October 30, 2005
Who needs Prop 79 for drugs in California ?
Proposition 79 would use the purchasing power of the State of
California to negotiate the best price for up to ten million
Californians, who now pay more than anybody else in the world
for prescription drugs.
* Prop. 78 is completely voluntary for drug companies: they
are free to choose whether or not to offer discounts.
* Prop. 79 has an enforcement mechanism. If a drug company
refuses to provide discounts, the state can shift business away
from that company and buy more from other drug companies that
offer discounts.
Above is from the so-called Better California campaign site for
Prop 79 *.
Klingian Question of the Day:
What is preventing buyers from comparison shopping
between drug companies, either now or under Prop 78 ?
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October 25, 2005
Legislating from the bench
* Any judicial ruling overturning a law is in wrong, that judges
can only decide what a law means not whether or not it is
Constitutional, so that any ruling overturning a previous ruling
that made new law is simply restoring order to the land. That
negating something doesn't bring anything else into existence.
* State legislatures and Congress are the only ones with the
authority to intepret the Constitution and that they also have the
power to change it whenever they choose, without having to resort
to a Constitutional amedment.
[*]
Previously on lancemannion: Orson Scott Card.
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October 20, 2005
Daily Howler
Daily Howler chronicles the errors and omissions of beat reporters.
It should run as as series of footnotes below the broad pages of
the main stream media, as law review footnotes run below the
simplified article text, or better, as mash up with a Joel, Tom,
and Crow providing counter-commentary below the official
broadcast.
Example: Chief Justice Robert's proletarian roots vs Vice-President
Gore's agrarian roots.
Posted by omor at 05:15 AM | Comments (0)
October 07, 2005
Decembrist: fear of a coherent vision
Decembrist (Mark Schmitt) offers essay-length laments.
Examples: The confessional, Fear of a coherent Democrat vision;
video game paradigm.
Posted by omor at 10:43 PM | Comments (0)
September 24, 2005
Chief Justice Roberts
Roberts purports to rock: offers lawyer jokes
and doubts Michael Jackson.
Posted by omor at 08:44 PM | Comments (0)
August 12, 2005
Matthew Yglesias
Washington DC -centric well written worldly views at
typepad: example; and at tpmcafe: example.
Posted by omor at 10:04 PM | Comments (0)
August 09, 2005
bitchphd
Without parental consent, BitchPhD overcomes depression.
Posted by omor at 02:04 AM | Comments (0)
July 05, 2005
Don't Need Your Gheto Scenes
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May 30, 2005
British Columbia election roundup
The Liberals will form the next government after this month's
provincial election (2005 May 17) in British Columbia. Exactly who
will be sitting in the House isn't certain yet in at least two
ridings after initial counts ended in razor-thin margins.
Roundup:
Right: Fraser Institute
The Liberals have almost nothing to gain by placating the demands of
union leaders. They may further recognize that introducing flexible
and balanced labour laws would result in a better functioning labour
market for B.C. workers, one characterized by higher rates of job
creation, lower unemployment, and higher wages. Finally, they may also
realize that, by introducing measures of flexibility into the
province’s labour laws, they will indirectly weaken the powers
afforded union leaders.
Contrary to the posturing of many union leaders, B.C. still maintains
relatively rigid and biased labour laws. A recent evaluation of
provincial and state labour relations laws found that B.C. ranked 57th
out of the 60 jurisdictions in terms of flexibility and balance.
Left:
Even bear604 is no fan of Jenny Kwan
The churlish and over the top (but union made) BC Liberals bad for BC
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May 23, 2005
The Washington Note
The Washington Note: opposition viewpoint from close up on Capitol Hill,
by Steve Clemons.
Posted by omor at 10:42 PM | Comments (0)
April 12, 2005
Germans poke their eyes out and see America
Red states, blue states, as seen from Germany.
Posted by omor at 06:53 AM | Comments (0)
April 11, 2005
Bibamus: left democrat but fair
Bibamus' economic punditry is left democrat partisan but fair. A notch less shrill than
Economist's View.
Posted by omor at 06:15 AM | Comments (0)
April 08, 2005
Economist's View / Mark Thoma
Economistsview offers leftist hardcore partisan commentary posing as
economic analysis. (archives).
Update 2005 October: Offers pointers to academic papers and Fed speeches.
Posted by omor at 02:01 PM | Comments (0)
April 01, 2005
Busy Busy Busy
busybusybusy is a great leftish summary the
day's talking heads' punditry.
Posted by omor at 01:15 PM | Comments (0)
December 10, 2004
Political Animal / Kevin Drum
Kevin Drum is Political Animal, the in-house blogger of
The Washington Monthly and something of a clearinghouse
for smart liberals.
Posted by omor at 04:01 AM | Comments (0)
November 26, 2004
Liberal Oasis
Liberal Oasis is a hand-edited (not an RSS automaton) portal of what's hot and
recent in the liberal - left - democrat websphere.
Posted by omor at 04:50 PM | Comments (0)
November 19, 2004
The American Prospect & Matthew Yglesias's Tapped.
The American Prospect (mostly Matthew Yglesias)'s Tapped.
Leftish news and mostly logical commentary.
Posted by omor at 04:00 PM | Comments (0)
November 18, 2004
The Left Coaster
The Left Coaster. A liberal blog
with more thinking than linking.
Posted by omor at 04:44 AM | Comments (0)
November 17, 2004
Blue state Sprocketers dream of seceding.
When not dreaming of fleeing to Canada, Blue State Sprocketers dream of seceding.
Posted by omor at 11:45 PM | Comments (0)
November 02, 2004
Averaged Poll predicts undecideds for Kerry
election.princeton by Sam Wang averages all polls, fits a trend, and
predicts Kerry will win.
Monday, 2004 November 01, 12:00PM noon Eastern time
Median outcome, decided voters:
Kerry 252 EV, Bush 286 EV (±40 EV MoE)
Popular Meta-Margin among decided voters:
Bush leads Kerry by 0.9%
Predicted median with undecideds:
Kerry 280 EV, Bush 258 EV
Electoral prediction with undecideds and turnout:
Kerry 323 EV, Bush 215 EV
Popular vote prediction with undecideds and turnout:
Kerry 50%, Bush 48%, Nader/other 2%
Posted by omor at 09:13 PM | Comments (0)
October 26, 2004
Newdonkey
Newdonkey, well produced and reasonable democrats.
Posted by omor at 08:06 PM | Comments (0)
October 22, 2004
Atrios Eschaton / Duncan Black
Atrios Eschaton, aka Duncan Black's late breaking partisan
democrat news and spite, punctuated by occasional thoughful commentary
about Ricardian equivalence. ('Eschatology' is a long word
for end game.)
On ABC's The Note:
I've been reading the Note since the middle of the 2004
presidential campaign, and I must say it's one of the funniest
things I've ever encountered. It's the perfect parody of the
insular, snobbish, in-crowd mindset of Washington journalism.
You've captured everything: the craven subservience to power,
the swooning over empty Republican chest-beating, the total
ignorance of issues that matter to non-millionaires, the snide
sidelong shots at people who understand those issues, and -
particularly when you talk about Howard Dean - the pissiness of
people who believe themselves elite and can't quite understand
why nobody else is listening to their pearls of wisdom.
It's like a transcript of a cocktail party attended exclusively
by ultra-rich child molesters and whores. Congratulations on
the brilliant work, and remember the words of satirist Michael
O'Donoghue: "Making people laugh is the lowest form of comedy."
More like this: Archives
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October 21, 2004
Dailykos
Dailykos, frequently updated democrat group blog.
Also publishes Dkosopedia, WiKi for lefty democrats.
Posted by omor at 11:58 PM | Comments (0)
October 19, 2004
James Wolcott
James Wolcott, well written punditry and spinsterism.
Posted by omor at 09:33 PM | Comments (0)
October 04, 2004
Talking Points Memo
Talking Points Memo, Joshua Micah Marshall.
Posted by omor at 12:25 AM | Comments (0)
October 03, 2004
MyDD :: Due Diligence of Politics
MyDD :: Due Diligence of Politics -- Chris Bowers.
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