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In San Fran
I'm going to be down in San Francisco tomorrow and Friday, so blogging (from me, anyway) will be light-to-nonexistent.
Hey, have you heard we're having a reader party in San Fran on Friday night? I'm gonna be there, throwin' down, or rockin', or wildin' out, or whatever it is the kids do these days when they drink to excess. I hope some of you regular Gristmill readers are able to make it -- I'd love to put faces with names.
Attendance is looking to be in the multiple hundreds. Should be a blast. If you are going to make it, don't forget to RSVP.
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Big enviro endorsements worked out — for the most part
A spin through the endorsements from big environmental groups this year reveals an overwhelming number of successes. Both Sierra Club and the League of Conservation Voters will probably be sleeping contentedly tonight.
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Gotta get all the schadenfreude out before the day is over
There is much to savor today. But one of the things that most pleases me is that if Webb pulls it out in Virginia, as all signs indicate, Marc Morano's wingnut attack screeds are going to be coming from the minority office of the Senate EPW Committee, in service of a master who's suddenly going to have a lot more trouble finding cameras to record his loopy theories about global warming and U.N. world governance. I hope Morano enjoys his return to much-deserved obscurity.
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If so, what?
Greg Anrig Jr.'s advice to Bush: Be more like Arnold.
Just one year after California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's political humiliation, with all four of his favored ballot initiatives crushed at the polls, the Terminator won reelection yesterday by 17 points. How did he accomplish such a dramatic turnaround? According to the Los Angeles Times, he 1) apologized for his missteps, which were attributable largely to rigidly adhering to right-wing ideology, 2) realized that his job was about "governing," 3) poured billions of dollars into popular programs, 4) cut bipartisan deals to fight global warming, boost the minimum wage, and reduce the cost of pharmaceutical drugs, and 5) made infrastructure the center of his legislative focus, underscoring his new brass-tacks approach to governance.
My advice to pigs: fly, little oinkers, fly!
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Are the two connected?
Matt Yglesias questions the liberal-hawk "we have to stay in Iraq because of the oil" talking point -- which Bush himself has been deploying lately -- using the standard "oil is fungible" response. Any geopolitical experts out there have thoughts on this perennial debate?
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Takings initiatives die deserved death
Five outta six ain't bad.
As I mentioned earlier, the takings measures in Montana and Nevada were yanked by the courts. Then last night, the good news just kept on coming.
Voters in three Western states -- California, Idaho, and Washington -- soundly rejected ballot measures that aimed to hamstring local governments and cripple environmental protections.
It wasn't close. In most places voter's message was deafening: we want to protect our communities and our natural heritage.
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Welcome to Gristmill's very first Official Caption Contest! Leave your perfect caption for the picture below in comments. The winner will receive ... international encomiums as the winner of the very first Official Gristmill Caption Contest!
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Is banning horse slaughter like banning whaling?
There is a new bill to ban horse slaughter in the U.S. This article argues it's arbitrary and based on a special-interest lobby.
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Secretary of Defense resigns in aftermath of yesterday’s election
Rumsfeld officially resigns. What a day.
