Microblogging: August 20, 2012
Dishonesty Is The Seventh Killer App - Ta-Nehisi Coates http://t.co/WUb1T0cq | http://bit.ly/PONgZL
James Wolcott: Niall Ferguson Coughs Up an Editorial Furball http://t.co/or7MtOqC | http://bit.ly/OIsYLV
“I will never be as mendacious, deceitful, intellectually dishonest and a disgrace as is Niall Ferguson.” http://t.co/kR6Vwwri | http://bit.ly/Qj8J7R
Mark Thoma Sends Us to Ezra Klein on the Embarrassingly Bad Niall Ferguson http://t.co/2wMBrRVR | http://bit.ly/NcMaHB
At the Origins of the Internet… http://t.co/rxxwHope | http://bit.ly/Qj8IRn
Greg Sargent: How bad is the Ryan-Akin anti-abortion bill? http://t.co/yIPBHtHQ | http://bit.ly/NcMar4
RT @ThePlumLineGS: Dem Rep. Louise Slaughter: Ryan-Akin bill could allow rapists to sue their victims to stop abortions: http://t.co/bicZC9KN | http://bit.ly/Qj68uK
RT @dylanmatt: @MattZeitlin I believe the opening line was, “There are times when the world makes this job easy. Like, unbelievably easy.” | http://bit.ly/NBH1sl
RT @dylanmatt: The fundamentals for The Daily Show tonight are strong. Like, “the VP just shot a dude in the face” strong. | http://bit.ly/Qj65Pq
RT @amaeryllis: Well, GOP, if you were “adult” enough to get yourself in this situation then you’ll just have to deal with the consequences as best you can. | http://bit.ly/NBH1c1
RT @pamspaulding: RT @clarknt67: Looks like @ToddAkin blew the lid off a underground belief system that rape can’t cause pregnancy. http://t.co/mhLvzsop | http://bit.ly/Qj68dZ
RT @amaeryllis: GOP, you can’t abandon Todd Akin! He is a gift from God, you should be thankful for this gift and embrace how he enriches your party. | http://bit.ly/Qj67XE
RT @GStuedler: ”The female body also has ways of shutting down your whole election” http://t.co/bZo5hOJS #p2 | http://bit.ly/NBH1bT
RT @anamariecox: RT @fivethirtyeight The type of person with poor enough judgment to say what Akin did has poor enough judgment to stay in the race. | http://bit.ly/Qj65yN
RT @emptywheel: Here’s post I keep mis-linking MT @ThePlumLineGS: Ryan-Akin bill could give states authority to outlaw IVF: http://t.co/N5a2j9Wu | http://bit.ly/NBGYwP
RT @KailiJoy: Politico reporter @DaveCatanese explains Akin sort of has a point about rape and magic ladyparts http://t.co/8QnkWUK5 | http://bit.ly/Qj67H6
RT @jedlewison: Republicans are really worried that Todd Akin let people in on their secret. | http://bit.ly/NBGYgr
RT @ThePlumLineGS: @emptywheel for the record, “Ryan-Akin” was mine, not Slaughter’s | http://bit.ly/NBGYwH
RT @RL_Miller: we’ll adapt? RT @AP: BREAKING: Low water forces closure of 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River; 97 vessels await passage. | http://bit.ly/Qj651V
And Dave Catanese of Politico Defends Todd Akin http://t.co/6tHYJG0W | http://bit.ly/NBGVBd
The Depressing Situation in Europe: Fred Bergsten and What Does “Resolve Each Successive Stage of the Crisis” Mean? http://t.co/9VRdpqYF | http://bit.ly/Qj64Le
And Matthew O’Brien’s Full Fact-Check of Niall Ferguson’s Very Bad Argument http://t.co/e5FCcBxt | http://bit.ly/OS6Ggz
Tina Brown fooled by Onion article about Obama, runs it as Newsweek cover story http://t.co/9g5232Sd | http://bit.ly/QTKbD7
RT @TheDailyEdge: REPORT: Tina Brown fooled by Onion article about Obama, runs it as Newsweek cover story #gaffe #mediafail | http://bit.ly/P9K86G
RT @Noahpinion: It’s OK to beat a dead horse if, in life, the horse made you really, really mad. And was named Niall Ferguson. | http://bit.ly/POvIgo
RT @brianbeutler: @chrislhayes even today, he thought part of the problem was that people took him to be using the “wrong” definition of “legitimate.” | http://bit.ly/P9K5Ia
RT @amaeryllis: Quick, @ToddAkin, put an aspirin between the shaky legs of your campaign! | http://bit.ly/P9K5I0
RT @Noahpinion: People with British accents should organize and ban Niall Ferguson from TV. He’s holding back the race. | http://bit.ly/POvHJh
RT @VictoriaDahl: To quote The Onion: “When are women going to face the fact that they don’t know their own bodies as well as men who have heard things?” | http://bit.ly/P9K7zM
RT @gruber: Many Republicans support no-exceptions-for-rape abortion bans. They just don’t talk about the implications. Akins did. | http://bit.ly/P9K7zK
RT @jesseberney: Akin thought it was a medical report because it was authored by “Dr. Bryan J. Fischer.” | http://bit.ly/POvHcp
RT @kjhealy: Todd Akin says he’s staying in. Presumably, if he ends up losing the election it’ll be because he secretly wanted to. | http://bit.ly/POvHcc
RT @jbplainblog: RT @chrislhayes: This Akin situation is a good illustration of the costs of epistemic closure: He really thought he was just passing on… | http://bit.ly/P9K4Ea
RT @ObsoleteDogma: @jdportes @delong @Noahpinion My turn to fact-check Niall Ferguson. http://t.co/CDrNCGzv | http://bit.ly/POvDJD
RT @brianbeutler: Todd “US rape-gaffe candidate” Akin RT @elliottjustin international news epithet for Akin now “US rape-gaffe candidate” http://t.co/zB9JOVRs | http://bit.ly/POvENM
RT @TheDailyEdge: #Romney: “I’m actually more comfortable discussing my missing tax returns than Akin’s rape comments or Ryan’s plan to kill #Medicare” | http://bit.ly/POvDt3
RT @Earl_Hoffert: @JC_Christian If evolution was real, the earth would swallow up geologists intent on distorting the fossil record #akinbiology | http://bit.ly/P9K4DS
How Far Are We from Normal Cyclical Levels of Production?
Jeffrey Brown et al.: Risk and Returns to Education
Richard Hornbeck and Suresh Naidu: When the Levee Breaks: Black Migration and Economic Development in the American Sout http://t.co/5tNztqle | http://bit.ly/POvCW2
“The biggest weakness of the Voting Rights Act is that it doesn’t apply to the entire country” Todd Akin Doesn’t Just Have Wild Views About Abortion | TPMDC RT @pdacosta: Go into “copy settings” select double-sided, and the number of copies you require… RT @knmtechnology How QE works http://t.co/gnLQfiK8 | http://bit.ly/NCa6zI Yes, Politico’s Dave Catanese Really Does Believe That If She Gets Pregnant, She Liked It… http://t.co/7doMzisi | http://bit.ly/NBBcLF Ron Lieber is an embarrassment. So is the New York Times http://t.co/lDqmrT8L | http://bit.ly/NCa3nl Kris Benson: New York Times Columnist Bravely Defends Fortune 500 Company From Comedian, Grieving Parents Self-Fulfilling Prophecies - Tim Duy’s Fed Watch http://t.co/QgiuUWO8 | http://bit.ly/NCa36X Hilsensrath: Don’t Worry About The Federal Reserve’s Hawks, QE Is Still Possible | The Big Picture http://t.co/j6dKKAYn | http://bit.ly/NBBceF PNdC: Ryan’s Fed policy views well outside mainstream | Reuters http://t.co/jNKKIS6j | http://bit.ly/NCa5M5 Lawrence Summers: The reality of trying to shrink government http://t.co/va07CCqn | http://bit.ly/NBB9zt Iceland Discovers That The Economy Has a Liberal Bias http://t.co/d2zs4ALU | http://bit.ly/NCa2Ql Calculated Risk: Mortgage Cramdowns: A Missed Opportunity http://t.co/J4261Lwz | http://bit.ly/NCa2Qj “Ferguson is like some clever middle schooler who thinks he’s made a terrifically shrewd point” http://t.co/kA3jaGNg | http://bit.ly/NC9ZUN “the only possible inference is that Niall Ferguson deliberately distorted its plain meaning” http://t.co/zUbyMsRd | http://bit.ly/NBBbHG Paul Ryan Staked Out Contradictory Position on the Stimulus | Swampland | Fiscal Policy Having Negative Impact on Economic Growth | FDL News Desk http://t.co/lIFTpva3 | http://bit.ly/PzUBL0 Federal Spending Is VERY Popular. Episode 2: Paul Ryan Is A Hypocrite | Stan Collender’s Capital Gains and Games http://t.co/Ht5T5YzX | http://bit.ly/PzUD5D Yves Smith: New York Times apologizes for Obama’s housing non-policy Paul Ryan Hailed Todd Akin’s ‘Leadership’ In Missouri Senate Primary | TPM2012 http://t.co/MW3TOanS | http://bit.ly/PzUCPa Goolsbee: Republicans ‘Would Classify Mitt Romney’s Horse a Small Business’ | Video Cafe http://t.co/5unZMIV9 | http://bit.ly/PzUCyO Monetary History http://t.co/flW2R80O | http://bit.ly/OtbeXM “I was in the chair at MSNBC about to argue with Naill Ferguson about his anti-Obama screed but they had to cancel” http://t.co/9j6fZks6 | http://bit.ly/PzUCi8 David: Santorum Claims That Saying ‘Y’all’ Is Divisive Aviva Shen: Ohio GOP Election Board Member: Our Voting Process Shouldn’t Accommodate Black Voters http://t.co/f1Lar29d | http://bit.ly/QTuR9x Minsky’s Pizza http://bit.ly/NBXFnt | http://bit.ly/Rc34oN AAUP: Revised Rules on Academic Misconduct http://t.co/Gdp7oSvO | http://bit.ly/Rc320k Dylan Beers: Niall Ferguson Lies Yet Again http://t.co/f5xArWMU | http://bit.ly/Rc31JU A Full Fact-Check of Niall Ferguson’s Very Bad Argument Against Obama - Matthew O’Brien http://t.co/k76ci3yl | http://bit.ly/SdHLDo No, Ferguson was not a “good loser” in 2008: “Obama had just won, and here was Ferguson claiming to be on his side.” http://t.co/Tit8BaiE | http://bit.ly/SdHIYg Todd Akin Doubles Down: If She Gets Pregnant, It Wasn’t Really Rape—I’m on the Same Page as Paul Ryan and the Other… http://t.co/NKJDCz8t | http://bit.ly/Rc0lvR Peter Orszag Is Surprised Neither That the Sun Rose in the East This Morning Nor That Paul Ryan and Robert Samuelson… http://t.co/YPtyufuI | http://bit.ly/RbSOwY And James Fallows Tears Niall Ferguson to Shreds and Gobbets, and then Eats the Gobbets http://t.co/c7iarjXE | http://bit.ly/TPOtza James Fallows on Niall Ferguson: As a Harvard Alum, I Apologize http://t.co/vmFoambG | http://bit.ly/Sf1RP8 Ohio GOPer: We Shouldn’t ‘Contort’ To ‘African-American Voter-Turnout Machine’ http://t.co/tLKoYdgp | http://bit.ly/TPOtiQ RT @AlexParkerDC: .@ezraklein @delong Use of the word “net” for ACA means “net increase in deficit” in that passage, and @nfergus knows it. | http://bit.ly/Sf1Ri4 A Canard That Will Not Die: ‘Legitimate Rape’ Doesn’t Cause Pregnancy - Garance Franke-Ruta RT @jimtankersley: It’s fairly clear that @delong and @ObsoleteDogma are in a death race to see who can obliterate Niall Ferguson 1st: http://t.co/fxw29ixk | http://bit.ly/NBcBXi RT @ATLGreg1: In which @delong has to explain grammar to Newsweek’s Niall Ferguson http://t.co/zPirzs3q Nice calling out of horrible journalism. | http://bit.ly/NByTnm RT @jdportes: @delong Secondary Q: How does “$1,042 billion” become “close to $1.2 trillion” in Ferguson’s “rebuttal”? @Noahpinion @ObsoleteDogma | http://bit.ly/NBczP3 RT @KagroX: Best to rely on magic when “explaining” the uncomfortable or counterintuitive. Whether it’s “legitimate rape” bio-defenses or Laffer curves. | http://bit.ly/NXLeFh RT @AriBerman: Top Ohio GOP official admits early voting cutbacks are racially motivated - and the numbers don’t lie http://t.co/NzZ3TcDv | http://bit.ly/OsKyGH RT @stanrisdon2: @haymakers @delong Per Samuel Johnson, Scots can’t help themselves. Niall made his name suggesting world better if Ger. won WW 1. Kaiser? | http://bit.ly/NXLgNa More Lies from Niall Ferguson http://t.co/bThnzRI8 | http://bit.ly/NXLe87 Austin Frakt: Not double counting, in one chart http://t.co/ztV14GBF | http://bit.ly/SIAPeW Medicare (Dis-)Advantage | Jared Bernstein http://t.co/ikC6DOoM | http://bit.ly/SeIplu Dean Baker: It’s Monday and Robert Samuelson is Confused About Medicare, Again http://t.co/9vPu9q5O | http://bit.ly/SIAQPP Nick Baumann: Todd Akin, Paul Ryan, and Redefining Rape http://t.co/GIbcIn9f | http://bit.ly/SeIndq “The myth that women can’t get pregnant from rape stems from basic assumptions anti-choicers make about women” Maggie Mahar: How the Affordable Care Act Pays for Itself and Cuts the Deficit http://t.co/IcVefd4N | http://bit.ly/SeIoOu Jamelle Bouie: Why Romney Keeps Lying http://t.co/FOT8TLAI | http://bit.ly/SIAQ2y “The timid, muddled approach Obama has taken toward the housing crisis left millions underwater and facing foreclosure” http://t.co/g3Bs40e1 | http://bit.ly/OQPE2j Paul Ryan Explains Why He Must Destroy Medicare as We Know It as Fast as Possible http://t.co/zIPjihij | http://bit.ly/OQPCYi RT @brianbeutler: Scott Brown calls on Todd Akin to not cost him his seat in Massachusetts. | http://bit.ly/SIvPac RT @ThePlumLineGS: Romney keeps lying about Obama and welfare b/c he knows media won’t hold him accountable: http://t.co/TRi78f08 via @jbouie | http://bit.ly/OQPCHM RT @PIMCO: A new article by Mohamed El-Erian, “Spain’s Hesitation Says It All”, is now available on RT @mattduss: Asked about his foreign policy experience, Ryan answers: “I voted to send people to war” in Iraq. http://t.co/gLqNOnK2 | http://bit.ly/OQPCrj RT @ANNELAMOTT: Amazed by akin’s dazzling ingorance, as if uterus is tiny Chernobyl—“Red alert, red alert—rapey mean-man sperm breach. Cut the engines.” | http://bit.ly/SIvQLb RT @sissenberg: When do the British magazines start calling in underinformed Americans to write cover stories on whether or not Cameron has been a failure? | http://bit.ly/OQPAjc RT @ddayen: This idea of homeowners “undeserving” of help when banks literally lost the chain of ownership on their loans is an amusing concept. | http://bit.ly/SIvO69 Why Oh Why Can’t We Have a Better Press Corps? Niall Ferguson Edition RT @LemieuxLGM: Niall Ferguson — on the take, or most overrated public intellectual in known human history? http://t.co/dVSmdBEB | http://bit.ly/SIvNyS RT @sarahkliff: Study: Rape victims have a higher pregnancy rates than other women http://t.co/cRrZyrjb | http://bit.ly/SIvMLz No, Paul Ryan Cannot Manage a Staff of 20. Why Do You Ask? http://t.co/Gio6wNSA | http://bit.ly/QhWnNn Why Oh Why Can’t We Have a Better Press Corps? http://t.co/c4cP7581 | http://bit.ly/QhWnNb Why We Argue: An America in Which Today’s Republican Party Contests Elections Is an America That Will Become Weak an… http://t.co/hHaWFRIG | http://bit.ly/NXwwOv You can’t have stagflation without the ‘flation « A Flea in the Fur of the Beast http://t.co/GM5vQcjx | http://bit.ly/TPyvoW Char Weise: The DeLong Effect | Creative Destruction http://t.co/Pk98BvJR | http://bit.ly/SexIPX The Depressing Situation in Europe: What Does “Resolve Each Successive Stage of the Crisis” Mean? http://t.co/9VRdpqYF | http://bit.ly/TPytgN Memo to the New Republic: Don’t Print William Galston Any More. It Makes Mongo ANGRY! We Don’t Want Mongo ANGRY! http://t.co/sp3Zky1T | http://bit.ly/OrAi1d Martin Wolf Explains What Is Very Wrong with Paul Ryan—and Mitt Romney—in Words of One Syl http://t.co/0G0CiX8k | http://bit.ly/NzuwcG Microblogging: August 19, 2012 http://t.co/9ZrbXgoU | http://bit.ly/Px9b5W Paul Krugman on Niall Ferguson: “We’re not talking about ideology or even economic analysis, but misrepresentation” http://t.co/JbEo4bRQ | http://bit.ly/TOfsuW
