Archive for June 21st, 2011

Time to End the Wars

Filed in International, National by on June 21, 2011 7 Comments

The US Conference of Mayors did something on Monday that they haven’t done in over 40 years. They passed a resolution calling for an accelerated end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. What is important to me at least is that the last time the Conference acted on this subject, we were mired in […]

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More Pink Slips at News-Journal Today?

Filed in National by on June 21, 2011 45 Comments

We are receiving as yet unconfirmed reports that some major News-Journal staffers have received pink slips today, and that Gannett has purged hundreds nationally today as well. Any word from our ‘inside’ and , hopefully, still employed, sources?

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Live Broadcast Of Lunch with Dean Baker and Alan Rosenblatt

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Video clips at Ustream

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Tuesday Open Thread

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The Tuesday edition of your semi-daily open thread.

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The Super-Duper Awesome Republican Jobs Plan

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The new and improved super-duper awesome Republican jobs plan is revealed!

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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 21, 2011

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So. I open up my dead-trees edition of the News-Journal this morning and the headline at the top of the front page screams: ‘Bloom subsidy a burden, detractors say’. This oughtta be interesting, I tell myself, and dive into the story written by one Aaron Nathans. Mr. Nathans quotes two leading skeptics on the legislation: […]

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Well, Knock Me Over With A Feather

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Well you could just knock me over with a feather. The ultra-conservative Family Policy Council has called for David Vitter’s resignation.

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