The Stopped Clock

Political discussion and ranting, premised upon the fact that even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Thursday, May 05, 2011

Trump: The New Palin

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I'm not sure if anybody else has made this observation... I expect so, as it's pretty obvious. Donald Trump saw a void in the Republ...

Sara Palin, (Still) Dangerously Ignorant

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Sara Palin is throwing another "You show me yours, I won't show you mine" 1 tantrum, this time about the White House's re...

Osama Bin Forgotten

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Even back in Bush's day, based upon the de-emphasis of the world's most wanted (but neither captured nor killed) fugitive, I heard B...
Monday, May 02, 2011

Cal Thomas Favors Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants

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More of a "Fantasy Act" than a DREAM Act, but still... . The real Superman would never abandon America. Even though he was an ille...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Wish in One Hand....

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Poor John Pistole. He so desperately wants to create a system of airport security that's more focused on actual threats and less on secu...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Handing the Virtual Credit Card To Your Kid

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A parent has sued Apple (or, more correctly, is the named plaintiff in a class action lawsuit directed at Apple) after his daughter acquire...

Calling "Shenanigans" on Charter School Rental Schemes?

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Indiana is questioning whether companies that rent school buildings to nonprofit charter schools can claim a tax exemption, bringing to min...
Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sales Taxes and Interstate Sales

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Nathan Newman argues that Internet sales should be taxed , arguing that the right-wing politicians and commentators who argue against taxati...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Last I Checked, The President Was a Democrat

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I can't even begin to count the number of times I've heard a right-wing commentator whine that President Obama was "partisan...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

If There Were a Wage Gap, Women Would Want it to be Larger?

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The Wall Street Journal ran an editorial by Carrie Lukas, executive director of the Independent Women's Forum, an organization seemingly...
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Monday, April 11, 2011

It's Fantastic, It Works, And... You Can't Have It!

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People who oppose the Affordable Care Act, and health insurance in general, nonetheless seem apt to praise the Federal Employee Health Bene...
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A Weak Defense of Paul Ryan

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Before you can understand why Shawn Tully thinks that Paul Ryan's plan to end Medicare is the best plan there is, it may help to have s...
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Saturday, April 09, 2011

Courageous? Serious? Come On....

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Nicholas Kristof gets off to a good start, with a bipartisan excoriation of Congress for the dereliction of duty, opportunistic preening and...
Friday, April 08, 2011

What's President Obama Thinking

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I'm not asking because I question his judgment on an issue - I'm asking because I literally have no idea what he's thinking. For...
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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Proceeding With Military Tribunals is the Politically Safest Approach

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I've heard it suggested that, having given up on trying to convince Congress to stop blocking the closing of Camp Delta or the trial of...
Monday, April 04, 2011

So the Strong Republican Contenders Are....

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Ross Douthat offers a list of Repubican Presidential contenders he deems to be lightweights. Having told us that the party's "bigge...

Paul Ryan is a Coward

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Oh, I know, I'm supposed to pat Paul Ryan on the back for being so "brave" and "honest" about our nation's defic...

Patents As Both Sword and Shield

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Yesterday I suggested, Although for many years, large companies often seem to ignore each other's intellectual property rights until one...

"Hey, Kid - Get Off Your Lawn!"

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Talk about your crotchety old people .....
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Sunday, April 03, 2011

Innovation, Imitation, and Intellectual Property

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Either the era of "cloud storage" is upon us, or it isn't. As you have likely heard, Amazon has announced cloud storage , dire...
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