 From my Twitter feed (4/15-4/20)Apr 20, 2011 at 2:25 PM |
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Really, First Read? “[M]ost amazing thing” 1 year after BP spill is lack of solution to US energy problems http://j.mp/hVMnDh Shocking!
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 First Read – First Thoughts: Crisis control Obama’s presidency — so far — has been largely defined by moving from one crisis to the next… One thing that HASN’T happened one year since the BP spill: tackling a solution to America’s energ… |
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| Apr 20, 2011 at 2:13 PM | |
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Estimated ideal point distributions for 112th Congress – House Tea Party caucus mean very close to GOP mean http://j.mp/g47bgm
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 Scaling the 112th Congress with Optimal Classification | voteview Nearly four months into the 112th Congress, we scale legislators in both chambers using Optimal Classification (OC) in R. OC performs quite well in modeling the 109,780 roll call voting choices … |
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| Apr 20, 2011 at 1:55 PM | |
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We need editors to take responsibility for factual misinformation in op-eds — @mattyglesias on Fred Hiatt http://j.mp/fhQmVW
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 Yglesias » Climate Denialism Promoter Fred Hiatt Hits American Conservatives For Embrace of Climate Denialism The earth’s climate is shifting. Most generally, the planet is getting warmer. And while many factors contribute to the earth’s climate, the key factor in the warming trend is human industrial a… |
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| Apr 20, 2011 at 1:45 PM | |
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RT @sethmnookin: The invoking of MacNeil & PBS Newshour to support the autism-vaccine canard has officially begun http://ht.ly/4DtiL
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| The first of many statements yoking Robert MacNeil to the vaccine-autism canard → 12:02 pm // No Comments Exhibit A in why Robert MacNeil’s “Autism Now” series has been reckless and irresponsible is a press release issued by Alison MacNeil and SafeMinds* titled, “Daughter o… | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 5:38 PM | |
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New NBER paper: “Stock returns of highly exposed firms reacted to coup authorizations classified as top-secret.” http://j.mp/gf2o22
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| Coups, Corporations, and Classified Information NBER Program(s): AP DAE POL We estimate the impact of coups and top-secret coup authorizations on asset prices of partially nationalized multinational companies that stood to benefit from … | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 2:19 PM | |
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RT @burtmonroe: 3 reasonable explanations MT @researchrants: post re: poll 46% MS GOP want ban on interracial marriage http://bit.ly/wtZ8c
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 Bad Research; No Biscuit. | Rants on the state of the research industry. A couple of thought’s on PPP’s bombshell last week about interracial marriage in Mississippi, which, if you missed it, said that 46% of “usual Republican Primary voters” there say interracial ma… |
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| Apr 19, 2011 at 1:49 PM | |
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Amusing rebuttal to the “he doesn’t want it” narrative. RT @benpolitico: Fred Thompson: My belly was aflame http://is.gd/jCxNUZ
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| The Dark-Horse Effect – National Review Online he media are beginning to get restless. They are ready for the campaign games to begin, but the contestants are not lining up in the starting gate. So, with space and airwaves to fill, we are no… | |
| Apr 19, 2011 at 1:32 PM | |
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1/3 of Vanity Fair issues since ’03 have had an article about/written by a Kennedy or mentioning a Kennedy 7+ times http://j.mp/ebnfpw
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 Vanity Fair’s Absurd Preoccupation With The Kennedys | The New Republic The New Republic covers politics, culture, and the arts with a focus on the White House, foreign policy, Congress, Capitol Hill, Wikileaks, the lame duck session, literature, and more. |
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| Apr 19, 2011 at 11:31 AM | |
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RT @sethmnookin: Newshour’s autism series: An embarrassing, reckless, and irresponsible coda to Robert MacNeil’s career http://bit.ly/hwaCLl
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 An embarrassing, reckless, and irresponsible coda to Robert MacNeil’s career → 10:09 pm // 6 Comments PBS’s is currently in the middle of a multi-part special on autism. The series brings Robert MacNeil back to the show for the first time in 16 years. If it turns out to … |
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| Apr 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM | |
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RT @soodoku Gawker: Candidate’s Name Misspelled as ‘Rich Whitey’ on Black-District Ballots http://t.co/aMJYUyM
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| Apr 19, 2011 at 12:04 AM | |
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RT @phlu Physicians the most trusted source of child vaccine info (but 1 in 4 believe celebrities) http://bit.ly/guWKpk
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 amednews: Physicians the most trusted source of child vaccine information :: April 18, 2011 … American Medical News Although most parents believe the vaccine information they receive from their children’s doctors, nearly one in four has some trust in what celebrities say about immunization safety, a study in … |
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 4:16 PM | |
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NYT story on alleged cell phone/cancer link is a great intro to the difficulties of observational data analysis http://j.mp/ekhuE1
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 Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer? Yes, no, maybe — the answer seems to change with every new study. Finding the definitive solution turns out to be a science in itself. |
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 4:08 PM | |
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NYT: 41% approval “political clouds” for Obama http://j.mp/h4rqeL True, but RR/BC approval very similar at this point http://j.mp/hsyKdq
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 Obama to Sell Deficit Plan in Campaign-Style Trip The trip is Mr. Obama’s first since the unofficial start of his re-election campaign in Chicago. |
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 Presidential Approval Ratings — Barack Obama Barack Obama Presidential Job Approval Barack Obama’s Daily Job Approval Trend Barack Obama’s Job Approval Average by Subgroup Barack Obama’s Most Recent Weekly Approval Rating Average (several … |
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 3:33 PM | |
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Advocates of Ryan budget might want to read this study: “motivated reasoning affects overestimates of support” by public http://j.mp/ehS3YU
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| Motivated reasoning and public opinion perception ↵Address correspondence to Lilach Nir, Department of Political Science, Mount Scopus, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91905 Jerusalem, Israel; e-mail: . Theorists posit that a —unlike a mass… | |
| Apr 18, 2011 at 1:43 PM | |
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Very useful @monkeycageblog on the partisan trust gap http://j.mp/dQutLa and on partisans’ phony dislike of partisanship http://j.mp/gRHJX2
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 Partisans Say They Hate Partisanship (But Really They Don’t) bq.Doespartisanconflictdamagec itizens’perceptionsofCongress? Ifso,whyhaspolarizationincreas edinCongresssincethe1970s?Toad dressthesequestions,weunpackth e |
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 11:32 AM | |
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Pawlenty spokesman: “We don’t know [the] cause of climate change.” Yikes. http://j.mp/hssrAj (via @jayrosen_nyu)
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 On climate change, the GOP is lost in never-never land he Republican self-deception that draws the most attention is the refusal to believe that Barack Obama is American-born. Editor of The Post’s editorial page, Hiatt also writes a biweekly column … |
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| Apr 18, 2011 at 11:30 AM | |
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How not to write a caption: “A demonstration…against legislation favored by groups opposed to illegal immigration” http://j.mp/gghbfd
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 The Anti-Immigration Crusader – NYTimes.com John Tanton, who helped start all three major national groups fighting to reduce immigration, has been called “the most influential unknown man in America.” |
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| Apr 17, 2011 at 2:15 PM | |
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MT @cjoh Here’s what was happening in presidential polls in 4/07 http://t.co/sbz8YSS // Headline: “CBS Poll: Giuliani, Clinton Pad Leads”
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 CBS Poll: Giuliani, Clinton Pad Leads – CBS News Colo. crowds to push for pot legalization Montana AG to investigate Greg Mortenson charity First lady’s close call points to controller error CIA reveals WWI invisible ink recipe Calif. woman sh… |
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| Apr 16, 2011 at 6:49 PM | |
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Democrats eager to praise on HCR. MT @cconaboy: Check out Boston Globe coverage of #Romney portrait: http://bit.ly/17WHCx (via @CitizenCohn)
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 Romney returns to the State House for a cameo role – The Boston Globe Former governor Mitt Romney pulled a blue sheet off an easel last night, revealing a gubernatorial portrait that depicts him wearing a business suit, a slight smile, and what is a first for a St… |
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| Apr 16, 2011 at 5:29 PM | |
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15th G. Collins mention of Romney’s dog on car roof: http://j.mp/dNzkmB More evidence for columnist term limits: http://j.mp/i3RHxp
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 Mitt! Mitt! Mitt! How about a refresher on all the books written by Mitt Romney? Fortunately, there are only two. |
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| Apr 16, 2011 at 1:54 PM | |