Archive for March 18th, 2011

This “Agencia Loco” Clip Will Make You Happy

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A telenovela about a dysfunctional advertising agency, revolving around a plucky junior copywriter in a wheelchair and the raging executive who accuses her of stealing bananas.

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Friday Open Thread

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The Friday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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While Slashing the Budget of the IRS…

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turning the IRS into the uterus police.

Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives, the Internal Revenue Service would be forced to police how Americans have paid for their abortions. To ensure that taxpayers complied…

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Time To Make The Districts-Part Trois

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In which we create a new Senate district downstate. But…will the ‘new’ district be truly new? I propagandize, you decide. OK, kids, for those of you who came late to class, or just didn’t bother to show up, you will want to read these two seminal treatises on redistricting here and here. Well, perhaps not […]

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Bombs Are Free, So “Bomb” the Libraries

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We all know that bombs are free. In the age of teabaggery, we also know that EVERYTHING other than military action is prohibitively expensive.

Taking these items as givens, I humbly present state and local governments with budget bill words and phrases that can pass under teabagger radar.

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Chris Coons Sponsors DOMA Repeal

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Chris Coons announced he’s co-sponsoring a bill called the Respect for Marriage Act which would repeal the provision of DOMA that states marriage is between a man and a woman.

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