Nanoparticle Nonsense

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Thursday August 06, 2009 · 7:46 AM PDT

2009/08/06 · 07:46

There was an article referenced last night in the Green Diary Rescue Open Thread that spoke of the unknown dangers of nanoparticles in consumer goods. But the spread of potentially dangerous nanoparticles in consumer goods is nothing but a sensational fiction. A fiction that we are grabbing hold of even though the great majority of nanoparticle materials are still confined to the lab as scientific curiosities.

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Wednesday March 18, 2009 · 7:48 AM PDT

2009/03/18 · 07:48

I just heard on CNN that the following clause created a loop hole in the conference committee that undid Chris Dodd's restriction on executive bonuses for companies that received money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

iii) The prohibition required under clause (i) shall not be construed to prohibit any bonus payment required to be paid pursuant to a written employment contract executed on or before February 11, 2009, as such valid employment contracts are determined by the Secretary or the designee of the Secretary.

So the question to ask now is... who added the loophole?

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Sunday December 21, 2008 · 7:05 PM PST

2008/12/21 · 19:05

I have three reasons for which I find the current push to force CEO compensation reform upon the Big 3 and financial companies that are currently being bailed out an incorrect path to follow.

1)Legislating the solution will meet considerable resistance, which will include legal challenges.

2)Many CEOs will choose to let their company crash out of spite, rather than choose to reduce their own compensation, which fixes nothing.

3)We will only be able to apply it to the small number of corporate CEOs that are part of companies that are currently in trouble. And this is something that needs to be applied everywhere.

There is another solution, which was in place in the period prior to Reagan, that will not only give a sense of social justice, but it will also make American companies more robust and capable of weathering economic downturns.

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Monday November 24, 2008 · 10:26 AM PST

2008/11/24 · 10:26

On the way back from lunch today I was inflicted with listening to Neal Boortz by a co-worker who had the local Right-Wing talk radio channel on in his car. To my co-worker's credit he thought Neal was being a flaming douche nozzle for this as well.

Well ... here we go. Opa-locka, Florida .. near Miami .. is going to rename Perviz Avenue to Barack Obama Avenue. Well isn't that special. So ... let me tell you what's coming. Opa-locka won't have the last Barack Obama Avenue, or Street, or Road, or Trail, or Boulevard .. or whatever. You're going to see more; and before too long you're going to see various "activists" screaming "racist" if their local community doesn't designate its own Barack Obama Something-or-other by the end of 2009. I'm just setting myself up for a sweet "I told you so" down the road a bit.

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Thursday September 25, 2008 · 10:06 AM PDT

2008/09/25 · 10:06

Why doesn't McCain want to debate Obama on Friday? McCain is a decent debater, the debate's focus is going to be on a subject that is arguably a strong suit for him (foreign policy). And even though he wants to get involved in the shaping of the $700 Billion corporate welfare bill, just about everybody has told him that his impact will be negligible at best. So why is he doing something that appears to be causing more damage to his campaign than good?

It is all because of one vote. And how that vote could derail his campaign completely if it gets widely explained to the voters.

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Wednesday September 10, 2008 · 7:22 AM PDT

2008/09/10 · 07:22

I was enraged beyond words last night after seeing and reading about McCain's ad. McCain is an honorless douche and I think the Obama campaign needs to attack this directly, because attempting to shame a person who has shown that they have no shame will not work.

I have an idea for a video that could be used, but lack the video editing skills to make it... below is the concept and I invite anybody to use it modify it or farm it for ideas.

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Monday June 30, 2008 · 7:21 AM PDT

2008/06/30 · 07:21

There is a story flying around the internet right now because a number of anti-Obama blogs on Blogspot were shut down because of suspected ToS violations. The immediate charge was that this was a concerted effort by Obama supporters to silence the PUMA contingent.

The likelihood is that they are at least partially correct.

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Friday June 20, 2008 · 9:18 AM PDT

2008/06/20 · 09:18

An Insider Advantage poll has just been released showing that Obama and McCain are tied in Georgia.

McCain: 44%
Obama: 43%
Barr: 6%
Undecided: 7%

That puts Georgia (15 Electoral Votes) within reach for November, and breaks the "Solid South" foundation of most Republican strategies.

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 6:42 AM PDT

2008/06/11 · 06:42

Jonathan Martin over at New Republic Online is crowing about the lone Democrat of the Oklahoma delegation deciding not to endorse Barack Obama, because of the "L" word.

Democratic Rep. Dan Boren of Oklahoma said Tuesday Barack Obama is "the most liberal senator" in Congress and he has no intention of endorsing him for the White House.

However, Boren will vote for Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Denver in August and will vote Democratic on Nov. 4.

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Tuesday June 10, 2008 · 12:04 PM PDT

2008/06/10 · 12:04

According to MSNBCs First Read there is a list of about 20 prospective VP candidates for the bottom of the ticket this season. Some of them are expected (Clinton, Biden, Dodd), others look like strong choices (Sebelius, and the trio of Virginians), there are also a few surprises (Tom Daschle and Sam Nunn).

This is an interesting choice of names, that is probably 99% conjecture. But it is still an interesting topic to discuss while we wait for Obama to make his choice.

Poll

257 votes Show Results

Who is your favorite of "The List"

257 votes Vote Now!

Who is your favorite of "The List"

Hillary Clinton

15 votes

John Kerry

2 votes

John Edwards

16 votes

Evan Bayh

5 votes

Kathleen Sebelius

36 votes

Ted Strickland

7 votes

Mark Warner

40 votes

Tim Kaine

10 votes

Jim Webb

57 votes

Bill Nelson

0 votes

Jack Reed

4 votes

Joe Biden

30 votes

Chris Dodd

10 votes

Tom Daschle

2 votes

Sam Nunn

23 votes

Hostage Negotiation,

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Monday June 09, 2008 · 10:26 AM PDT

2008/06/09 · 10:26

Even after Hillary Clinton has conceded and asked her supporters to turn their passion for her candidacy into determination for getting a Democrat into the White House. But it is becoming more and more apparent that a lot of her supporters did not get the memo.

As Clinton wrapped up her remarks Saturday in Washington with a plea for supporters to work "as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me," many were posting messages saying they would never vote for the presumptive Democratic nominee. A few even called on her backers to visit Sen. John McCain's campaign Web site.

"I love her and will vote for her in 2012, but it's McCain all the way now," wrote one within moments of the former first lady's address.

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Monday June 02, 2008 · 12:28 PM PDT

2008/06/02 · 12:28

There have been rumors flying about for months. Pronouncements of the death of the campaign, and plenty of other signals, signs, and clues that proved false. But now as the Obama campaign can see the finish line within the next few days... there are signs of the Clinton fight coming to an end.

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Nanoparticle Nonsense

Who Wrote the AIG Loophole?

Argument Against CEO Compensation Reform

...You might be a racist

Its The Glass-Steagall, Stupid

Focus the Anger against the Perverse McCain Ad

Portraits in Not Helping! (edited to make clearer)

The New Southern Strategy

Miller, Lieberman, and now Boren

The Veep List (Update, last one)

Hostage Negotiation,

It may be over this time