In a move straight out of Orwell’s novel 1984, the US State Department has announced that it is hosting UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event. From the announcement: The theme for next year’s commemoration will be 21st Century Media: New Frontiers, New Barriers. The United States places technology and innovation at the forefront of its […]
© Rob Rogers The rich are getting richer, and giving them tax cuts didn’t help the economy, but it is the only thing the Republicans insist on — more tax cuts for the rich. And investors already pay less in taxes on their earnings that people who work do. Not to mention that payroll taxes […]
© Clay Bennett WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange surrendered to authorities in London, but will fight extradition to Sweden on charges that he had unprotected sex with two women. Meanwhile, Assange printed a thoughtful letter in an Australian newspaper.
“Legislation was enacted in 1993 designed to allow gay people to serve in the military as long as they told their colleagues that the ripped, topless and be-jean shorted fireman that they had in their foot locker was cousin Rico.” – Jon Stewart “President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Nobody knew he was […]
© Don Wright Obama agreed to extend all the Bush tax cuts for two years in exchange for an extension of unemployment benefits. Our government is definitely broken.
Felix Salmon on Reuters points out that Federal taxes (all taxes, not just income) haven’t been this low in 60 years. Also interesting is that while individual income taxes have remained about the same, corporate taxes have gone down significantly, and employment taxes (Social Security and related taxes) have gone way up. Excise taxes have […]
© Jen Sorensen This isn’t really all that crazy. I watched almost the same thing happen in England in the 80’s. A friend of mine who is a brilliant computer programmer was trying to get a job in England, but he could get a higher salary working in a bank. He moved to the US, […]
[This is fake news, reprinted from Andy Borowitz] In the first major policy fallout from the WikiLeaks disclosures, the State Department has ordered all U.S. diplomats to “cease and desist telling the truth until further notice.” “We are working overtime to try to make sure that leaks like these don’t happen again,” Secretary of State […]
“President Obama held a ceremony at the White House to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. In response, Republicans said, ‘It’s even worse than we thought. He’s a Jewish Muslim.’” – Conan O’Brien “The miracle of Hanukkah is that there was only enough oil to keep the menorah lit for one night and it lasted […]
© Dan Wasserman It’s not bribery, it’s a public-private partnership!
This week, the National Association of Manufacturers issued a statement against HR 4853 (the Middle Class Tax Relief Act), which extends the Bush tax cuts for all income under $250,000 a year. Instead, they support extending the Bush tax cuts for all income. They state: Manufacturers strongly support extending the 2001 and 2003 tax rates […]
Today, the Senate took two votes. The first was to extend the Bush tax cuts on income of less than $250,000 a year. The second vote was similar, but raised the income threshold to $1 million. Since the Republicans say they will filibuster both bills, the votes were technically to limit debate and so under […]
“Rep. Peter King says WikiLeaks presents a clear and present danger to our national security and should be branded a terrorist organization. Former Vice President Dick Cheney says we should waterboard the Internet.” – Jimmy Kimmel “WikiLeaks shows our allies are also funding the terrorists. So we’re like the commissionless middlemen in a war we’re […]
Maybe I’m just angry today, but I rather enjoyed this rant by Senator Bernie Sanders. I am in no way a socialist, but I would have trouble disagreeing with much of what he says here: History shows us that many of the countries that went socialist or communist in the last century did so because […]
Paypal bans WikiLeaks just before midnight Friday. WikiLeaks claims it was the result of US government pressure. I will no longer do business with Paypal. UPDATE: Reporters Without Borders explains why it is terribly wrong what is being done to WikiLeaks, even if you disagree with what WikiLeaks is doing.
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