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   Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America. Are we screwed?
 The federal government is supposed to issue new rules about debt levels for students in for-profit colleges. In the meantime, the states are working on their own regulations.
 Washingtons budget hawks want to decimate the federal workforce to shrink the deficit. It will have the opposite effect.
 There arent nearly enough counterterrorism experts to instruct all of Americas police. So we got these guys instead.
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October 12, 2009
MONDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * Pakistan: "A suicide car bombing targeting Pakistani troops killed 41 people Monday, the fourth grisly militant attack in just over a week, as the Taliban pledged to mobilize fighters across the country for more strikes." * More Pakistan: "Pakistani commandos freed dozens of hostages held by militants at the army's own headquarters Sunday, ending a bloody, 22-hour drama that embarrassed the nation's military as it plans a new offensive against al-Qaida and the Taliban. At least 19 people died in the standoff, including three captives and eight of the militants, who wore army fatigues in the audacious assault. The rescue operation began before dawn Sunday, ultimately freeing 42 hostages, the military said. One attacker, described as the militants' ringleader, was captured." * Iraq: "A spate of car bombings killed 19 people Sunday in Iraq's western Anbar province, once a hotbed of insurgency that later become a showcase for restoring peace." * North Korea wants attention in advance of multi-party talks: "North Korea fired five short-range missiles into the sea Monday and declared a navigation ban in waters off its eastern and western coasts, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency." * I think AHIP's tactics backfired. * AARP isn't impressed with the insurers trade group, either. * John Harwood said his blind quote/paraphrase yesterday was not in reference to the "LGBT community or the marchers." Adam Serwer added, "[T]he folks who have spent all day explaining how this one anonymous statement proved the 'truth' of the president's contempt for the LGBT community were just plain wrong." * Gay rights advances in California. * The first women to win a Nobel prize in economics: "Americans Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson won the Nobel Prize for economics for work on how community institutions can prevent conflict, the Nobel Committee announced Monday." * Trying to fight against inflation right now seems like a spectacularly bad idea. * The DNC ad featuring Bob Dole gets pulled at the request of the former Senate Majority Leader. (thanks to reader K.B. for the tip) * Why did Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-La.) fire Melody Teague? * Fox News is mad at the White House. Imagine that. * White House counsel Greg Craig has rumored to be on his way out, but as of Friday, he said, "I have no plans to leave whatsoever. The rumors that I'm about to leave are false. The reports that I'm about to leave are wrong. I have no plans to leave." * The fascinating story of Hardin, Montana, and the ways in which private prison developers prey on desperate towns. * California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George believes his state's reliance on the referendum process has "rendered our state government dysfunctional." He's right. * Do you suppose right-wing blogger Erick Erickson has ever even heard of Godwin's Law? I seriously doubt it. Anything to add? Consider this an open thread. —Steve Benen 5:30 PM Permalink | Trackbacks | Comments (24)
Comments
Pardon my French, but who gives a shit what Fox News thinks? Posted by: Chocolate Thunder on October 12, 2009 at 5:32 PM | PERMALINKTo say nothing about Stupid Stupidson from Redstate? Posted by: Chocolate Thunder on October 12, 2009 at 5:33 PM | PERMALINKI enjoy the mixture of soft porn T&A and right-wing misinformation I can only get from Fox News. Posted by: Speed on October 12, 2009 at 5:38 PM | PERMALINKNorth Korea wants attention ... Well, Steve, I see you're still a patronizing western white boy. I guess Jindal is even more like Palin than we thought. Posted by: Winkandanod on October 12, 2009 at 6:20 PM | PERMALINKI once was in a workshop co-run by Elinor Ostrom. Met a much nicer --- and more professional --- group of people in that workshop than I did anywhere else in political science. Maybe I should have accepted that offer to edit the newsletter...no, I'm more macro than micro, ultimately. http://www.PredictingHistory.com Posted by: catherineD on October 12, 2009 at 6:24 PM | PERMALINKHowever, I am relatively sure that Oliver Williamson is not a women. Posted by: tatere on October 12, 2009 at 6:33 PM | PERMALINKI just won the Nobel Prize for typing. I created the prize two minutes ago, in honor of Al Nobel. Folks: the economics Nobel is grand theft. Posted by: tomj on October 12, 2009 at 6:45 PM | PERMALINKWell, Steve, I see you're still a patronizing western white boy. And you jes' cain't quit him, it looks like. Posted by: Tom K on October 12, 2009 at 7:03 PM | PERMALINKAARP isn't impressed with the insurers trade group, either. Wow. Baucus didn't even get a kiss. To quote my teenager "You got own'd" Max. Posted by: madstork123 on October 12, 2009 at 7:22 PM | PERMALINKWell, Steve, I see you're still a patronizing western white boy. Dispoluto, did you import those pajamas of yours from North Korea? Posted by: Outpisd on October 12, 2009 at 7:46 PM | PERMALINKI thought Hardin Montana was so cool for saying they'd love to take on the Gitmo prisoners. What happened? Posted by: N e i l B on October 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM | PERMALINKModeling aggression Murdoch's rodeo cowboy takes a swing at Obama, karate chops Pelosi. Posted by: koreyel on October 12, 2009 at 8:48 PM | PERMALINKCharles Grassley is saturation bombing Iowa with tv ads about how he's 'working to save Medicare' and reform health care against insufferable opposition. Posted by: cld on October 12, 2009 at 8:59 PM | PERMALINKI got a monopoly on being patronizing and do not appreciate competition. Posted by: Disdaino on October 12, 2009 at 10:07 PM | PERMALINKrendered our state government dysfunctional. The word dysfunctional suggests that it functions at some level; at this point, "non-functional" would be a better choice of words. Posted by: Noam Sane on October 12, 2009 at 10:23 PM | PERMALINK"It's astounding the White House cannot distinguish between news and opinion programming. It seems self-serving on their part," said Michael Clemente, a senior vice president at Fox News. And they have a problem with that?? Posted by: moxo on October 12, 2009 at 10:30 PM | PERMALINK* The first womAn to win a Nobel prize in economics: "Americans Elinor Ostrom [...] -- Steve Benen Do not read too much into it; the Nobel Committee simply wanted to make a political statement, *as usual* (vide Obama's Peace Prize). To any truly discerning mind (like Disputo's, for example), the obvious intention of this award is to poke an even sharper (than the awards in biology/medicine going to two "wimmin") stick into Larry Summers' eye, *again*. Possible collateral damage to Obama (who has chosen this sorry lard-sack as his advisor on economy) might have been intended as well. Yours, unerringly channelling troll-y mind.... Etc. Posted by: exlibra on October 12, 2009 at 10:55 PM | PERMALINKAnother advance in long-term climate modeling: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/10/12/fixing-the-nitrogen-cycle-in-climate-modeling/#more-11642 In short: modeling plant nutrient needs leads to warmer predictions (so to speak.) Posted by: MatthewRMarler on October 12, 2009 at 11:01 PM | PERMALINKThe experimental evidence is not consistent across crops and weather conditions (other pollution, drought, etc.): http://soyface.illinois.edu/results.htm Posted by: MatthewRMarler on October 12, 2009 at 11:30 PM | PERMALINKDeep thought In an alternate universe right next door... A national food fight ensued... Republicans labeled him an ungrateful bastard who was disrespecting the cost of American lives nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan. Liberals argued that he should have accepted the prize as a way to build momentum into future Israel-Palestinian statehood talks. No one seemed to be happy in that alternative universe. re: Harwood, liberal bloggers, the WH and LGBT's... Sullivan is an ass. Posted by: beep52 on October 13, 2009 at 12:07 AM | PERMALINKWhy are you letting Harwood walk that one back without taking a chunk out of his butt. He knew damn well how that little piece would be interpreted Posted by: Eli Rabett on October 13, 2009 at 8:56 AM | PERMALINKGive please. Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances. Help me! I can not find sites on the: Window coverings online. I found only this - winter window coverings. Window covering, greek neutrinos are temporary to get servers because of offices. Window covering, penetrate why it is best not to have to get through high serum in channel and survive how to mention through an many descent information. Thank you very much :o. Dunstan from Marino. 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