FFRRIIEENNDDSS OOFF TTHHEE MMIIDDDDLLEE JUNE, 2012 NewsletterS Edited by Steven W. Baker for FRIENDS OF THE MIDDLE original material ©2012 Steven W. Baker, all rights reserved FRIENDS OF THE MIDDLE INDEX of FotM DAILY NEWSLETTERS — JUNE, 2012 (Click on cover below to access issue. / Click on issue’s FotM Logo to return here.) Wisconsin, ’Natural’ Will Mean Ferrari Builds a Unique Is Mitt Fit? ‘Our Republican Economy’ ‘Old-Fashioned’ Supercar for ‘God’ (to Be President) & More #151 – June 1, 2012 #152 – June 4, 2012 #153 – June 5, 2012 #154 – June 6, 2012 When Divining Reagan’s Solution: China: the Unraveling? Derivative Risk Tax and Spend! ‘Business Friendly’ #155 – June 7, 2012 #156 – June 8, 2012 #157 – June 11, 2012 #158 – June 12, 2012 He Didn’t Win the Statistical Analysis for Behind the Curtain: Nobel Prize fer Nothin’ The “Church”—Chpt. 24 Political Campaigns? Smoke and Mirrors #159 – June 13, 2012 #160 – June 14, 2012 #161 - June 15, 2012 #162 - June 18, 2012 Campaigns’ Bane: GOP Wants to Drive R0mney Tells Governors Bain Capital Bush 9/11 Failure US Over the Cliff to Lie About Recovery #163 - June 19, 2012 #164 - June 20, 2012 #165 - June 21, 2012 #166 - June 22, 2012 No Praise, Only Blame Another Tomorrow, It Will Be for President Obama American Tragedy Dark News: 5 to 4 Hoping Against Hope #167 - June 25, 2012 #168 - June 26, 2012 #169 - June 27, 2012 #170 - June 28, 2012 Progressives Stomp Regressives! #171 – June 29, 2012 FotM NEWSLETTERS, JUNE, 2012 — HEIRARCHICAL HYPERLINKED 1-PAGE INDEX POLITICS invisible (01-12) 2012 PRIMARIES (02-12) 2012 ELECTIONS (03) CONSERVATIVE MIND, THE (04) DEMOCRATS (05) LIBERAL MIND, THE (06) MISC. 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(41) PETITIONS / ACTIONS / CAUSES (42) SCIENCE / TECHNOLOGY (43) U.S.A., THE (44) WORLD, THE FotM NEWSLETTERS, JUNE, 2012 — DETAILED INDEX OF POSTS DATE-ID TIME FROM SUBJECT/TITLE invisible (01-12) 2012 PRIMARIES invisible (02-12) 2012 ELECTIONS invisible 20120601-13 18:30 MarthaH FactCheck.org Hot Topics: “Don’t Get Spun by Internet Rumors” 20120606-10 20:46 Paula Fw: Video: “Test of Fire: Election 2012” 20120606-11 21:27 SteveB Re: Video: “Test of Fire: Election 2012” (reply to Paula, above) Re: Video: “Test of Fire: Election 2012” (reply to Paula, FotM Newsletter 20120607-02 11:50 Pam #155) Statistical Analysis for Political Campaigns? by Steven W. Baker / 20120615-00 SteveB SteveB (“Moneyball Godfather Bill James Tackles Politics in Super PAC Age”) 20120616-01 08:40 MarthaH “Fact-Checking the Truthiness of the 2012 Campaign” Re: “Fact-Checking the Truthiness of the 2012 Campaign” (reply to 20120616-04 10:17 Pam MarthaH, above) 20120617-06 18:01 SteveB “Arizona Win 'an Oasis in the Desert' for Democrats” Campaigns’ Bane: Bain Capital by Steven W. Baker / SteveB (“Bain 20120619-00 SteveB Capital: Barack Obama & Mitt Romney in a Muddle”) invisible BARACK OBAMA invisible 20120603-09 13:31 SteveM Fw: Clearing Things Up… 20120603-12 16:30 SteveB Re: Clearing Things Up… (reply to SteveM, above) 20120611-01 07:15 SteveB Re: Not Exactly (reply to SteveM) 20120611-08 11:43 SteveM Re: Not Exactly (reply to SteveB, above) 20120611-10 16:02 SteveB Re: Not Exactly (reply to SteveM, above) 20120611-12 20:40 SteveM Fw: ” Obama Is Victim of Bush's Failed Promises” 20120611-13 20:49 SteveM “When Will Obama Crack in Public?” 20120615-01 11:27 SteveM Fw: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” 20120615-02 12:02 SteveB Re: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” (reply to SteveM, above) 20120615-07 19:47 SteveM Re: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” (reply to SteveB, above) 20120616-08 11:44 SteveB Re: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” (reply to SteveM, above) 20120616-09 12:03 Art Re: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” (reply to SteveB, above) 20120616-13 13:30 Pam Re: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” (reply to SteveM, above) 20120616-17 15:07 SteveG Re: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” (reply to all, above) 20120617-05 16:31 SteveB Re: “Why Obama Will Lose in a Landslide” (reply to SteveM, above) 20120616-10 12:23 SteveM Fw: Video: The Angry Black Man — Obama, God & the Constitution “Three Years Later, Will the Auto Rescue Skeptics Finally Admit They 20120616-20 17:00 SteveB Were Wrong?” 20120623-03 12:25 SteveM Fw: Post Turtle 20120624-01 06:14 SteveB Re: Post Turtle (reply to SteveM, above) 20120627-15 23:29 SteveM Fw: Muslim Heritage in America “Remarks by the President on a New Beginning” (Cairo Univ., June 4, 20120627-17 23:35 SteveB 2009) (reply to SteveM, above) 20120627-18 23:50 SteveB Re: Muslim Heritage in America (reply to SteveM, above) Re: FotM Newsletter #170 & Muslim Heritage in America (reply to 20120628-05 13:37 Pam SteveM) 20120627-16 23:31 SteveM Fw: The Cow & the Ice Cream 20120628-01 10:03 Art Re: The Cow & the Ice Cream (reply to SteveM, FotM Newsletter #170) invisible DATE-ID TIME FROM SUBJECT/TITLE MITT ROMNEY invisible 20120603-04 09:01 MarthaH “Spelling Disaster: Romney Is Butt of Jokes After 'Amercia' App Gaffe” 20120603-07 09:25 Art Re: “Spelling Disaster…” (reply to MarthaH, above) 20120603-10 13:36 Dale “Poll: Romney Gains 21 Points in Favorability Among Female Voters” Re: “Poll: Romney Gains 21 Points in Favorability Among Female Voters” 20120603-11 16:04 Pam (reply to Dale, above) Re: “Poll: Romney Gains 21 Points in Favorability Among Female Voters” 20120603-14 20:30 Art (reply to Dale, above) Re: “Poll: Romney Gains 21 Points in Favorability Among Female Voters” 20120603-15 21:21 Dale (reply to Art, above) Re: “Poll: Romney Gains 21 Points in Favorability Among Female Voters” 20120603-16 22:05 SteveB (reply to Dale, above) 20120605-00 FotM Is Mitt Fit (to Be President)? by Friends of the Middle 20120604-21 16:06 SteveB “5 Facts About the Massachusetts Economy Under Mitt Romney” 20120605-01 09:52 Art “The Keynesian Case for Romney” 20120609-05 17:27 SteveB “Romney Dodged the Draft” R0mney Tells Governors to Lie About Recovery by Steven W. 20120622-00 SteveB Baker / SteveB (“Romney Campaign Asks Florida Governor to Downplay Good Economic News”) Re: R0mney Tells Governors to Lie About Recovery (reply to SteveB, 20120622-02 11:48 Pam FotM Newsletter #166) 20120621-07 15:06 SteveB From the Right: “Romney Needs Big Share of White Working-Class Vote” 20120627-12 20:18 SteveG Cartoons: R0mney’s ‘Immigration’ Problem invisible (03) CONSERVATIVE MIND, THE invisible 20120602-15 20:28 Art Tea Party Church Sign 20120603-05 09:11 Pam Re: Tea Party Church Sign (reply to Art, above) 20120604-03 09:02 MarthaH "Controversy Swirls After Anti-Gay Church Performance” Re: "Controversy Swirls After Anti-Gay Church Performance” (reply to 20120604-05 10:21 Pam MarthaH, above) Re: "Controversy Swirls After Anti-Gay Church Performance” (reply to 20120604-06 10:24 SteveB MarthaH & Pam, above) Re: "Controversy Swirls After Anti-Gay Church Performance” (reply to 20120604-10 11:54 MarthH SteveB, above) Re: "Controversy Swirls After Anti-Gay Church Performance” (reply to 20120604-22 16:39 SandyI SteveB, above) Re: "Controversy Swirls After Anti-Gay Church Performance” (FotM 20120605-08 12:43 Pam Newsletter #153) 20120605-17 17:43 Art Video: “Tea Party vs. The Constitution: ObamaCare Edition” 20120609-01 01:21 SteveM Liberal Logic 101, Part 1 20120619-05 16:01 Art “We're All Going to Hell or to Sweden” 20120620-13 23:58 Anne Signs of the Times, Part 7 “Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority of Polled Republicans 20120621-01 07:35 SteveB Insist” Re: “Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority of Polled Republicans 20120621-09 16:02 Pam Insist” (reply to SteveB, above) Re: “Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority of Polled Republicans 20120621-11 16:32 SteveG Insist” (reply to Pam, above) Re: “Yes, Iraq Definitely Had WMD, Vast Majority of Polled Republicans 20120621-15 18:04 Art Insist” (reply to Pam, above) 20120622-07 21:44 SteveG Magic Quiz 20120623-01 08:45 Pam Re: Magic Quiz (reply to SteveG, above) DATE-ID TIME FROM SUBJECT/TITLE 20120625-12 12:13 Jim Re: Magic Quiz (reply to SteveG, FotM Newsletter #167) 20120625-14 12:54 SteveB Re: Magic Quiz (reply to Jim, above) 20120623-04 12:29 SteveB “Three Big Lies about Big Government” 20120624-02 13:34 SteveB “Apocalypse Now Vogue Engulfs Chicken Littles” 20120624-05 23:58 SteveG Quotes: Where Is Your Party Now, Republicans? 20120628-17 23:58 SteveG Graphic: Regressive Philosophy invisible (04) DEMOCRATS invisible 20120603-01 06:51 MarthaH “John Edwards' Trial Leaves Only Losers” 20120603-02 07:44 Art Re: “John Edwards' Trial Leaves Only Losers” (reply to MarthaH, above) 20120619-10 23:58 Art Quote: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Gridlock invisible (05) LIBERAL MIND, THE invisible 20120605-04 11:20 MarthaH “'Compromise' Is Not a Dirty Word” 20120605-10 13:49 Pam Re: “'Compromise' Is Not a Dirty Word” (reply to MarthaH, above) 20120625-28 18:49 Art “Fifteen Differences Between Democrats and Republicans” 20120627-13 21:25 SteveG “What's the True Meaning of Patriotism?” 20120628-16 23:57 SteveG Graphic: What If There Is No Evil Conspiracy? invisible (06) MISC.