"I disagree with you, but I'm pretty sure you're not Hitler." – Jon Stewart
Posted in Blog Post on May 3rd, 2011
The Big Lie: Torture got bin Laden It was wrong whether or not it helped find OBL. It was wrong before it’s wrong now. It is one of those bright lines that separate right and wrong. Sully gets testy with those who think the death of OBL vindicates torture: Leave aside the horrifying fact that [...]
Posted in Blog Post on May 2nd, 2011
ThinkProgress » Meet The Deathers: Andrew Brietbart Website Pushing Conspiracy Theory That Osama Might Not Be Dead. That didn’t take very long did it? Birtherism is dead, long live deatherism…
Posted in Blog Post on May 2nd, 2011
Osama bin Laden Was the Most Wanted Face of Terrorism – NYTimes.com. Apparently being a terrorist leader gets you 6 pages of obituary on the NYTimes.com web site. All you ever (or never) wanted to know about the life and times of OBL.
Posted in Blog Post on May 1st, 2011
NY Times StoryI’m not sure this makes much difference now. This is years too late, his ideas and methods have spread too far. Update:The President will make a statement soon. CNN is waxing eloquent about what important blow this is. I disagree. OBL was killed in a mansion near Islamabad. There are some spontaneous cheers [...]
Posted in Blog Post on May 1st, 2011
Posted in Blog Post on May 1st, 2011
I tried using the free WordPress app on both the my iPhone 4 and iPad. Do got me wrong here, I love WordPress as a blogging platform. I’ve been using it for years on a self-hosted server. Unfortunately their iOS app is a mess. It’s so difficult to use for anything other than plain text [...]
Posted in Blog Post on May 1st, 2011
Dilbert comic strip for 04/30/2011 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive..
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 28th, 2011
Here’s my favorite take on it from a tweet by Nate Silver Why would someone continue to believe something so obviously debunked you might ask? David Neiwert has some ideas: Where wrong is right and false is true: The inverted moral world of the American Right It’s a matter of belief, not to touched by [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 19th, 2011
S.&P. Lowers Outlook for U.S., Sending Stocks Down So what? The bond markets sneezed and got over it by closing bell. Stocks are back up today. This really is more about people and corporations sitting on large piles of cash trying to protect their assets and if that means they have to screw over [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 19th, 2011
Somebody really likes US Treasury debt? The panic doesn’t last very long, not even a whole day. And the bond markets go “Yawn”.
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 18th, 2011
After all, the millionaires are suffering! Source: Paul Ryan’s Plan to Tax You More – Mother Jones News
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 15th, 2011
I was sorry Scott was elected before it was cool. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/poll-floridians-have-strong-buyers-remorse-for-electing-gop-gov-scott.php
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 15th, 2011
Robert Reich (Mr. President: Why Medicare Isn’t the Problem, It’s the Solution). I’m definitely behind this idea. Medicare for all, it’s cheaper and is lower costs than the alternatives. Obviously this makes too much sense to work in our political system.
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 8th, 2011
I think this misses the point, it’s not about actual reality of US tax policy, it about the optics of the political situation for the Tea Party right. The GOP already got what it asked for, John Boehner started by asking for about 30 billion in cuts and we’ve already exceeded that. Now the Tea [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Apr 7th, 2011
Glenn Beck to End Daily Fox News Program – NYTimes.com. The collective national IQ may go up a few points after Beck is gone.
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 25th, 2011
5 Reasons Humanity Is Terrible at Democracy | Cracked.com. I know this was a tongue-in-cheek sort of piece, but it’s actually pretty darned factual, near as i can tell. I’d emphasize these: #4 Watching the News Actually Makes Us Stupider #1 We Hate Each Other Over Imaginary Differences And I’d add “there no constituency for [...]
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 8th, 2011
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Regulators Reject Proposal That Would Bring Fox-Style News to Canada. Canada doesn’t allow network news shows that lie on air. I wonder why we don’t have a similar provision for broadcast license holders. Fox News might have a wee problem with that.
Posted in Blog Post on Mar 7th, 2011
Sexual Sadist Denise Barnes Strips Bradley Manning Naked Over Sarcastic Quip | Firedoglake. To echo statements elsewhere about the treatment of the accused source of the Wikileaks diplomatic cable material, this is flatly barbaric and beneath the dignity of the military justice system. It seems more like an attack on his psyche than anything else.
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 27th, 2011
Posted in Blog Post on Feb 26th, 2011
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