Republican State-Level Takeovers

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Outsourcing Supported by Both Parties

Support for outsourcing is bipartisan.

Magic Mitt

The print version of this article has a cartoon by Victor Juhasz of Romney as a stripper, hence this post's title.

Bob Nicholas, R-WY, is Running for Re-Election

Bob Nicholas, a Republican Wyoming state representative accused of beating his disabled son, is running for re-election.

Max Blumenthal Quits Paper for Its Pro-Assad Stance

Max Blumenthal, of Republican Gomorrah fame, quits Al-Akhbar for its pro-Assad stance. As he says, "The right to resist is universal."

I follow the Pan-African News Wire, which is at least anti-anti-Assad, if not pro-Assad.

More later.

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22 June update: Max speaks with TheRealNews.com, to which he contributes, on his decision to quit the paper:

Lone

The Wind Lobby

The Wind Lobby is Powered by Fossil Fuels

Collage

(Both images were from either side of the same page from Monday's paper.)

Cheap Gas Does Not Mean Plentiful Gas

Lower gas prices are attributed to lower demand because of a slow economy.

Rudra

Yaar Annmulle

(No English subtitles, but easy to follow anyway.)

Peak Oil and Aviation

On peak oil's effect on aviation.

Gloating

Government Officials vs. Labor: Nothing New

  Hawaii Time

I learned from this columnabout Scott Walker vs. the unions that Calvin Coolidge once sent the National Guard after striking policemen in Boston.

Deadmau5, Daz-I-Kue feat. Joy Jones

Vibrant Literary Cultures in Germany and Mexico

Here and here.

Another Consequence of Global Warming

There might not be enough cold water to cool nuclear- and coal-fueled power plants, thanks to global warming.

The Dial-up Modem Sound

Looper, "Modem Song", The Geometrid (2000). I first heard (and heard of) this song, which samples the sound of a modem, and performer last night when it played on MC (MusicChoice) 33.




The dial-up modem sound explained.

David Guetta, Adeva