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It's the economy, libertarians.
A weak economy is causing millions to suffer, while nearly every economist who has a good predictive record over the past five years (re: the housing bubble, financial collapse, inflation, interest rates, European GDP growth under austerity, etc), says the US economy right now cannot handle shrinking the public sector or raising taxes on people who use their paychecks to consume (i.e. the non-wealthy).
And this presumes that Douchebag Reid actually has a source (yes, I'm not yet done using a colorful, descriptive term for one certain politician). First off, the charge:
"The word's out that he [Romney] hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years."
Since he made that assertion, the douchebag doubled down instead of backed down.
Friends,
This is your 2nd place moderator here. Darth's diary was a nice plea for respectful communication among our friends. I don't think it took for more than about a day or two, unfortunately. For that reason, I'm putting this one with my thoughts on the front page.
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Of course, this diversion has a better chance of succeeding when the challenger overreaches in reaction to an embassy statement and then has to deal with the release of a secret recording at a fundraiser. But it's still a diversion. Here's the Benghazi chronology.
Since last June and prior to September 11th, there were three attacks on diplomatic corps in Benghazi. The first:
Oh, okay. Maybe just the worst of this century. Dukakis had a couple bumps along the way, as I recall. But it's hard to imagine a poorer example of the modern political campaign than the one Mitt and his team of brain surgeons are currently running aground. And today's cell phone vid is just another nail in a coffin which at the moment already has all the nails it means.
Here.
Via TPM, a new study from the Congressional Research Service (pdf) strongly suggests what most non-Republicans have known to be true for decades. Namely, that the supply-side argument for reducing tax rates is utter horsepuckey, as there is no discernible effect of even greatly reduced tax burdens on economic indicators.
We don't have much luck with houseplants. Our latest victims are a philodendron and a small diffenbachia. The philodendron's doing ok, but the diffenbachia is suddenly off its feed this week. We repotted it into a slightly larger terracotta pot when we got it, and we've been watering it every three days or so. The leaves started looking kind of sickly after a week (pale, drooping), but now it's dying for reals. Leaves are wilted, not getting any water up the stems, and there are tiny black bugs crawling on the leaves & stems.
Every morning, I check Bloomberg and Reuters for news. This is party because their coverage is weighed towards news that will have economic and market impact, and I have an old habit of following the markets. But also it is because both are easy to read on my iPhone, while the New York Times, my other MSM source, isn't.
For one, I agree with the left-leaning Michael Tomasky:
Let’s be blunt. Barack Obama gave a dull and pedestrian speech tonight, with nary an interesting thematic device, policy detail, or even one turn of phrase.
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