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Monthly Archives: April 2010

Sierra Club endorsements

Sierra Club endorsements have just been released. As follows: SIERRA CLUB ENDORSES IN COMPETITIVE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRIMARY RACES Raleigh, NC: Today the Sierra Club endorsed [...]
April 19, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Thanks super wealthy people!

The pending tax fight is shaping up to be a war of semantics similar to the one in the mid-80s over whether cutting the increase [...]
April 19, 2010 | Posted in: Policy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Volcanic memories

Via Nate Silver so many months ago: While some of the projects in the [stimulus] bill make sense, their legislation is larded with wasteful spending. [...]
April 17, 2010 | Posted in: Current Events, Environment, Research | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Tax on

Already looking ahead to the tax battles of the fall? Here’s a nice Reuters primer on what’s likely to happen, with this wonderfully succinct breakdown [...]
April 15, 2010 | Posted in: Congress | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

The New Silent Majority

One of the great advantages of not watching cable news is not having to hear just how loud the noise machines can crank. There’s idiocy [...]
April 12, 2010 | Posted in: Elections, Politics | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

SEIU gathering petitions for third party in NC

SEIU is sending out petition gatherers to clear the way for a third party in North Carolina. Been hearing bits about this lately, now Greg [...]
April 9, 2010 | Posted in: 2010 Elections, Politics | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink