What I’m Reading, Thursday, June 21, 2012

Politics

• The National Memo » Romney Shakes His Etch-A-Sketch On Immigration
• Unraveling the “Fast & Furious” Scandal – The Colbert Report – 2012-20-06 – Video Clip | Comedy Central

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• Romney Campaign Said to Ask Scott to Downplay Job Gains – Bloomberg
• Bloomberg: Romney camp asks Scott not to boast quite so much about falling unemployment – Blog-o-nomics – Orlando Sentinel
• Obama Campaign Rolls Out ‘Dashboard’ Social Network-Linked Organizing Platform | Mediaite
• Jeremy Bird introduces Dashboard on BarackObama.com – YouTube
• Ron Paul Could Raise Hell at GOP Convention – Truthdig

Climate & Climate Politics

• Heartland’s James Taylor hits new low with defamatory false accusations | Deep Climate
• Hillary Clinton’s Plan to Get Serious About Global Warming – The Daily Beast

Economic & The Economy

• E-Commerce News: Wall Street: Is Keynesian Economics Relevant Today? 
  

  Though I am a fiscal conservative, I do believe that we shouldn’t try to apply economic austerity measures until a recession is in our rear view mirror. John Maynard Keynes said it far more eloquently than I: “The boom, not the slump, is the right time for austerity.” If we consider what happened during the Great Depression, we have a bird’s eye view of economic principles and policies at work.

Misc

• 21 Pictures That Will Restore Your Faith In Humanity