“My oath of office certainly didn’t mean I have to ensure the general welfare of anybody in my state who lives below the poverty line,” say at least half-a-dozen basta . . . I mean, Republican governors. They are refusing to expand Medicaid, which is one of the pillars upon which the Affordable Care Act’s …
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On a Fedex truck or in a Fedex warehouse sits this handsome piece of consumer electronics, a replacement for a 13″ kitchen TV. At 19″ it might be a little large for the cart the other one sits on, but it’s almost impossible to find anything smaller than that these days.
Rachel Maddow’s closing monologue from her Wednesday night program, the one that begins: Ohio really did go to the president last night. And he really did win. And he really was born in Hawaii. And he really is -legitimately- President of the United States. Again.
There’s something slightly odd about this election analysis. I don’t quibble with the theory that defining Romney early in 2012 as a rich and out-of-touch capitalist was smart, but something puzzles me. The article says The strategy also caught Mr. Romney at his most vulnerable time. The Republican nominee had been damaged by the bruising …
so why haven’t gas prices fallen yet?!? My Geo had a 7-plus-gallon tank. The Mini has a 12-plus-gallon tank. Yowsers.
John Scalzi: Four years ago, there were a lot of people who believed that Obama’s election heralded a material change in American politics. I would argue that it’s this one that’s the actual signifier of that change. Look: It’s one thing for a black man with a name like “Barack Hussein Obama” to win an …
I voted at 1:30PM this afternoon. My precinct was pretty empty, but at that hour why wouldn’t it be out here in the suburbs? From Events Where I voted From Events A mostly empty parking lot From Events An interior shot of the school cafeteria where the polling booths are
Ever heard the phrase “Not Invented Here?” It used to be a catchphrase around the tech industry. The theory was that whoever invented that process or product couldn’t possibly have done as good a job as “our” guys and girls could do in-house. Well, I’ve run into it with that lab report. The ENT guys …
Charlie Pierce reports from ground level. The Republican governor, Rick Scott, is a hard-core right-winger who has thrown every obstacle he can legally find into the voting process in order to reduce the possibility that someone other than Romney might win the election. He’s shortened the early voting period, reduced the number of early voting …
Is it permissible to stop counting birthdays? That seems appropriate, since I was born in Northern California lo these many years ago.