So what will happen if, as expected, Republicans win control of the House? We already know part of the answer: Politico reports that they’re gearing up for a repeat performance of the 1990s, with a “wave of committee investigations” — several of them over supposed scandals that we already know are completely phony. We can expect the G.O.P. to play chicken over the federal budget, too; I’d put even odds on a 1995-type government shutdown sometime over the next couple of years.
It will be an ugly scene, and it will be dangerous, too. The 1990s were a time of peace and prosperity; this is a time of neither. In particular, we’re still suffering the after-effects of the worst economic crisis since the 1930s, and we can’t afford to have a federal government paralyzed by an opposition with no interest in helping the president govern. But that’s what we’re likely to get.
Paul Krugman (via azspot) “It’s Witch-Hunt Season,” New York Times, August 29, 2010 (via drwh0) (via somerset)
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BREAKING: Activist Judge Does Awesome Activisty Thing!
A source for NYMag just made my fucking day:
According to a source who has seen the 136-page decision, U.S. District Court Judge Walker has ruled Proposition 8, the California voter-approved ban on gay marriage, unconstitutional under both the due-process and equal-protection clauses. We’re staying tuned and will report more details when we get them.Hey, progress!
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Girls Get Math! It's culture that's skewed!
“Just as boys tend to gravitate to toy trucks and girls usually prefer dolls, the gender differences in math performance have more to do with culture than aptitude. That’s according to a new review of relevant studies.”
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“I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone.”
As much as this pings my Old-Person-Humor radar*…it, it is actually true.
*like a 1990s Woody Allen movie or any “Shouts and Murmurs” column evervia daveholmes:mikehudack:arig
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whoaaa
*that*—-is some type of holy shit. the egg is gonna go into the fallopian tube, right? where is the tube? and is this a forced ovulation? or is this what all of our ovulations look like?
*wicked*
ps what’s the time process of these pictures? and aren’t those golden eggs so shiny and soft and golden looking?
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