GM Exec Denies Global Warming, Disses Own Car

post from TheGreenMiles.net on 17 September 2008 11:57:00 PM. © TheGreenMiles.net

General Motors Vice Chairman of Global Product Development Bob Lutz was just on The Colbert Report blaming global warming on sunspots and dissing his own Chevrolet Volt as a weak, unattractive car. I'll post the video here as soon as it's online.

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Stanford Offers Free Online Courses in CS,
Robotics

post from Moue Magazine on 17 September 2008 11:50:44 PM. © Moue Magazine

Well, I just found out what I’m doing this weekend. Stanford University has launched 10 online courses in the areas of computer science and electrical engineering. Free to download, each course includes lectures (video and transcripts), handouts,[...]

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Earmark Reality Sets In

post from OutrageNation on 17 September 2008 11:50:00 PM. © OutrageNation

Guess what? All that talk about McCain not signing bills with earmarks? A load of hooey. But we already knew that.

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Open Thread: Obama takes back the lead in the
latest Gallup Poll

post from Crooks and Liars on 17 September 2008 11:40:36 PM. © Crooks and Liars

Gallup Daily:The Sept. 14-16 Gallup Poll Daily tracking update shows Barack Obama regaining a slight, although not statistically significant, edge over John McCain, 47% to 45%, among registered voters, marking the first time since the week of the Republican National Convention that McCain has not held at least a one percentage point margin over Obama.. It’s [...]

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Insurgent Psychologists Win Key Anti-Torture Vote

post from Docudharma - Front Page on 17 September 2008 11:34:28 PM. © Docudharma - Front Page

The Election Committee of the American Psychological Association announced today that the referendum of APA members, in regards to prohibiting psychologist participation in settings where human rights violations take place, has passed with almost 60% of[...]

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Wednesday Stuff

post from The Liberal Doomsayer on 17 September 2008 11:33:00 PM. © The Liberal Doomsayer

This is the sound of leadership, my friends...

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(And by the way, there aren't too many writers at HuffPo that I seek out on a regular basis, but Bob Cesca is one of them, and this post is brilliant - his question at the end nails it.)

...Hey Vermonters, get out and support Charlotte Dennett for Attorney General; if she wins, what Bugliosi is talking about here will come to fruition...

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...K.O. and author (and convicted criminal) Allen Raymond give us a primer on "caging" voters on "Countdown"...

...Local H ("Bound For The Floor"; if Bushco has a theme song, I think this may be it).

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Election Race Diary Roundup (9/17 - 48 Days to
Change)

post from Daily Kos on 17 September 2008 11:26:27 PM. © Daily Kos

PLEASE NOTE - This is not an open thread and is intended for diaries and discussion of downticket races.

For all the introductory stuff and links to previous diaries in the series, please look below the fold...

This Rescue Diary covers the period from 12:00 Noon, Tuesday, 9/16 to 12:00 Noon EDT, Wednesday, 9/17

Today's Menu Includes:
35 Diaries Overall

- 12 On House races

- With 11 covering individual Districts in 10 states

- 10 On Senate races

- Representing 7 different states

- 1 On Various election races

- Encompassing Governor, Secretary of State, Local, and more

- 12 General election-related diaries

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Whiners and the Banking Crisis: Bad Day for
McCain

post from Koulflo Memo on 17 September 2008 11:22:22 PM. © Koulflo Memo

Another bad day for McCain.Could it be the walls are closing just a little bit more on John McCain? The polls hint at it. The national polls show Obama once again barely taking a lead while the state polls lag a little.First, the ready-to-be-commander-in-chief-on-day-one guy doesn’t know who the prime minister of spain is. Bad [...]

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Late Night Music Club with Richie Havens

Richie Havens reminds us that Handsome Johnny is always eager to march off to war.

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The Game Changer: Economy Pushes Obama To 5 Point
Lead In NYTimes Poll

NYTimes poll, Obama 48, McCain 43:

Despite an intense effort to distance himself from the way his party has done business in Washington, Senator John McCain . . . is widely viewed as a “typical Republican” who would continue or expand President Bush’s policies, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.

. . . The poll was taken during a period of extraordinary turmoil on Wall Street. By overwhelming numbers, Americans said the economy was the top issue affecting their vote decision, and they continued to express deep pessimism about the nation’s economic future. They continued to express greater confidence in Mr. Obama’s ability to manage the economy, even as Mr. McCain has aggressively sought to raise doubts about it.

McCain needs a new game changer. Right now, "it's the economy, stupid." If that does not change by Election Day, this election is over.

By Big Tent Democrat, speaking for me only