Irony at a Hillary event

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Tuesday April 22, 2008 · 10:51 AM PDT

2008/04/22 · 10:51

Pittsburgh's WTAE has a great clip of PA Lt. Gov. Catherine Baker Knoll grabbing the microphone after Pres. Clinton was introduced at a Hillary event yesterday.

Apparently she was snubbed in the introductions because Pittburgh mayor Luke Ravenstahl and and Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato "can't stand women."

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Wednesday May 17, 2006 · 5:59 AM PDT

2006/05/17 · 05:59

Dr. James Hansen, a climate scientist and the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies--who is probably best known for reporting that the White House was editing NASA press releases to downplay global warming--joined 10 other scientists in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court encouraging the Court to review the decision of the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Massachusetts v. EPA, 415 F.3d 50 (D.C. Cir. 2005).

Massachusetts, and the other petitioners in that case argued that argued that the EPA must regulate greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. They further argued that the EPA could not avoid its responsibility because of "scientific uncertainty" surrounding climate change. There, the court found it was within the EPAs discretion not to regulate such emissions. The petitioners have now appealed to the Supreme Court to for review.
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Rice and Teodoro Obiang: A look at Our Criteria

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Wednesday April 19, 2006 · 8:05 AM PDT

2006/04/19 · 08:05

A couple of recent diaries, including this one by jedinecny, noted Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's appearance with Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at a press briefing on April 12, 2006 where she called him "a good friend."

The very next day, April 13, 2006, in the "U.S. Pledge on Human Rights Council Membership" Secretary Rice's said "The United States remains committed to supporting the United Nations' historic mission to promote and protect the human rights of all the world's citizens." That pledge also included a list of "human rights and fundamental freedoms" we support including... (more after the jump)
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A Small Victory for Clean Air

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Friday March 17, 2006 · 9:41 AM PST

2006/03/17 · 09:41

The US District Court for the DC circuit halted an attempt by the administration (through the EPA) to weaken the Clean Air Act Amendments that were signed into law by Bush's father.

One provision of the Act requires that sources that undergo "any physical change" that increases emissions undergo the much more rigorous New Source Review (NSR) permitting process. Once NSR was triggered, sources could be forced to upgrade their facilities to more modern and effective control technologiesâ€"a potentially expensive proposition.

A longstanding loophole was that "routine maintenance, repair, and replacement" was not necessarily a change that would trigger NSR. The EPA expanded this loophole by saying that replacement of components with "identical or functionally equivalent components" was not a not "change" under the act unless the cost was more than 20% of the replacement value of the unit, even if it resulted in emission increases. Read More

Bush comment on new-cue-lar power

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Thursday March 16, 2006 · 7:29 AM PST

2006/03/16 · 07:29

With Bush's job aproval numbers as low as they are, I'm surprised he is still doing public meetings. In his discussion yesterday with senior citizens in Maryland, the first comment from the crowd was "First, welcome to the Blue State of Maryland."

The talk was supposed to be about the new medicare program, but the seniors were not staying on topic. A couple of people pressed him on nuclear energy and environmental issues... make the jump Read More

When is a bill not a law?

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Friday February 10, 2006 · 12:47 PM PST

2006/02/10 · 12:47

Marty Lederman discusses when a bill signed by the President is not a law.

The answer: When "Dennis Hastert has violated his constitutional oath by attesting to the accuracy of the bill, knowing that the House version was different (and having intentionally avoided fixing the discrepancy when it came to his attention before the House vote). And Stevens and the President are coconspirators, assuming they, too, knew about the problem before they attested to and signed the bill, respectively."

Help Kucinich move H.Res. 515

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Wednesday November 09, 2005 · 1:55 PM PST

2005/11/09 · 13:55

H.Res 515, introduced by Dennis Kucinich and co-sponsored by about 150 other
Democrats, asks the White House to turn over documentation on the anticipated effects of climate change on the coastal regions. (text of the resolution after the flip)

The word I hear is that they are looking for information that suggests global warming may have contributed to the increased number of severe hurricanes this year. I don't know if Kucinich has reason to believe a particular report will be damaging, but even if it's a fishing expedition it would be nice to see the house take a stand contrary to W's wishes.

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How much is Daily Kos worth?

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Wednesday November 02, 2005 · 6:06 AM PST

2005/11/02 · 06:06

According to the Business Opportunities Weblog, and using the Technorati API, Daily Kos is "worth" a whopping $5,689,434.12.

Some other results on the left include:
talkingpointsmemo.com/, is worth $2,320,823.94
atrios.blogspot.com/, is worth $2,118,154.08

Compared with some sites on the right:
redstate.org, is worth $999,235.80
www.powerlineblog.com , is worth $0.00 (big surprise there)

Miers' Contributions to Dems

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Monday October 03, 2005 · 6:12 AM PDT

2005/10/03 · 06:12

After 1988 all her giving was to the GOP. She gave to Phil Gramm in '96, to Kay Baily Hutchinson's Senate campaign, and then to W starting in March of 99. But, back in the 80s, she was giving to Dems...

DNC Services Corporation/Democratic National Committee
$1,000 11/03/88

Albert Gore Jr. For President Committee Inc
$1,000 02/16/88

Bentsen, Lloyd Senator (D) Senator Lloyd Bentsen Election Committee
$1,000 03/30/87

Questioning Novak's Past

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Wednesday August 03, 2005 · 12:11 PM PDT

2005/08/03 · 12:11

Back in 1997 Robert Novak wrote a column claiming that Janet Reno covered up the 1996 campaign-finance scandals. In an August 6th 2001 New York Observer piece, Joe Conason noted that Novak revealed his primary source for that article (oh, the irony) as Robert Hanssen. Hanssen, who was then Deputy Chief of the FBI's Soviet Analytical Unit, was since convicted for selling secrets to the Soviet Union (and later Russia).

Was this the fist time Hanssen was used as a source by Novak? It is reasonable to assume that the two knew each other socially. Both of them were members of the conservative Catholic organization Opus Dei; although, Novak probably joined after he was baptized as a Catholic in 1998. Then again, Novak was apparently attending Church services through the 1990s and Hanssen's church, which also counts Santorum and Scalia as members, would probably be an inviting choice for a conservative columnist. Maybe a casual social contact led to a one-time tip where Hanssen was using Novak to pursue his own agenda. Then again... Read More

Edited gaggle transcript?

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Tuesday July 12, 2005 · 6:01 AM PDT

2005/07/12 · 06:01

As I read the transcript of yesterday morning's press gaggle (online at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/07/20050711-3.html), It appears it may have been edited. I thought I read a question yesterday where a reporter said "this is ridiculous", but I can't find it in the transcript.

Now, when I go to TPM (http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com), I see they quoted the following question:

"Question: It's not an answer. And you were perfectly willing to comment from that podium while the investigation was going on, and try to clear Karl Rove. Why the double standard?"

I can't find that in the transcript.

Am I just missing something obvious, or did the transcript change?

Plame game semantics

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Monday July 11, 2005 · 12:47 PM PDT

2005/07/11 · 12:47

On Oct 1, 2003 Bush said of the Plame leak "There are too many leaks of classified information in Washington. If there's leaks out of my administration, I want to know who it is, and if the person has violated the law, the person will be taken care of."

Clearly he has been taking very good care of Rove--who can argue that he is not a man of his word?

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