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234 posts from 2009

Feb 01, 2009
Politics

The Nativists Are Restless

Last week at the National Press Club in Washington, a group seeking to speak for the future of the Republican Party declared that its November defeats in Congressional races stemmed not from having been too hard on foreigners, but too soft. The g...

Jan 30, 2009
Politics

GOP Stimulus Plan Would Raise Taxes

According to Dems on the House Ways and Means Committee who have crunched the numbers, the GOP plan, which would reduce income taxes across the board, would as a result shove millions over on to the Alternative Income Tax rate, which would be high...

Jan 29, 2009
Politics

A Bipartisan Farce

I had a long conversation with my mom last night about the House Republicans’ unanimous rejection of the $825 billion stimulus package. She’s been harboring concerns that President Obama will roll over and sacrifice his beliefs to try and appease ...

Jan 26, 2009
Random Funniness

Fucking, Austria and Crotch Crescent

Years ago, I was forwarded a link to a bug in the Mappoint team’s bug database. It was entitled “There is no Fucking Austria,” which argued that there was a serious deficiency in our mapping product, due to its lack of the best-named town in all o...