Moderator nominations

HankP's picture

Yes, it's that time again. Please nominate (or second) whomever you think would be a good moderator.

 

I nominate Jordan, stinerman and Wagster.

 

FYI, I'm available for nomination if you dare.

 

Have at it.

Why the recent Arctic ice melt could be significant.

mmghosh's picture

That the ice in the Arctic is melting faster than the rather conservative IPCC projection in the AR4 is obvious - in area, extent and volume.  A nice recap of the 3 metrics here.

 

http://tamino.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/sea-ice-update/

 

Optimum Inequality?

Both left and right seem to agree about one thing: rich people tend to invest more, and consume proportionally less than middle class or poor people do.

 

This is the right's argument for tax cuts for the rich: it lets them invest more, and that creates jobs.

 

It is also the left's argument for various kinds of stimulus spending like unemployment extensions: get the money into the hands of people without money, who have to consume. It is demand that our economy needs now, not supply.

 

Justice Roberts' deeply flawed Commerce Clause opinion...the Supreme Court doesn't understand insurance....

Justice Roberts' opinion on the Commerce Clause in NBIF v. Sebelius contains two parts:

 

Obamacare Upheld Under the Taxing Power, Commerce Clause Arguments Rejected, Medicaid Expansion Narrowly Construed

First of all, the ruling is available as a pdf on the Supreme Court's website here. The official title of the case is National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (I'm not linking to the pdf directly because it sometimes causes formatting issues here).

 

I'm just reading the syllabus for now (the summary at the top of the opinion). Here's what I gather so far...

 

ANTI-INJUNCTION ACT

 

Damn It Feels Good to be a Monday Open Thread

Please promote me.

A More Humane Immigration Policy

HankP's picture

Obama's announcement on on changes in the enforcement of immigration laws was welcome if a bit overdue. It would be better to have changes like this made through legislation, but the Republicans have ensured that will never happen as long as Obama (or any Democrat) is President.

Fissures

Bird Dog's picture

In short, Jeb Bush is right:

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush said today that both Ronald Reagan and his father George H. W. Bush would have had a difficult time getting nominated by today's ultra-conservative Republican Party.

What up in Wisconsin [Update: GOP prevails, that's what up]

Bird Dog's picture

In the most expensive race in state history, Scott Walker is favored to keep his job today, but we'll see how it turns out. Democrat recounters are at the ready.

 

God I Miss Eisenhower, "Sure Let's Fix the Deficit," Open Thread...

...to hear all these people whine and gnash their teeth, I just have to laugh at their greed and mendacity. We do need to fix the deficit, fools, (the ones on television),  I'm with you, but not by cutting the thinnest most mean-spirited safety net in the developed world even more, no, let us jointly, together, enter into a crusade to honor a true conservative and bring back Eisenhower's tax rates...fixing the deficit is so easy!

 

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