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DrDave commented on the blog post Conservatives at SCOTUS Harshly Question Mandate; Kennedy Probably Holds Deciding Vote
The interstate commerce act is overly broad. If your Broccoli comes from another state, it can be regulated. Whether you eat it or not is up to you. Your doctor cannot force you to take your pills or eat your broccoli, even if it is in your interests
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DrDave commented on the blog post Conservatives at SCOTUS Harshly Question Mandate; Kennedy Probably Holds Deciding Vote
Heckuva job, Verrilli.
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DrDave commented on the blog post Raising Minimum Wage Significantly Would Boost Economy
Raising the minimum wage is the only way to raise revenues without raising taxes. People earn more, keep more, and pay more taxes at the same rate but on a higher salary. This also strengthens Social Security. Fix Social Security, lower the debt without raising taxes. PS Tax the Rich.
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DrDave commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: Someday at Christmas
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DrDave commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: Man of Constant Sorrow
Love the way the harmonica shadows another tonal world.
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DrDave commented on the blog post Payroll Tax Cut Big Question Mark as Congress Returns
The public needs to know, and we need to repeat this as a mantra, that whenever someone says “voucher” they mean “I will steal you blind.” Voucher is a synonym for theft.
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DrDave commented on the diary post President Obama Doesn’t Understand the Origins of the Deficit by Dean Baker.
I believe you are conflating deficit and CBO projections. An enormous gaffe would be, for example, saying that the Iraq war would pay for itself, or, in fact, hiding or obscuring the size of the true deficit, which is what is usually done, or saying that social security is broken.
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DrDave commented on the blog post Fact Checking Politifact: Wrong About Jon Stewart’s Use of the Word “Misinformed”
Politifact made a mistake by conflating ill-informed with misinformed. After they discovered that they were wrong, they did not do the right thing, which is, of course, to say “we goofed”. Instead, they try to to redefine the word “consistently” to find some sort of ridiculous technicality to keep from admitting the obvious. Jon’s use of the word consistently is fine and you don’t need to be an English teacher to realize that the word refers not to a perfect state of congruity but rather to a firm and durable pattern (OED). Redefining Jon’s words is essentially misquoting him, and the gutless editors of Politifact will not admit what the world now knows: they don’t understand basic English.
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DrDave commented on the diary post Japan Nuclear Watch: Updated,Fire At Unit 4 Out, Radiation Levels Reported Down by Bill Egnor.
Dropping water from helicopter–good idea, but why not liquid nitrogen?
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DrDave commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Across The Universe
very welcome :)
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DrDave commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Across The Universe
My take on across the universe
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DrDave commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Too Much To Bear
sleepy!
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DrDave commented on the blog post Late Late Night FDL: Too Much To Bear
I can see the Sydney opera house from my garden in California
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DrDave commented on the diary post New Edition of Huckleberry Finn to Censor “N” Word, Replace with “Slave” by Michael Whitney.
It was the best of clock, it was the worst of clock. Dude, you Ishmael? Lolita, light of my life, fire of my junk. I am an invisible person. Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a happy meal coming down along the road. Somewhere in L.A., in a [...]
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DrDave commented on the diary post Once Again – Glenn Greenwald, Standing Almost Alone Against the Wikileaks Myths – Updated x4 by EdwardTeller.
Greenwald has documented that Wired is profoundly guilty of exactly what they charged Greenwald with, to wit: “a breathtaking mix of sophistry, hypocrisy and journalistic laziness,” Wired Senior Editor Kevin Poulsen charged. Except that Wired is also guilty of errors, sloppiness, fabrications, and in one well-documented instance, of being unable to properly search their own [...]
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DrDave commented on the blog post Citizen Journalism and the Lamo-Manning Chat Logs
Something stinks. And it’s not the litter box.
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DrDave commented on the diary post A Christmas Caterwaul by markfromireland.
Not by Rossini, but who cares? It’s still fun :)
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DrDave commented on the blog post “Vaya Con Dios” and Care of the Soul
Wow–amazing that with the minimal technology available back then, that they could lip sync a multitracked audio onto that video. Milli Vanilli would be proud.
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DrDave commented on the diary post Let’s Play With Some Numbers by dakine01.
What the government really and truly does not want you to know, is that the only way to increase revenues and not increase any taxes is to raise wages including the minimum wage. Raise it enough, and enforce it, and it will balance the budget. Big news: corporations can afford it. Workers can pay the [...]
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DrDave commented on the blog post Clueless Time Editor: Julian Assange Will Be a “Footnote” in Five Years
LOL
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