This is the clearest explanation I’ve heard of what is really going on in Wisconsin. Republicans are using budget shortfalls for political gain. UPDATE: It is always difficult to sort out the truth from the political fiction in cases like this, but a good starting point is the PolitiFact Wisconsin website. UPDATE 2: The governor […]
© Ed Stein Egypt now has a smaller gap between the rich and the poor than we do. Only in America could the powers-that-be co-opt a popular uprising like this. Tea Partiers, by and large, are richer, whiter and older than the general population, and hardly represent the downtrodden and the disposessed. If anything, they […]
As they say, steal a loaf of bread and you will go to jail, steal millions of dollars and you go free. Or in this case, billions. Federal prosecutors have dropped the charges against Angelo Mozilo, the former CEO of Countrywide Financial. Mozilo was one of the highest paid executives in the country — between […]
“Experts say that what happened in Egypt proves that countries in the Middle East can move toward democracy without the U.S. invading them. George W. Bush said, ‘Now you tell me.’” – Jay Leno “The military is now running Egypt. Well, that never goes wrong, does it?” – David Letterman “Now that Hosni Mubarak is […]
Back in November, we quoted Bruce Schneier who claimed that the new TSA full body scanners won’t catch anybody. This is significant, because if we are going to unconditionally surrender our right to privacy, expose ourselves to dangerous X-rays, and pretty much roll over, it would be nice if we were doing all that so […]
Paul Krugman has some interesting comments about what’s going on in Wisconsin: In principle, every American citizen has an equal say in our political process. In practice, of course, some of us are more equal than others. Billionaires can field armies of lobbyists; they can finance think tanks that put the desired spin on policy […]
[From Rockett Power.] UPDATE: This is the kind of thing that happens when you take away a women’s right to make basic medical decisions about her own body.
This completely blows my mind. Maybe you don’t have to be completely insane to watch Glenn Beck, but it doesn’t hurt.
A majority of Republicans are not convinced that Obama was born in the United States. In fact, only 28% of Republican voters admit that Obama was born in the US, with 51% saying that he was not, and 21% unsure. Where in the world did they get that crazy idea? But what is really hilarious […]
On Friday, I posted an article about how powerful organizations manipulate public opinion by inundating social media sites with fake people. But why stop at social media sites? Why not just make up stories and get them printed as news? Which naturally brings us to Fox News. On Saturday, they posted a story about the […]
“On Thursday Hosni Mubarak said he would not leave Egypt until he was dead. On Friday the crowd said, ‘Deal!’ So he fled.” – Jay Leno “Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is thinking of moving to Los Angeles. Before you get him a roommate, just know that he’s really hard to evict.” – Conan O’Brien […]
© Lee Judge Mike Huckabee said on Monday that abortion is the most important political issue — more important than the economy, jobs, the deficit, wars, etc.
“It was Egypt’s first week without Mubarak. He finally stepped down because of that sexy picture of him on the Internet.” – Craig Ferguson “Egyptian officials say that Hosni Mubarak is going through a ‘severe psychological condition.’ It’s called ‘getting dumped a week before Valentine’s Day.’” – Jimmy Fallon “Hosni Mubarak stepped down. You have […]
If the whole HBGary Federal fiasco wasn’t bad enough, there is more bad news coming out of their leaked emails. It turns out that one of HBGary’s “products” is sophisticated software to allow public opinion to be manipulated. The software allows a small number of hired employees to impersonate a large number of fictitious citizens […]
© Matt Davies So, who is going to blink first at the 500 billion ton twin gorillas that are military spending and entitlements? I guess the only thing that we can be sure of is if the Democrats do anything at all (which is sadly unlikely), the Republicans will attack them for it, no matter […]
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