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Richard Martin

Richard Martin

@RMartinBoulder

Editorial lead, S&P Global Market Intelligence; author of Coal Wars & SuperFuel; Kierkegaardian, Pynchonian. All opinions my own.

Boulder CO Katılım Eylül 2008
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Richard Martin
Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@RogerPielkeJr Please learn to write before publishing columns. The parts compose the whole; the whole comprises the parts. This is wrong: << Because the world is comprised of antiscience Republicans, spineless politicians, dumb journalists, and ignorant citizens,...>>
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The Honest Broker
The Honest Broker@RogerPielkeJr·
I reviewed a book "When future historians look back at the early twenty-first century and document the causes and consequences of the intense politicization of the U.S. scientific community, Science Under Siege (SUS) will be a core reading." Link in reply ...
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Richard Martin
Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@TedNordhaus @NPR How do you figure? They were rewritten in secret, at least according to the head, and now they've been made public. That's not an oxymoron, it's a sequence of events.
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Ted Nordhaus
Ted Nordhaus@TedNordhaus·
"Secretly rewritten rules made public" Fantastically oxymoronic headline writing by @NPR.
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Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@JayJenni @nate_knapp24 I remember reading one of those potted biographies we had in the Williams Elementary library, about NBF, and thinking what a dashing, daring cavalry commander he was. Didn't learn the KKK aspect till way later.
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Nathan Knapp
Nathan Knapp@nate_knapp24·
The South is a strange place. Where else in the world can one spend the afternoon reading about a man responsible for trafficking upwards of 10,000 people—who even sold his own son—& then get in one’s car and take a road named after that same man? Only in America!
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Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@EoinHiggins_ Should be "rarely" happens. There are examples, but the fact is that journalists are not usually entrepreneurs. They are very different skillsets.
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Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@JamesSurowiecki Hey man, I lived in DC during the late-80s snowstorm that paralyzed the city for 4 days while Mayor Barry was in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl & delayed his return a couple of times for "important meetings." Now that was a snowstorm!
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James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki·
I lived in DC in the mid-1990s. I left town a couple of days before a big snowstorm, came back a week after the storm, and my street in Adams Morgan was still completely unplowed.
Eric Michael Garcia@EricMGarcia

I’ve lived in DC for about 11.5 years now and I have never seen such an inept response to a snow storm as this one. Streets and sidewalks going completely unplowed and uncovered for two days. Feels like a total lack of preparation.

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The Colorado Sun
The Colorado Sun@ColoradoSun·
Will adding more lanes fix I-270 congestion? CDOT’s favored fix will test its new mission, opponents say. buff.ly/EEQ8dGR
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blaire erskine@blaireerskine·
“that’s why it’s important to take them down… they think they’re allowed to talk about stuff”
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Ted Nordhaus
Ted Nordhaus@TedNordhaus·
@noahqk @tylerhnorris @RogerPielkeJr Tail risk motivating action to bomb coal plants in poor countries is kind of the reductio ad absurdum that demonstrates the problem with entire argument no?
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Nik “The Carny” Lentz
Nik “The Carny” Lentz@NikLentz·
You can choose to be positive or negative in life—believe in the future or doubt it, bet on the worst-case scenario or the best. In the end, the outcome will be the same. Might as well choose positivity. You’ll be rewarded far more richly for it, no matter what happens.
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manch@manch·
@JamesFallows I believe WaPo is making heavy loss every year and Bezos is using his own money to keep it afloat? I don’t like Bezos yanking the endorsement but at the same time don’t think it’s fair to ask Bezos to make more sacrifices.
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Tim Draper@TimDraper·
Wanted to clear something up. I have donated to both the Harris and Trump campaigns. Roughly equal amounts. It allowed my wife and me to meet both candidates and make a more informed decision. I have come to the conclusion that both candidates have their hearts in the right place, and while they would set different paths for America, I am optimistic that either path will be a positive step. I am endorsing both candidates.
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James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki·
The 12th Amendment is very clear on what the VP's role is when it comes to the electoral-vote count. He shall "open all the certificates." That's it. He has no power to make any judgment about state-certified electoral votes. He opens them, and the votes are counted. Done.
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James Surowiecki
James Surowiecki@JamesSurowiecki·
The vice president has never had the option to "send back" or throw out state-certified electoral votes, as Mike Pence correctly told Donald Trump when Trump pressured him to discard Biden's swing-state electoral votes.
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Richard Martin
Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@mattyglesias When I was in college in New Haven, a long time ago, the Carey buses ran from Grand Central to LGA. Frequent departures, reasonable fares, total reliability. Nowadays getting out there is a s***tshow.
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Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@Birdyword Plus: "I'll Be Your Mirror," Susanna Hoffs "All Tomorrow's Parties," Japan
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Mike Bird
Mike Bird@Birdyword·
What are the iconic covers that outstripped the original? Amy Winehouse's Valerie is one, Johnny Cash's Hurt, Buckley's Hallelujah.
johnny v5@generativist

@TheStalwart what's your favorite cover? I bet you have a good answer and a wealth of opinions. (i'm going with: carmalita, adam duritz and placebo, where is my mind)

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Richard Martin@RMartinBoulder·
@Birdyword "Morning Dew," the Grateful Dead (yes, it's a cover) "Smells Like Teen Spirit," Tori Amos "Mississippi," Sheryl Crow "Tomorrow Never Knows," 801 "99 Luftballons," Kaleida "Eight Miles High," Leo Kottke "Song to the Siren," This Mortal Coil
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Dave Collins@davidiancollins·
@Birdyword Sinead Lohan's rendition of 'To Ramona' is imho superior to any of Bob's performances of his song. See also Hendrix's 'All along the Watchtower' (lyrics also by Bob Dylan) & Johnny Cash's take on Tom Petty's 'Won't back down'. youtube.com/watch?v=8nHwIL…
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