Classic piece of political jujitsu. Indeed, Jerry Brown’s tenure was from 1975 to 1983. D’oh! Go to Source

This is what we face in November. We face rising intolerance, provincial and draconian ideology, and out-of-mainstream extremism. This morning, during a Colorado Senate debate hosted by Meet The Press, Republican candidate Ken Buck said that being gay is a choice and compared it to alcoholism: GREGORY: In a debate last month, you expressed your [...]

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I’m just going to take a step back for one second. Today I had a sudden, sad realization: our public political discourse has never been of lower quality, or of higher stupidity. Never before has “talking politics” been about being forced to talk about the lowest common denominator of people, and of -excuse my language- [...]

And now, for my top tweets since July 15th. There have been a lot, so brace yourself. July 15th: My dad, making fun of my failing iPhone 4, suggested I get the next model: iFail. That hurt. July 18th: Dear Sarah Palin–Shakespeare MEANT to create words. You’re NOT Shakespeare. You’re an idiot. Thank you. July [...]

The blog will return to full action on Monday, September 6th. Until then, enjoy your summer as I enjoy mine. Go to Source

Given the desperate need for new revenues (along with drastic spending cuts), Nate Silver explores the idea. This guy knows his stuff: At least based on this back-of-the-envelope sketch, creating one or more tax brackets at $1 million and up, and levying taxes upon them at a 3-5 percent marginal rate, could fairly easily offset [...]