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Nov 12, 2009
Random Funniness

Me too...

At least this finally explains my love/hate relationship with Wisconsinites.

Nov 11, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Olympia Snowe (R-ME) is screwed

…but Olympia Snowe (D-ME) might have a chance. I bet she and Joe Biden have lunch sometime this week.

Nov 11, 2009
Zoon Politikon

OK, it's settled: Bart Stupak is a dickhead

I just kind of assumed he was a garden variety jerkoff before, but this clinches the deal for me. Bart Stupak is seriously a dickhead: A day before the bill passed out of committee, Stupak co-sponsored, and voted for an amendment written by Rep. ...

Nov 11, 2009
Zoon Politikon

A fitting coda on things past

From Paul Krugman: [T]here’s this awkward fact that markets have, you know, gone up under Obama. And this isn’t just a phenomenon of the last few months. Look back at stock returns under recent presidents, which is easy using a clever gadget at ...

Nov 10, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Time for Olympia to pull an Arlen

I mean, don’t get me wrong, Arlen is completely screwed in 2010, but that shouldn’t make Olympia Snowe think for a second that switching parties is a bad idea. Cuz, let’s face facts: she’s going down in 2012’s Republican Senatorial Primary in Main...

Nov 09, 2009
Rails

Plugins and Gems for Ruby on Rails that I've known and loved

There are a bajillion “best of” lists for Rails gems and plugins out there. I thought I’d contribute one more with some less well-known gems and plugins that I rely upon every day. Haml - A terse, elegant view-level syntax that replaces icky, ol...

Nov 08, 2009
Zoon Politikon

More on Health Care Reform

What are the differences between the now-passed House bill and the Senate version? Dennis Kucinich voted against the HCR bill in the House, of course. You've gotta be pretty snowed by Ann, Glenn, Michelle, Rush, and the rest of your news sourc...

Nov 08, 2009
Zoon Politikon

Historic votes, and Bill Kristol is a (semi-principled) dick

From Josh Marshall: As Bill Kristol noted in his famous 1993 GOP strategy memo on the Clinton health care reform initiative, the key danger Republicans face from health care reform is precisely that the public will like it. And I suspect that the...