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With a lead of 54 to 46 Mark Mullet is happy tonight. All the screens in Zeeks Pizza are tuned to OBama’s upcoming victory speech and the patrons are smiling. It’s hard to be sure whether they’re more interested in the band, each other, or the pundits.
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Senator Elizabeth Warren challenges Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on “Too Big to Fail/Too Big to Jail” (Video courtesy of Senator Elizabeth Warren’s office)
# (Thursday, May 23, 2013)
Our tax code is purposefully complex, so that corporations with resources are the only ones who can find the goodies their lobbyists have buried in the labyrinth.
— The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, noting that major U.S. corporations like Apple benefit from a crazy, complicated and loophole-ridden tax code that even accountants and tax lawyers don’t fully understand. (Apple CEO Tim Cook urged a Senate committee this week to simplify America’s tax code).
# (Thursday, May 23, 2013)
A snapshot of the Oregon coast as seen just off U.S. 101 near Newport (Photo by Larry Eiring)
# (Thursday, May 23, 2013)
I would like to thank the Department of Energy and the members of Congress and their staffs that worked hard to create the ATVM program, and particularly the American taxpayer from whom these funds originate. I hope we did you proud.
— Tesla CEO and cofounder Elon Musk, commenting on the news that the company has repaid its loan from the Department of Energy nine years early.
# (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)
Adrian Dix on election loss: "I take full responsibility. No ifs, ands or buts."
The leader of British Columbia’s New Democratic Party has released a statement commenting on the party’s defeat in last Tuesday’s provincial elections, in which the NDP was expected to win, but lost badly. Dix is promising a comprehensive internal review as the party seeks to pinpoint what went wrong.
# (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)
Lines in the sand: Obama’s Keystone decision
Elizabeth Kolbert makes the case for why President Barack Obama should reject TransCanada’s application to build the Keystone XL pipeline.
# (Tuesday, May 21, 2013)
Incredible, stunning footage of today’s tornado in Moore, Oklahoma (Courtesy of Basehunters)
# (Monday, May 20, 2013)
We can’t give up. In fact, now’s the time to work harder and faster. The environmental movement is bigger and stronger than it’s ever been, and the planet just lit a fire under us
— Greenpeace’s Cassady Sharp: Despite four hundred parts per million of carbon in the atmosphere, renewables are steaming ahead
# (Monday, May 20, 2013)
