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Jan 09, 2026
Politics Energy

Washington Should Legalize Balcony Solar

This week, Washington state Representatives Hall, Callan, Reed, and Leavitt prefiled HB 2296, a bill that would legalize plug-in “balcony solar” systems in Washington. It’s modeled on Utah’s bipartisan HB 340, which passed unanimously last year, b...

Dec 22, 2009
Politics

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

From an article in TNR: [John] Kerry remains furious about Tora Bora today. “They declared Osama bin Laden the world’s number-one criminal, and went out boldly proclaiming, ‘Wanted: Dead or Alive’ and talking about the dangers of Al Qaeda,” he to...

Dec 01, 2009
Politics

One Hundred Years

Captain Blinky has decided to express an opinion about the conflict in Afghanistan. Does anyone know if he ever compensated the US government for all the planes he crashed back in the day? Hours before the speech, Senator John McCain of Arizona e...

Nov 15, 2009
Politics

The Right has literally let terrorists win

Glenn Greenwald on our favorite chickenhawk tough guys’ reactions to the KSM trial: [T]he Right's reaction to yesterday's announcement -- we're too afraid to allow trials and due process in our country -- is the textbook definition of "surrenderi...

Nov 13, 2009
Politics

Very odd

Taegan Goddard: Maybe Levi Johnson really does have a dark secret about Sarah Palin that she doesn't want revealed. Though Palin's new memoir takes shots at many people -- and "describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter's pregnanc...

Nov 11, 2009
Politics

A fitting coda on things past

From Paul Krugman: [T]here’s this awkward fact that markets have, you know, gone up under Obama. And this isn’t just a phenomenon of the last few months. Look back at stock returns under recent presidents, which is easy using a clever gadget at ...

Nov 11, 2009
Politics

OK, it's settled: Bart Stupak is a dickhead

I just kind of assumed he was a garden variety jerkoff before, but this clinches the deal for me. Bart Stupak is seriously a dickhead: A day before the bill passed out of committee, Stupak co-sponsored, and voted for an amendment written by Rep. ...