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President Scissorhands?
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 9:05 AM EDT (Politico)
In days of old, when a presidential candidate got in trouble, he would hold a news conference to explain and calm things. This does not happen anymore. Today, candidates play dodge ball, ducking and covering and hoping the media will grow bored and move on to other things.
Dear Mitt: You Did Nothing to Save Detroit
Seeded on Thu May 10, 2012 12:51 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Dear Mitt Romney: There are politics, there are lies, and then there's you. You take it to a whole 'nother level. OK, I admit that I have a particular animus toward you, as a guy that knifed us in the back when Michigan was on its knees, but you simply cannot be our president. …
Conservatives Describe Themselves in Attacks on Liberals
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 6:34 AM EDT ()
National Review editor-at-large Jonah Goldberg is a perfect reverse barometer of whatever it is that's making conservatives most nervous about themselves. Four years ago, when charges of actual fascism against conservatives were hitting just a little too close to home as Tea …
America's idiot rich The 1 percent is complaining louder than ever. There can be no reasoning with people this irrational
Seeded on Wed May 9, 2012 6:22 AM EDT (Salon.com)
Some unknown but alarming number of ultra-rich Americans are now basically totally delusional and completely divorced from reality. This is now an inescapable fact, confirmed by multiple media accounts of billionaire thought and an entire special issue of the New York Times M …
It was the BANKS!!! Lehman E-Mails Show Wall Street Arrogance Led to the Fall
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 6:46 AM EDT (Bloomberg.com)
If one wants to understand the full complicity of Wall Street in the Great Recession, look no further than the voluminous package of pre-collapse Lehman Brothers documents that have been made available by the law firm Jenner & Block LLP, which has acted as the coroner in the …
Republican National Committee Attacks Obama on Jobs ~~~ from Overseas Call Center!!
Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 8:59 AM EDT (US_Homepage_Featured_Stories)
The Republican National Committee (RNC) used a call center based in the Philippines to hold a media conference attacking President Obama's economic record, the Chicago Sun-Times reported today.The RNC didn't help its image by pointing out that the call was run by Verizon.Companie …
Romney upset at high gas prices? His donors aren't
Seeded on Wed May 2, 2012 8:31 AM EDT (Politico)
The way the likely Republican nominee Mitt Romney rails against President Barack Obama about high gas prices, you’d think he wants to fix the problem. He doesn’t.
Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney to Speak at Hate Group Conference
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:49 AM EDT (Firedoglake)
Every year the leading pseudo-Christian hate groups in this country host the “Values Voters Summit”.
People Are Finally Figuring Out: Austerity is Stupid
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:37 AM EDT (The Big Picture)
From the Financial Times: “We can only win back confidence if we bring down excessive deficits and boost competitiveness,” he said. “In a such a situation, consolidation might inspire confidence and actually help the economy to grow.”
High Tax Rates Won't Slow Growth We're not close to the top of the Laffer Curve. Raising tax rates is part of a sensible deficit reduction strategy.
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:33 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
The share of pre-tax income accruing to the top 1% of earners in the U.S. has more than doubled to about 20% in 2010 from less than 10% in the 1970s. At the same time, the average federal income tax rate on top earners has declined significantly. Given the large current and p …
China's Rise, America's Fall
Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2012 9:04 AM EDT ()
The rise of China surely ranks among the most important world developments of the last 100 years. With America still trapped in its fifth year of economic hardship, and the Chinese economy poised to surpass our own before the end of this decade, China looms very large on the …
Mitt Romney, American Parasite
Seeded on Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:52 AM EDT ()
The Presidential candidate's years at Bain represent everything you hate about capitalism. It was the early 1990s, and the 750 men and women at Georgetown Steel were pumping out wire rods at peak performance. They had an abiding trust in management's ability to run a smart com …
GOP Set to Double Student Loan Interest Rates
Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:43 PM EDT ()
During last week’s debate on the Buffett Rule, the GOP complained again and again that the rule was a political ploy because it would only raise a few billion dollars every year. Also it would hurt the economy and possibly turn Grover Norquist into Grover Norquist HULK w …
Terminating your Candidacy?
Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:31 PM EDT ()
Priceless Video for Rick Santorum! Rick Santorum should have thought about this earlier, but it is not too late now, before he aborts his campaign.
Gulf Of Mexico Seafood Much Cuter Now Without All Those Eyes
Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:36 AM EDT (Wonkette » top)
Remember when hero Congressman Joe Barton apologized to British Petroleum for all the bother the US government was causing it, by forcing it to maybe mitigate some of the hellfire it had sort of rained down upon the Gulf? Those were good times, like when the old man apo …
Susan G. Komen Foundation In Hot Sexy Hook-Up With Dictator's Daughter
Seeded on Thu Apr 19, 2012 8:33 AM EDT (Wonkette » top)
The Susan G. Komen Foundation has been so busy trying to abort their corporate image and stem the (menstrual) flow of their profits,they may have forgotten to do the proper amount of VETTENING of their spanking new breast-saving partner for the Susan G. K …
Lobby more, pay less in taxes
Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:41 AM EDT ()
f you think you wound up paying too much in taxes this year, maybe you ought to hire a lobbyist. Or two. Or 20. After all, it’s a strategy that seems to be working well for some of the nation’s biggest corporations. As Americans prepare for tax day 2012, a new Sun …
Government Saves Countless Lives From Tornadoes In Koch And Inhofe Country
Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2012 7:01 PM EDT (Think Progress)
Countless lives were saved this weekend by vigilant government officials who warned of deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska — states whose politics are dominated by anti-government, anti-science ideologues. Over 100 tornadoes struck down in 24 hours, but …
What's Historic About Mitt Romney? His Unpopularity
Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2012 1:42 PM EDT ()
Here’s something Republicans don’t want you to know: “Romney Support Historically Low for Winning Candidate.” But that’s what Gallup revealed when Rick Santorum dropped out of the GOP primary on Tuesday. At 42% support, Mitt Romney is far and away t …
Shocking: "916" War on Women Bills Introduced Since the Republicans Took Over
Seeded on Sun Apr 15, 2012 11:57 AM EDT (Daily Kos)
That's right, 916 proposed bills!!! What follows are the results of a fascinating study that actually proves that the republican war on women is real. The report was compiled by the worldwide research and policy Guttmacher Group. For those who have not heard of them befo …
Fix income inequality with $10 million loans for everyone!
Seeded on Sat Apr 14, 2012 5:29 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Are you concerned about growing income inequality in America? Are you resentful of all that wealth concentrated in the 1 percent? I’ve got the perfect solution, a modest proposal that involves just a small adjustment in the Federal Reserve’s easy monetary policy. B …
Congressman Ryan's Health Care Booby Trap
Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2012 6:50 AM EDT ()
Much has been said about “repeal and replace” it has become almost as much a part of GOP lexicon as “drill baby, drill”.
Explaining Why Low Tax Rates are Correlated with Slower Economic Growth, Once Again
Seeded on Thu Apr 5, 2012 6:40 AM EDT ()
One of the regular mysteries facing economists is why the US economy fails to display evidence of a relationship that everyone seems to accept implicitly, namely that lower taxes lead to (or even are correlated with) faster economic growth.
Arizona law would criminalize being lewd or annoying on the Internet
Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2012 10:07 AM EDT (Raw Story)
The Arizona state legislature apparently finds it difficult to tell the difference between a telephone and the Internet and has passed a bill that would extend the definition of harassment originally devised for phone conversations to anything communicated or published online. A …
The right's stealthy coup
Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2012 8:48 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Right before our eyes, American conservatism is becoming something very different from what it once was. Yet this transformation is happening by stealth because moderates are too afraid to acknowledge what all their senses tell them. Last week’s Supreme Court oral argument …
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President Scissorhands?In days of old, when a presidential candidate got in trouble, he would hold a news conference to explain and calm things. This does not happen anymore. Today, candidates play dodge ball, ducking and covering and hoping the media will grow bored and move on to other things.
- Obama Campaign Goes After Romney's Record At Bain Capital
he Obama campaign is launching an offensive Monday attacking Mitt Romney on his record at the private equity firm Bain Capital in a new ad campaign, painting the presumptive Republican nominee as a greedy, corporate job-destroyer. During the primary, Newt Gingrich and …
- Dear Mitt: You Did Nothing to Save Detroit
Dear Mitt Romney: There are politics, there are lies, and then there's you. You take it to a whole 'nother level. OK, I admit that I have a particular animus toward you, as a guy that knifed us in the back when Michigan was on its knees, but you simply cannot be our president. …
- Conservatives Describe Themselves in Attacks on Liberals
National Review editor-at-large Jonah Goldberg is a perfect reverse barometer of whatever it is that's making conservatives most nervous about themselves. Four years ago, when charges of actual fascism against conservatives were hitting just a little too close to home as Tea …
- America's idiot rich The 1 percent is complaining louder than ever. There can be no reasoning with people this irrational
Some unknown but alarming number of ultra-rich Americans are now basically totally delusional and completely divorced from reality. This is now an inescapable fact, confirmed by multiple media accounts of billionaire thought and an entire special issue of the New York Times M …
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President Scissorhands?
President Scissorhands?
Obama Campaign Goes After Romney's Record At Bain Capital
Obama Campaign Goes After Romney's Record At Bain Capital
It was the BANKS!!! Lehman E-Mails Show Wall Street Arrogance Led to the Fall
It was the BANKS!!! Lehman E-Mails Show Wall Street Arrogance Led to the Fall
It was the BANKS!!! Lehman E-Mails Show Wall Street Arrogance Led to the Fall
It was the BANKS!!! Lehman E-Mails Show Wall Street Arrogance Led to the Fall
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Dear Mitt: You Did Nothing to Save Detroit