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Day Out With Thomas
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The fallacy of hybrid vehicles
Are hybrid vehicles really the climate-saving panacea that their proponents claim them to be? Cause for skepticism (the emphasis is mine):
Spinella spent two years on the most comprehensive study to date - dubbed "Dust to Dust" -- collecting data on the energy necessary to plan, build, sell, drive and dispose of a car from the initial conception to ( Read more... ) -
Elitists
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Why so blue?
I had planned on posting a comment on why I find the election results particularly distressing, but then I woke up today and found that Thomas Friedman has already said everything I was going to write. Money quote:
Why didn't I feel totally depressed after George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis, or even when George W. Bush defeated Al Gore? Why ( Read more... ) -
A dialogue
From: Dan
To: S and L
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 07:53:35 -0800 (PST)
I feel like I've been dumped by a girlfriend. Couldn't sleep last night. No appetite. Can't think about anything else. It's bad.
Admittedly, however, just about all of my anger and frustration is directed at the idea of four more years of Bush, not at the missed opportunity of ( Read more... ) -
Vote for cheap oil
This is interesting on a number of levels:
Oil prices fell heavily on Monday, taking U.S. crude below $50 on speculation that a U.S. election win for Senator John Kerry (news - web sites) could ease the geopolitical friction that helped fuel this year's record-breaking rally.
In other words, people whose livelihoods depend on their ability to ( Read more... ) -
First thing we do, let's kill all the insurers
Malpractice insurers have bamboozled doctors into thinking that a cap on malpractice awards will magically hold down malpractice insurance premiums. But surprise! Now the nation's biggest malpractice insurer says it's not so. In a regulatory filing, GE Medical Protective says that capping damage awards saves only about 1%. And why would GE say such ( Read more... ) -
Abortion (revisited... again)
Nicholas Kristof writes:
[George Bush,] Nov. 5, 2003: "In the debate about the rights of the unborn, we are asked to broaden the circle of our moral concern. ... We're asked by our convictions and tradition and compassion to build a culture of life, and make this a more just and welcoming society."
Abortions declined in the U.S. in the Clinton ( Read more... ) -
Evil for Bush
TEHRAN, Iran - The head of Iran's security council said Tuesday that the re-election of President Bush (news - web sites) was in Tehran's best interests, despite the administration's axis of evil label, accusations that Iran harbors al-Qaida terrorists and threats of sanctions over the country's nuclear ambitions.
Historically, Democrats have ( Read more... )
