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July 02, 2013 12:29 AM UTC

Tuesday Open Thread

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  • by: Colorado Pols

"The pendulum of the mind alternates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong."

–Carl Jung

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13 thoughts on “Tuesday Open Thread

  1. I can''t hardly believe we are going to get through the summer with no debt ceiling balogna, no invasion of another country, and no Olympics. How long has it been?

     

  2. For those who want a better understanding of "tar sands," let me recommend an article at naked capitalism. It is well written for the layman and extensively annotated (lots of links) for anyone who is inclined to dig deeper into the science and policy around this issue. 

    1. You're welcome, Gaius Publius. And thanks, JADodd, for  this lead. Good info, enjoyably written. Great succinct summary:

      So what flows through the pipeline? Keeping those cash registers in mind, you now have all the pieces. Tar sand pipelines contain:

      A carbon-rich colloidal suspension …

      Made up of lighter-than-water, easily-evaporated toxic liquids (like diesel) …

      And heavier-than-water solids (the tar or bitumen itself) that sink to the bottom of rivers and below the mud in fields …

      Which has been heated hot enough to burn your hand — or accelerate the external corrosion of the pipeline itself, including pinhole breaks …

      Which has been forced to move under high pressure …

      And which contains poisons and toxins like sulphur, arsenic, nickel, lead and mercury …

      All so megalomaniacal carbon billionaires can make even more money. (emphasis by GL)

      Billionaire psychopathlogy. Indeed.

    1. I think it's time to stop calling the Koch-suckers "libertarian", and call them what they truly are, anti-regulation.  I doubt they could give a damn about sexual issues, free speach, guns, etc.

      1. I think it's time to stop calling the Kocks either libertarians or anti-regulation. I mean no whit of hyperbole when I say they're old-fashioned robber barrons and greedy plutocrats who will do anything to preserve their billions, make more billions and gain power, even soverenty — by whatever means — over the world's population as complete tyrannical overlords. They are determined to steal all our money,  rule our financial and economic environment and (where it gains them allies) set our social boundaries. Their cynicism toward the rest of us human beings is limitless and illimitable. In short, they are obsessive psychopaths.

         

          1. The No Climate Tax pledge has made inroads at the state level, as well. In just the three states of Missouri, Michigan, and Kansas, where Koch Industries has its headquarters, forty-eight office holders have now signed the pledge. Nationwide, it has penetrated even the most local levels. Signatories now include the Oklahoma superintendent of schools, the Idaho Treasurer, and three justices of the peace in Arkansas.

  3. Breaking news, FWIW

    DP is reporting that Mark Waller will resign his job as House Minority Leader in order to run in AG primary.  Brian DelGrosso (Loveland) expected to succeed him.  Any of you junkies want to read the tea leaves?

  4. Production note: we were about to write a post about Jaxine Bubis, "erotic grammy" and candidate to replace John Morse in SD-11, but then we saw that ProgressiveCowgirl is already writing one. So we're now awaiting hers instead.

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