Saturday, September 19, 2009
Think of “empire” as a video game; Afghanistan is the final level.
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
UPDATE: Here’s some video showing Fox News giving stage directions to Tea Party protesters so they would look good for the cameras during the 912 event in DC. As Jed Lewison says: Although this video provides a clear-cut example of Fox propaganda in action, the only thing truly shocking about it is that it won’t […]
Friday, September 18, 2009
Excerpt from an opinion piece in The Atlantic by Ta-Nehisi Coates: For black people, the clear benefit of Obama is that he is quietly exposing an ancient hatred that has simmered in this country for decades. Rightly or wrongly, a lot of us grew tired of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, mostly because they presented […]
Friday, September 18, 2009
Outside an Obama rally for health care at the University of Maryland: See the whole photo stream. UPDATE: Apparently, “Imma let you finish” has become an official meme.
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Friday, September 18, 2009
A new study out of Harvard Medical School shows that lack of health insurance causes an estimated extra 45,000 deaths a year. And thats after taking into account socioeconomics, health behaviors, and baseline health. Previously a study from the Institute of Medicine estimated the number of deaths at 18,000 annually, but that study was based […]
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Stephen Colbert has gone where no pundit has dared go before — talking truth to the power of corporations. He discussed corporate personhood and the upcoming Supreme Court decision that might put the final nail in the coffin of free elections by giving corporations more free speech rights than actual (human) people. What, you haven’t […]
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Yesterday, the House of Representatives reprimanded Joe Wilson for his “You lie!” outbust during the president’s speech, and Republicans denounced the move as partisan. But Politico has an interesting story on how it was Republicans who insisted on the House rule that forbids calling the president a liar. In fact, it is against the rules […]
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Jon Stewart is back, and he is still a genius.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Video from the 9/12 tea party in Washington: Even more stunning video: UPDATE: I find it amazing to watch these videos. I mean, these people went to a lot of trouble to go protest, so I don’t doubt that they feel strongly. But when you ask them the simplest questions they seem to have little […]
Monday, September 14, 2009
A sampling of the brilliant lyrics by Paul Hipp: We’re number 37 We’re the USA We’re No. 37 And we’re so proud to say We got old people crying at the pharmacy Pay your deductible This ain’t the land of the f-f-f-free, Grandma We’re No. 37 We’re the USA I also believe this is the […]
Monday, September 14, 2009
A good story, followed by a good rant:
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Scopes Monkey Trial in 1926 challenged a state law that made it illegal to teach evolution in public schools. But now, evolution is being challenged in a much more insidious way. A new movie about Charles Darwin, from BBC Films and the UK Film Council is being released this weekend, and although it was […]
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Newt Gingrich, whose 1995 “Contract with the American Family” promised to fight pornography, has named Allison Vivas of Pink Visual a 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year. The only problem? Pink Visual is a porn DVD superstore. How’s that for “stimulating” the economy? When Gingrich’s American Solutions for Winning the Future (ASWF) was informed of the […]
Friday, September 11, 2009
A church group (who also have a website “Would Jesus Discriminate?“) has put up four billboards along a freeway in north Texas that quote the Bible in support of gay rights. Here’s one of them: You can see more of them here and also here. But what made me laugh was this story in the […]
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Warren Buffett, who is the second richest man in the world, met with Senate Democrats yesterday, and told them that the rich are not paying enough taxes. One of those Democrats, Claire McCaskill (D-MO) put it this way: It was interesting to see someone who is such an aggressive capitalist, who believes so much in […]
