the Iraq War hurt the war against terrorism than believe it […]