© John Sherffius So, when do we start calling the Republican party terrorists?
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To celebrate the fact that millions of Americans are about to lose their unemployment benefits just in time for Christmas, Glenn Beck declared that we have been sold a lie that the poor in America are suffering. In fact, Beck, the master of me me me, labeled the poor “greedy” and said “What’s poverty in […]
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
© Tom Tomorrow See the previous post on this blog. We know the Republicans hate the Democrats, but do they hate the entire country?
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Today, all 42 Republican Senators signed a letter declaring emphatically that they will not let the Senate consider any legislation or take any action at all, until the tax cuts for the wealthy have been extended. The Democrats want to extend the tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 a year, but that isn’t […]
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
© Zach Weiner I am constantly amazed that people will be so afraid of things that are highly unlikely, while ignoring far greater risks. Why are we so afraid of terrorists? And yet every day we do things that are thousands of times riskier?
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Level 3, who operate one of the Internet backbones, issued a press release today about Comcast, one of their customers. Here is an excerpt: On November 19, 2010, Comcast informed Level 3 that, for the first time, it will demand a recurring fee from Level 3 to transmit Internet online movies and other content to […]
Monday, November 29, 2010
© Ed Stein (read his comments on the comic too) Reagan promised us that if we cut taxes for the rich, they would create jobs and prosperity for the rest of us. But all that has happened is that the gap between the rich and the poor has grown by leaps and bounds. In fact, […]
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The only question, is it for the better or for the worse? I don’t know; perhaps only time will tell. UPDATE: An interview with Julian Assange from July, where he talks about why the world needs WikiLeaks. UPDATE 2: This article in the Guardian makes an excellent point: if WikiLeaks can get ahold of this […]
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Sunday, November 28, 2010
Frank Rich has a fantastic rant in the NY Times about how our government is completely controlled by big money, “the big money that dominates our political system, regardless of who’s in power.” And the situation is getting worse, not better. Ever wonder why our government is so screwed up? Go read it, now. In […]
Sunday, November 28, 2010
The NY Times has a fascinating article about an internet entrepreneur who sell eyeglasses on the web. Vitaly Borker found — almost by accident — that on the web negative publicity works better than good publicity. The more he abuses his customers, threatening them and calling them names, the more they complain to consumer websites, […]
Saturday, November 27, 2010
© Lloyd Dangle I think it is ironic that cartoons like this one tend to attack the richest people (“billionaires”) while in my experience it is what I would call the “barely rich” who are the most freaked out about taxes. They are the ones who feel the most competitive with the people around them […]
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Maybe, just maybe, when the top tax rate goes way down for the rich, they use their excess money to fuel some stupid bubble. Because the theory that cutting taxes for the rich helps grow the economy just doesn’t seem to be working out in practice. UPDATE: In fact, there is a good argument that […]
Friday, November 26, 2010
I was, and am still against bailing out large companies (for many reasons I’ve often discussed). But this is a very sweet ad.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
The CBC is reporting that the US government has notified the Canadian government that WikiLeaks is about to release US diplomatic files that are so sensitive that they could “damage US relations with allies around the world” and could even “result in the expulsion of US diplomats from foreign postings.” If this is true, it […]
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
The US airport security chief pleaded with Thanksgiving travelers to not boycott full-body scans this Wednesday, warning that would only “tie up people who want to go home and see their loved ones.” “Just one or two recalcitrant passengers at an airport is all it takes to cause huge delays. It doesn’t take much to […]
