Category Archives: politics

Nice metaphor

Posted on 2010 August 19 by mongreldogs

Neil Irwin explains the current dilemma faced by the Fed by extending a metaphor promoted by guest host Christopher Hayes on Monday’s episode of The Rachel Maddow Show: The Fed is in charge of watering the fields but has exhausted … Continue reading →

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Political snark of the day

Posted on 2010 August 2 by mongreldogs

Regarding the fact that Fox News will now have a front-row seat at the White House briefing room: Fox News is a propaganda outlet, a detail everyone seems to know, but which is apparently impolite to say out loud. The … Continue reading →

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Political snark of the day

Posted on 2010 July 28 by mongreldogs

I stole the tagline from a commenter at Political Animal and the picture from a public domain image at Flickr, and put it together using the motivational poster generator at Big Huge Labs.

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 2010 July 26 by mongreldogs

Why did the stimulus go wrong? In the end, we took a soapbox racer to a go-kart track and then realized we were competing against actual cars. Great analogy — and better analysis — by Ezra Klein.

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Quote of the Day

Posted on 2010 July 19 by mongreldogs

From a post by Steve Benen over at Political Animal: In human history, it’s never been easier to get — and stay — well informed. Folks just have to take some responsibility. If they don’t, the result can be a … Continue reading →

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Wow. Just… wow.

Posted on 2010 July 15 by mongreldogs

http://www.marktalk.com/blog/?p=10387 (Also hosted at Political Correction, in case the original gets “disappeared”, and reproduced below the fold here — although apparently it;s already been edited.) I don’t really know really even to begin to comment on this “letter” from Tea … Continue reading →

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The Political Asymmetry of Weather

Posted on 2010 July 8 by mongreldogs

So, the East Coast is in the middle of a record heat wave.  How come we haven’t heard any hyperventilating media types announce that this “proves” global warming is true?  After all, when we had a little snow in February, … Continue reading →

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The Perils of Positive Thinking

Posted on 2010 July 6 by mongreldogs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5um8QWWRvo I think the major point — that a unquestioning devotion to “positive thinking” is both dangerous and immoral — is a good one. We definitely allow suffering because we think everyone has a shot, so if they’re suffering, it … Continue reading →

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Classic no-win situation for the President

Posted on 2010 July 3 by mongreldogs

Apparently, the Pentagon has recommended that a Medal of Honor be given to a living soldier, for the first time since Viet Nam.  The Washington Post article speculates that The presentation of a Medal of Honor to a living soldier … Continue reading →

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A little political humor, a little late

Posted on 2010 July 3 by mongreldogs

As soon as I read John Boehner’s characterization of financial regulation reform, I was inspired to make the following.  Unfortunately, this-and-that kept me occupied until today. Here’s a link (http://www.adfinemfidelis.net/mongrel/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/poster.jpg) since Facebook inexplicably strips images(!) from imported RSS feeds… I … Continue reading →

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