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Saturday, October 23, 2010
 
Evening Thread

enjoy

 
Via Digby (Who Else?)

Eight False Things the Public "Knows" Prior to Election Day. It's a handy guide.

 
Run From Yourselves

The run against the Democratic party thing didn't work so well in 1994 and to the extent that it's being used now (not nearly as much from what I see) it probably won't work either. It's something that can work for individual politicians, but if too much of the party is doing it then it's completely self-destructive. We had a decade or more when a significant portion of the party could have been called Democrats against Democrats.

 
Rocket Docket

I'm not as optimistic that judges will be all that concerned about whether banks actually have standing to foreclose. People in those homes are bad and owe somebody money and deserve to be chucked out. It doesn't really matter who they owe the money to.

 
Morning Thread



Friday, October 22, 2010
 
Friday Cat Blogging


 
Friday Evening Thread

Dinner and new Ã?lex de la Iglesia movie for me.

 
Binge Eating

FDIC gobbles 3 banks in Florida: Gordon Bank, Progress Bank, and First Bank of Jacksonville

 
Dropping Money From Helicopters

I actually don't even know the legality of the helicopter drop, or of more realistic options which are essentially the same thing, but to me it is the only Fed action which is likely to be of much help.

 
Running Out

I gather there's some optimism in DC that things like this can be fixed in a lame duck session.

I am not so optimistic.

 
Maybe I'll Think It Over Just A Little Bit Longer

Governor Christie still playing hard to get.

 
Mulligan

And I'm the only one in the country who seems to remember all that anthrax stuff.

 
My Critics Sure Seem Unfair

Of course I don't know if Juan Williams is deliberately lying. Maybe he's recounting what he thought he said, hell maybe it's even what he meant to say, but it isn't, in fact, what he said.

 
Work With Us

I expect the Republicans will succeed in making "Do Exactly What We Say" the "compromise" position between "Doing Nothing" and "Doing What Obama Wants."

 
Gentrification

My one big fear about urban gentrification is that poor people get priced out of neighborhoods that have access to mass transit.

 
Right Of Revolution

Wingnuts push this crap every time a Dem is president.

(ht reader l)

 
Williams

I don't really have an opinion about whether Williams should have been fired for his particular comments, though the important point is that he wasn't just fired for those comments. I'm glad he's gone mostly because he really wasn't any good at his job, as those of us who remember his TOTN days especially can attest. And everyone in the media should really think about why he was so often, and not just on Fox, assigned the "liberal" slot when he's, you know, not very liberal.

 
Desert

I'm sure people disagree with me on this one, but one thing which frustrates me is the degree to which we want any green spaces to be devoid of things that humans basically need to get through the day (food, drink, bathrooms, benches). I'm not saying we should cover the National Mall in TGI Fridays, but we should recognize that humans need things and strike an appropriate balance.
Then we start our two mile trek through the Cemetery, with a grand finale at the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Water fountains are available, but limited and often not working. Experienced groups plan ahead and have bottled water for their students, ideally one for the walk and one to replenish afterwards.

I don't mean to just pick on Arlington, which clearly has bigger management problems right now than fixing their water fountains. Visiting the Memorials, the Capitol, even the Smithsonians, require a lot of walking with limited bathroom and water facilities. The National Mall is a virtual desert. Having a place to regroup, get hydrated, pick up or drop off a rain jacket, and so on isn't really a luxury when you are responsible for forty to fifty children.






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