Politics
- An interesting article for its perspective on the OWS group even though the author seems to think the Tea party was a real grass roots organization when in reality its origination was astroturfed : Occupy Wall Street deserves more attention than the Tea Party – Forbes.
- Harvard Protesters Disrupt Gingrich Event – Boston News Story – WCVB Boston
- Romney backs aides on ’06 purchase of hard drives – Nation – The Boston Globe
- Open Channel – Lobbying firm’s memo spells out plan to undermine Occupy Wall Street
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- Spin This | TBogg
- R i g h t a r d i a: Newt insults and mischaracterizes the Occupy Movement protesters
- Gingrich To Occupy Wall Street: “Go Get A Job Right After You Take A Bath” | Right Wing Watch
- This is just out right hysterical coming from her: Daily Kos: Sarah Palin wonders how politicians get so rich
- First Read – Bachmann goes after Gingrich on his abortion record
- Bill O’Reilly presses Perry on ‘Lazy’ ad – Maggie Haberman – POLITICO.com
Climate & Climate Politics
- A bad month for climate-change skeptics – The Washington Post
…Mr. Muller said that exactly how much humans contribute to such warming is difficult to calculate. But, as the Economist pointed out last year, even if the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is off by a factor of five in its reckoning of the climate’s sensitivity to an eventual doubling of the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, that still leaves only a 50 percent chance of relatively minor temperature change. The developed world and large developing nations, meanwhile, continue to pump immense amounts of carbon into the atmosphere. The Energy Department released an analysis this month concluding that global carbon emissions in 2010 increased by the largest amount ever, to a higher level than the IPCC’s worst-case projection…
- Global warming: Signal versus noise « Summit County Citizens Voice
- Can Romney Beat Obama? Questions Abound As Likely GOP Nominee Doubles Down on Denial | ThinkProgress
- Rabett Run: Peiser relies on deception
- Gingrich Defends Shifting Statements on Climate Change – ABC News
- Why is 20 years statistically significant when 10 years is not? « Wott’s Up With That?
Economic & The Economy
- Robert Reich (Wall Street is Still Out of Control, and Why Obama Should Call for Glass-Steagall and a Breakup of Big Banks)
- Stop the Austerity Train Wreck! | NationofChange
- Sumner on Yglesias — Marginal Revolution
- Farewell To Our Friends And Colleagues Matt Yglesias And Lee Fang | ThinkProgress
- Matt Yglesias leaving CAP, returning to journalism – Think Tanked – The Washington Post
- Goodbye! | ThinkProgress
- Competitiveness In A Currency Union | ThinkProgress found via Matthew Yglesias: Competitiveness In A Currency Union and Fiscal Transfers in a Federal Nation