October 07, 2013
Speaker.gov: President’s Refusal to Negotiate Puts Our Economy at Risk [rdbrewer]
George Will: 'Liberals don’t want diversity in thought, and that’s what the Republicans now have, and that makes them rather interesting'
That would be news to J-schoolers, you know, if they were interested in news. [rdbrewer]
Food Landscapes
(Link fixed.) Scroll down to use the arrows. Via @DoreenHDickson. [rdbrewer]
Jim Geraghty: The sadism of Harry Reid
"Harry Reid drags his feet on alleviating the financial anxiety of hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, and he’s refused to bring to the floor seven continuing resolutions, all passed by the House, all passed by wide and fairly bipartisan majorities.... We know why Harry Reid isn’t bringing them to the floor. If he did, they would pass.... Harry Reid doesn’t want to minimize the pain of the shutdown. He wants to maximize it." [rdbrewer]
NYT: Dogs are people too
"Although we are just beginning to answer basic questions about the canine brain, we cannot ignore the striking similarity between dogs and humans in both the structure and function of a key brain region: the caudate nucleus." [rdbrewer]
CNN: Journalism Students Get News From CBS, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, NYT and Jon Stewart
"[T]hese folks apart from Facebook and Twitter get their "news" from liberal sources such as the Associated Press, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and believe it or not Jon Stewart...." Idiots. And apparently there isn't a big emphasis on ethics. [rdbrewer]
Issa: ‘There’s a reason to fear’ Obama agencies
"'Right now, there’s a reason to fear the IRS and other agencies, including the EPA, who are loaded with people who feel empowered to bend the rules against those they disagree with,' the California Republican explained." Also from TheDC: homeland Security adviser supports convicted terrorist fundraiser. [rdbrewer]