Fully updated and working well. I am testing some different themes so things may change often.
Indeed
April 27th, 2009
Mr. Krugman: Masters of disaster
So Bobby Jindal makes fun of “volcano monitoring”, and soon afterwards Mt. Redoubt erupts. Susan Collins makes sure that funds for pandemic protection are stripped from the stimulus bill, and the swine quickly attack.
What else did the right oppose recently? I just want enough information to take cover.
Hat tip: Lizzy
Deep Thought
April 26th, 2009
I wish the minutemen would get of their asses and finish that fence before the swine flu reaches us.
“Pandemic potential” for Mexican flu outbreak
Mexico has seen 1300 potential cases, with 20 confirmed flu deaths and as many as 83 possible deaths. At the upper end, that’s about a 7% mortality rate, and apparently the deaths are skewed to young adults. Flu mortality is usually a ‘U’, with highest mortality in the very old and the very young. Higher rates of mortality in the young or middle adult ranges is unusual, and the most famous example of that mortality profile is the 1918 flu pandemic.
Great Idea!
February 19th, 2009
I certainly hope Jennifer Brunner wins the nomination and I’ll be dropping a few cents in her donation bucket directly, but the folks at BSB have started a general fund for the eventual nominee.
Wonderful idea:
All Right, Let’s Do This Thing (BSB’s Senate Fundraising Starts Here!)
Gee, now I understand why Voinovich voted no
February 17th, 2009
More Dave Harding: AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT: THE IMPACT FOR OHIO
In Ohio, this package will deliver immediate, tangible impacts, including:
- Creating or saving 133,000 jobs over the next two years. Jobs created will be in a range of industries from clean energy to health care, with over 90% in the private sector. [Source: White House Estimate based on Romer and Bernstein, “The Job Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan.” January 9, 2009.]
- Providing a making work pay tax cut of up to $800 for 4,530,000 workers and their families. The plan will make a down payment on the President’s Making Work Pay tax cut for 95% of workers and their families, designed to pay out immediately into workers’ paychecks. [Source: White House Estimate based on IRS Statistics of Income]
- Making 128,000 families eligible for a new American Opportunity Tax Credit to make college affordable. By creating a new $2,500 partially refundable tax credit for four years of college, this plan will give 3.8 million families nationwide – and 128,000 families in Ohio – new assistance to put college within their reach. [Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of U.S. Census data]
- Offering an additional $100 per month in unemployment insurance benefits to 666,000 workers in Ohio who have lost their jobs in this recession, and providing extended unemployment benefits to an additional 92,000 laid-off workers. [Source: National Employment Law Project]
- Providing funding sufficient to modernize at least 369 schools in Ohio so our children have the labs, classrooms and libraries they need to compete in the 21st century economy. [Source: White House Estimate]
Oh Please! Oh Please! Oh Please!
February 17th, 2009
Dave Harding: Brunner To Announce For Senate Today?
Deep Thought
February 17th, 2009
If freedom isn’t free, why do Republicans have such a problem with spending?