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A Christmas Song
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Credit where it’s due on mercury ruling
David Roberts of Grist does a nice job of summing up the importance of the new EPA rule the EPA regarding mercury and other toxic emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants: … This one is a Big Deal. It’s worth lifting our heads out of the news cycle and taking a moment to appreciate that history is being made. Finally controlling mercury and toxics will be an advance on par with getting lead out of gasoline. It will save [...]
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The only Christmas album you’ll ever need! A Phil Spector Christmas: Bookmark It
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Arts & Music Higher Ground
Solstice
And it was Jane who spoke she said, it’s true, your cousin’s not a Christian “But we love trees, we love the snow, the friends we have, the world we share And you find magic from your God And we find magic everywhere.” “The Christians and the Pagans,” Dar Williams. A very happy holiday season to everyone who’s celebrating. I dedicate this song to you and yours: So the Christians and the Pagans sat together at the table Finding faith [...]
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Holiday Affair
A romantic comedy set at Christmastime and starring Robert Mitchum in a more-or-less wholesome role, wooing a very young Janet Leigh. The role seemed a good career move at the time (1949), as Mitchum was still trying to recover from bad publicity regarding a marijuana bust. More here. Bookmark It
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Blind Justice Police State The Regime The Shadow Knows
Obama to issue NDAA signing statement
OK, but it’s still unclear what effect this will have on the law regarding detention of American civilians: Attorney General Eric Holder confirmed speculation Wednesday that President Barack Obama would issue a signing statement when he makes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and its controversial detention provisions law. “We made really substantial progress in moving from something that was really unacceptable to the administration to something with which we still have problems,” Holder said in response to a question [...]
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Blind Justice Class War Corporate Statism Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Politics As Usual
Oh, you shouldn’t have
If you do the math, $335 million divided by 200,000 is $1675 per borrower, and the settlement agreement indicates that the amount borrowers will receive will average $1600. While obeying the usual “no one admits to anything” forms, the settlement has language that indicates that borrowers were overcharged in the range of several hundred dollars to several thousand dollars. So at a superficial level, one might conclude the settlement amount is roughly in line with the damages suffered by borrowers. But is [...]
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Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto
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