October 2011
7 posts
Ord, Nebraska, and the 1% Miracle | Daily Yonder |... →
Oct 19th
Birding the Net →
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Oct 13th
Panic of the Plutocrats →
Oct 13th
The Big Picture on climate change →
Oct 10th
Who Are the 99 Percent? Washington Post →
Oct 7th
We Are the 99% →
Oct 6th
Oct 5th
April 2011
1 post
I now support full marriage equality - Louis J.... →
Apr 10th
September 2010
6 posts
The right’s climate denialism is part of something... →
Sep 15th
I think we're all anchor babies on this bus — High... →
Sep 15th
Gross National Product →
This is wonderful: Our gross national product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors, and the jails…
Sep 14th
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3 Reasons the "Ground Zero Mosque" Debate Makes No... →
Sep 14th
Nation Once Again Comes Under Sway Of Pink-Faced... →
Sep 14th
Nation Once Again Comes Under Sway Of Pink-Faced... →
This is awesome: Nation Once Again Comes Under Sway Of Pink-Faced Half-Wit HAHAHA - Frothing, Shouting Dim-Bulbs: An American Tradition I can’t tell you how much I love The Onion. How much I need
Sep 14th
Op-Ed Contributor - Big Food vs. Big Insurance -... →
This is a really interesting take on insurance companies as allies for better health. Highlights and Sticky Notes: As for the insurers, you would think preventing chronic diseases would be good…
Sep 14th
By T.R. Reid -- Five Myths About Health Care in... →
A little light on the subject - and from the Post, no less! Tags: politics health Posted by: naturegeek
Sep 7th
August 2009
10 posts
Afterbirthers Demand To See Obama's Placenta | The... →
omg. This is AWESOME. Tags: politics humor Posted by: naturegeek
Aug 28th
By T.R. Reid -- Five Myths About Health Care in... →
Nice to have a little light shone on all the mud flying around out there Tags: politics health Posted by: naturegeek
Aug 28th
Healthcare Debate explained on the backs of... →
This is excellent! I don’t think I’ve heard a clearer explanation of all of this anywhere. Tags: politics health tutorial Posted by: naturegeek
Aug 22nd
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The GOP Has Become a Party of Nihilists - TIME →
Where IS the rational GOP who would say, as a Republican famously said to McCarthy, “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?” to Rush Limbaugh and the others when they make their ridiculous…
Aug 21st
Op-Ed Columnist - Priority Test - Health Care or... →
Astonishingly, many politicians seem to think that we should lead the world in prisons, not in health care or education. Tags: politics health justice Posted by: naturegeek
Aug 20th
What You Need To Know About Health Care... →
The scariest thing about the health care reform bill is not the vision of granny-killers roaming hospital corridors. It’s the fact that few rational people seem to grasp how it really may change our…
Aug 20th
The GOP's Misplaced Rage - The Daily Beast →
“Until conservatives once again hold Republicans to the same standard they hold Democrats, they will have no credibility and deserve no respect. They can start building some by admitting to…
Aug 19th
Dr. Andrew Weil: Why I Am a Conservative on Health... →
“Since when is it conservative to embrace new, overpriced, corrupt systems, like the health-destroying and ruinously expensive protocols of much of modern medicine? “Conservative” has several…
Aug 19th
Rick Perlstein -- Birthers, Health Care Hecklers... →
In America, Crazy Is a Preexisting Condition Tags: politics health Posted by: naturegeek
Aug 19th
'Birthers' must be stopped -- latimes.com →
Tags: politics humor reason Posted by: naturegeek
Aug 19th
July 2009
2 posts
Shatner Does Palin →
This is truly wonderful! I think that this part of her speech is one of the only parts that really made sense, and it makes even more sense as a poem - an ode to Alaska. Hat…
Jul 28th
Jul 24th
June 2009
6 posts
Op-Ed Columnist - Betraying the Planet -... →
Powerful - an indictment of “politics as usual” in a time of extraordinary circumstances. Tags: politics climate Posted by: naturegeek
Jun 29th
Limbaugh to GOP: 'Screw it' - The Plank →
We already know what a nutjob Rush is, but still - omg. The best part of this post is the comments, though - hahahahahaha!!!! Tags: politics humor stupid Posted by: naturegeek
Jun 26th
John Hodgman: Nerds vs. Jocks and Obama →
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Jun 23rd
Op-Ed Columnist - The Big Hate - NYTimes.com →
How Fox News and others feed and incite the lunatic fringe - O’Reilly, Limbaugh, Hannity and gang should be held accountable for the people whose hatred they enflame, IMO. Tags: politics …
Jun 22nd
In Defense of Twitter →
Tags: politics twitter foreign-policy communication Posted by: naturegeek
Jun 20th
Enough with the Obamathon - Los Angeles Times →
Bill Maher for President! Tags: politics humor Posted by: naturegeek
Jun 12th
May 2009
2 posts
May 28th
May 3rd
April 2009
3 posts
How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the... →
Re-bookmarking this great reference - Grist re-designed/re-organized their website and the old link no longer works. Great stuff here! Tags: climate politics Posted by: naturegeek
Apr 18th
Apr 13th
No religion? No problem. - Opinion - USATODAY.com →
Tags: religion politics Posted by: naturegeek
Apr 6th
March 2009
6 posts
FARK.com: (4291765) House GOP unveils its budget... →
This is the most awesome discussion of the Republican “Budget Proposal” - oh god just please read it!! I can’t stop laughing! This is the best thing since Sarah Palin! Highlights and Sticky Notes:
Mar 28th
Top 10 Myths about Sustainability: Scientific... →
Great article - not a contrarian view, but addressing real mis-understandings. Tags: sustainability energy environment politics Posted by: naturegeek
Mar 19th
Bad Paintings of Barack Obama →
These are great! Some are not bad at all, and some are in the “so bad they’re good” category, while others are truly truly awful! Tags: politics art Posted by: naturegeek
Mar 17th
Mar 14th
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Mar 14th
My Mama →
Mar 14th
February 2009
7 posts
It’s cold. Does that debunk global warming? |... →
“I love how the article points out the difference between weather and climate, and then a bunch of folks leave comments reporting the weather in their area…reading comprehension is still tragically…
Feb 15th
Feb 14th
Op-Ed Columnist - Failure to Rise - NYTimes.com →
the stimulus package… Tags: politics economy Posted by: naturegeek
Feb 14th
John W. Delicath: Media Snow Job: Weather Events... →
This is good - one reason I prefer the term “climate change” to global warming, because the actually and willfully ignorant everywhere will always make stupid comments when the WEATHER is cold. Yes…
Feb 14th
Epoch Fail (I missed 1234567890)
Feb 14th