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Re: Honey, I Found the Voter Registration Fraud
05/22/12 6:02 am
Question: Does the GOP at any level do anything like a basic background check? It'd make elections a lot less embarassing.Re: Morning Awful: Libertarians
05/18/12 12:42 pm
Quoth Cerberus at Sadly, No!: You know, I want a magic button that deprives people who say they are self-made and didn’t rely on no gover...Re: Morning Awful: Libertarians
05/18/12 5:11 am
:: facepalm :: Libertarians remind me of starry-eyed 19 year-old college students who have lots of lofty ideas that would never work in ...05/17/12 6:40 am
Conrad Black did it to get a fancy title and thought he wouldn't get caught.Re: Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets
05/14/12 4:48 pm
You can add this to the list of idiocies. –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Closet Romney
05/13/12 9:58 am
As Bill Maher said in his monologue on Friday (one of the more prescient comments), in most salons, the guy wielding the scissors is the ga...Re: The Democratic Party Marijuana Evolution
05/11/12 3:48 pm
Buy stocks in marijuana too. It goes to a good cause and you make some money on the side. If marijuana is so bad, why is it that there are ...05/09/12 2:47 pm
I swear, I wrote this last night, and I had no idea what was coming today.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 10:37 am
My thoughts on this are going up in a comic later tonight. Good news is, it appears the President listened to them before they even got ...Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 6:03 am
I was so disappointed when I heard the news about North Carolina this morning. There's still a lot of work to do.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 2:26 am
Thank you. I could not have said this better. The more they bemoan and bully the President for a response, the more divided the Democrats l...05/08/12 12:39 pm
This makes perfect sense. My problem is that I have come to dislike organized religion so much, feel so cynical about it, I don't know...Re: #StopRush, ALEC, and the Howard Stern Category
05/08/12 11:59 am
Like “class warfare,” it is only wrong when we fight back. Sounds an awful lot like every bully, everywhere, doesn't it? –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Mitt Romney is Weak
05/08/12 6:46 am
Rachel Maddow is rooting for Ron Paul...and thinks the current president has too much power - like there ARE two other branches of governme...
Category Archives: 11-Dimensional Chess
Jane Hamsher Wants to Segregate Goats From Sheep
When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne. 32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another … Continue reading
The Buffet Rule Is In The American Jobs Act
Save 400,000 teaching jobs? Create 1.9 million jobs? Restore vital infrastructure? Nope, Eric Cantor won’t even put the bill up for a vote. Yet the president refuses to quit, and I rather suspect he won’t stop waving this jobs bill … Continue reading
The Union Civil War Hat Makes This Perfect
This Yankee knows how to aim under pressure. I don’t know who he is, but I believe the 1st Alabama Cavalry would’ve issued this man a Sharps carbine without hesitation. An awesome performance under pressure:
We Will Occupy Court Street
I caught the above photo on Hullaballoo yesterday. Those are airline pilots — a profession that has been systematically attacked by profiteers for decades, starting with their pensions. Last night I was in Huntsville, Alabama, listening to a former Democratic … Continue reading
How To Occupy Main Street From Wall Street
I’m hardly “power elite” or “establishment media,” but apparently I’m a “liberal scold” when it comes to occupying Wall Street. Kevin Gosztola on the crowd in Liberty Park, via FDL: The organizers, who pride themselves in being “leaderless,” have sought … Continue reading
So You Want To Occupy Wall Street
My dismay at the continued incoherence of the crowd on Wall Street has some folks saying my ‘negativity’ hurts the movement, that I should recognize democracy is messy, etc. They are wrong — not that negativity hurts, but that I … Continue reading
Populism and Presidents
I recently described why the antiwar position is a loser in a primary or general election against Obama. Another argument that won’t work against him is the populist one, and to illustrate that the firebagging David O. Atkins writes fondly … Continue reading
This Is The Problem
The Nelsons. No, not the crappy singing duo with the long white hair. The senators from Nebraska and Florida, playing like swing votes: Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, who is up for reelection in 2012, has supported raising taxes on millionaires … Continue reading
Deja Vu All Over Again
The smog rules flap is reminiscent of earlier “cave-ins” and progressive disappointments. Remember, Obama and Democrats failed to pass a public option because they didn’t want it enough. Right? Wrong, and that’s where the “pattern” actually starts. By my count, … Continue reading
The New Test In Libya
One chief benefit of helping a democratic uprising without sending your own “boots on the ground” is that people generally want to commit fewer atrocities on their own communities: “I will be really relieved when we enter, but now I … Continue reading
EPA Smog Rules Freakout is Ridiculous
First of all, let’s stop with the stupid sports metaphors. Really. If you need an analogy, smog regulations are a low card in a high stakes game, and Lisa Jackson is the queen of hearts when Obama needs spades. If … Continue reading
