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» Michael Tomasky: Who shouted "baby killer"?
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 22. 3. 2010 11:37
The big gossipy question of the day today is going to be: who shouted "baby killer"? This was while Bart Stupak was speaking last night against the Republican motion to recommit the bill to committee. Stupak was explaining his support for ..
» Michael Tomasky on US healthcare bill finally passed by Congress
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 22. 3. 2010 08:47
Michael Tomasky on US healthcare bill finally passed by Congress Michael Tomasky
» Shakespeare for Children
Cosmic Variance 22. 3. 2010 06:20
A sad but true fact: Receiving a balloon animal is only Act 1 of an inevitable three act tragedy.
» Healthcare vote: Barack Obama passes US health reform by narrow margin
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 22. 3. 2010 02:49
In the annals of American liberalism, a (very) few years in our history stand out enough that the mere mention of the year summons a waterfall of images and emotions – 1933 means the start of the New Deal and the birth of modern liberalism..
» 216
Paul Krugman 22. 3. 2010 02:45
It's real.
» Must-See TV
Paul Krugman 22. 3. 2010 02:26
History as we watch.
» The Fascist Octopus Has Sung Its Swan Song
Paul Krugman 22. 3. 2010 01:40
Placing a cornerstone where?
» I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds
Paul Krugman 22. 3. 2010 01:19
I'm the bomb.
» Michael Tomasky: Republican Waterloo
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 22. 3. 2010 00:55
David Frum has written a rather caustic piece that is getting lots of pick up, and for good reason. It's spot-on: A huge part of the blame for today's disaster attaches to conservatives and Republicans ourselves. At the beginning of this p..
» Michael Tomasky: They've made the del
Comment is free: Michael Tomasky's blog | guardian.co.uk 21. 3. 2010 21:31
Bart Stupak announced at 4 pm east coast time that he's reached a deal with the White House and that he and six or seven other House members will join him now in voting for the bill. So it seems now close to certain that it will pass tonig..
» Done
Paul Krugman 21. 3. 2010 20:39
Yes, they could.
» Panorame dediščine
LiLoLe 21. 3. 2010 17:56
RecherchenBlog tokrat opozarja na nekatere spletne strani s panoramskimi posnetki svetovne kulturne in krajinske dediščine. Takšna je npr. spletna stran 1001 čudes , podobno UNESCOVA World Heritage , mestne panorame najdemo na 360cities , ..
» VVG: z enim Strelom
Za narodov blogor 21. 3. 2010 16:54
Vic tega tedna je nedvomno intervju z Martinom Strelom v brezplačniku Dobro jutro — ki ga običajno niti ne prelistam, da si ga ne bi pokvaril —, v katerem se River Man primerja s Slavojem Žižkom, češ, tudi “sam sem s svojimi zgodbami in id..
» Throwing Around Epitaphs
Paul Krugman 21. 3. 2010 15:48
It sounds as if Rove expects heath reform to pass.
» The Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations, IMF Edition
Paul Krugman 21. 3. 2010 15:38
Accepting the losses as permanent.
» Healthcare, Tradeoffs, and the Road Ahead
Greg Mankiw's Blog 22. 3. 2010 13:45
Well, it appears certain that the healthcare reform bill will become law. One thing I have been struck by in watching this debate is how strident it has been, among both proponents and opponents of the legislation. As a weak-willed eclectic..
» Monday Morning Meat #160
SLEEPING WITH PENGOVSKY 22. 3. 2010 10:50
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» Vi pa jejte potico
L I B E R T A R E C 22. 3. 2010 07:19
Rdeči režim bo Vegrad reševal z novimi gradbenimi projekti. Tako naj bi v prihodnjih dneh Hilda Tovšak pridobila pogodbo Stanovanjskega sklada, vredno 30 milijonov evrov.
» Farsa Brdo
Nergač 22. 3. 2010 06:30
Zadnji dosežek Pahorjeve diplomacije ni pokazal samo na nesposobnost vlade, ampak tudi, da Slovenija v Evropi bolj malo pomeni. Čeprav smo člani EU, čeprav grejo fuzbalerji v JAR, čeprav imamo Planico in čeprav smo predsedovali EU in celo ..
» Slovenija ima talent
oslikarstvuinšečem 21. 3. 2010 23:28
Sinoči so na POP TV zavrteli prvi del, pa sem se žrtvoval za svoja bralca in stvar pogledal..Približno vem, za kaj gre, saj sem občasno spremljal American Idol z žirijo, sestavljeno iz Paule Abdul, nekega Randyja in famoznega Simona Cowella..
» O krizi vrednot
Drugi dom 21. 3. 2010 18:01
Če se mi kje oglasijo vsi alarmi, je to takrat, ko začnejo politiki prodajati moralo, moralno prenovo in prave vrednote. Ne zato, ker bi mislil, da je politika sama po sebi tako izven možnosti odrešitve ali da velja tisto o politiki kot k*..
» Kramarska Katrca
Nergač 21. 3. 2010 17:30
Ker sem delal reportažo po logaški okolici, sva se z Bibo prejšnjo soboto seveda oglasila tudi na vsakoletnem Gregorjevem sejmu, ki poteka na soboto, najbližjo godu sv. Gregorja, torej dnevu, ko se ptički ženijo, ko pride pomlad, ko spušča..
» Najbolj “vroči” raziskovalci
MIKROBioLOG 21. 3. 2010 17:12
Na Thomson Reutersovi lista najbolj “vročih” raziskovalcev za leto 2009 (po TR Science Watch ), se je na prvo mesto zavihtel Rudolf Jaenisch, ki je s svojim laboratorijem za izvorne (zarodne) celice na MIT, zakoličil nove mejnike v stroki...
» Sekvenatorji po svetu
MIKROBioLOG 21. 3. 2010 16:33
Bloger Nick Loman na blogu Pathogens: Genes and Genomes spremlja razširjenost visoko zmogljivih naprav za določanje genskega zaporedja - sekvenatorjev v svetu. Na zemljevidu nam predstavi tudi njihovo geografsko razširjenost, stanje po drž..
» Caveats from CBO
Greg Mankiw's Blog 21. 3. 2010 14:38
In a letter from the Congressional Budget Office to Nancy Pelosi , released yesterday, the CBO offers the following caveats about their own numbers concerning the healthcare bill: The reconciliation proposal and H.R. 3590 wou..
» Roll Over
L I B E R T A R E C 21. 3. 2010 11:10
Po besedah Majde Širce novi zakon o RTV zagotavlja imenovanje od politike neodvisnega vodstva tega zavoda, saj ga bo imenoval Danilo Türk.
» Namesto prstnega odtisa “mikrobni odtis” ?
MIKROBioLOG 21. 3. 2010 10:40
Metodam v forenziki se morda pridružuje nova . Članek v PNAS razkriva možnost, ko bi lahko sledi, ki jih pušča človek na predmetih prepoznali tudi po njihovi mikrobni sestavi. Združba mikroorganizmov, ki naseljuje npr. naše dlani je namreč..
