I'm starting a new rock band - Testifying Fetus.We'll only play non-union gigs in Oh...
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Saturday, 23 October 2010
It's really lousy that a lone, low-ranking military intelligence operative could violate his oath and our morality by leaking hundreds of thousands of electronic documents gathered during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.That said, if the press corp was doing its job, and our government could tell the truth and maintain some sort of temerity to stick to American values and traditions, Wikileaks would be irrelevant.We reap what we sow sometimes. Let...
Saturday, 25 September 2010
I think Peter Daou is right:America is in an Age of Denial, a time in which intolerable injustices are widely ignored, from preventable hunger, poverty and disease to irreversible environmental destruction to the global oppression of girls and women.It is an age where wealth disparities are at record levels, where a war based on lies and deceptions that resulted in unimaginable carnage is heralded as a success, where the assault on basic rights and liberties is greeted with a yawn — if not a che...
Monday, 28 June 2010
In the many tributes to Senator Robert Byrd, nearly all mentioned his acumen at bringing home the bacon to West-By-God Virginia.I think Radley Balko said it best:So if I’m correctly reading the various tributes to Sen. Robert Byrd floating around the web this morning, I’m supposed to celebrate how the man atoned for his bigotry earlier in life by devoting the rest of his life to public service . . . where he used other people’s money to build monuments to himse...
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Kevin Drum seems a little frustrated by the current oil spill machinations, and understandably so:I feel like I should say something about the big press conference Obama just held. It's not like he does a whole lot of them. But it seemed pretty soporific to me. On the one hand, it's true that when he said he was "angry and frustrated" about the BP oil spill, he sure didn't seem very angry or frustrated. On the other hand, watching the CNN...
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Mukhtar is having a birthday, so his regulars turn into a well-wishing flash mob.A Daily Dish commenter shares the following:Thanks for posting that. Six months ago, extremists in Denmark were pitching legislation banning minarets. And of course there was the Muhammed cartoon controversy. Now a bus driver whose name means "chosen" in Arabic is celebrated by the folks who see him every day. It's good to see a sense of goodwill, born of community,...
Sunday, 16 May 2010
You may have heard of the anonymous letter penned by a Wall Street brainiac that essentially opined anything we could do, he could do better, and if our pesky populism kept up and led to actual constraints on the financial services industry, those saintly bankers would blitzkreig through the rest of the economy using the God-given talents that have provided them obscene levels of wealth and hubris.Or as Nick Kapur writes in The Motley Fool:The letter...
Nola.com, via Balloon Juice:Corporations being regarded as people by our laws and courts seems to be back firing a bit. If you operate a hot dog stand and sell contaminated hot dogs that get people sick you are out of business and get sued. If you operate an oil drilling operation and cause an eco-disaster you collect insurance money for you losses, you have limited liability and the profits keep rolling in. We need some fundamental change.That...
Thursday, 13 May 2010
The Poor Man Institute has some keen advice for those who are demagoging after the recent Times Square attempted fireworks demonstration:Can I make a tactical suggestion? If you find the Center for Advanced Study in Terror Arts and Sciences where Mr. Shazad received the technical training which led him to build a “bomb” out of bottle rockets and Miracle-Gro, and then gave him the operational training such that he was somehow incapable...
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
We headed to the Palace Theater last night to take in the Barenaked Ladies show. The verdict?Meh.The band's newer stuff was impressive - catchy syncopation, powerful harmonies, and uncommonly-good lyrical styles. Even some doo-wop. When launching into tunes from the past, however, it was troubling how much Steven Page's unique voice is missed. The songs weren't bad - they were just different. Really different. It's obvious that Ed Robertson is (and...
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
I've been scratching my head since Monday, wondering why it is that people are screaming about Miranda rights, Pakistani connections, and the rest.The bomber dude used non-explosive fertilizer, fireworks, and an alarm clock that could have come from the local Duane Reade. He paid cash for the Pathfinder, left the VIN number on the engine block, and his cell phone was tracked from the skies as he made his way to the airport.Like the underwear bomber,...
Monday, 3 May 2010
From No More Mister Nice Blog:For the last sixteen months the GOP has been screaming that government is evil, that it is the problem, that we need less regulation in order to be more productive, more profitable, and that rules and oversight aren't needed because the free market will take care of things. You know what? If the booms aren't "effective" and the resources of BP are "not adequate" to deal with a disaster of this magnitude,...
Sunday, 2 May 2010
DON’T blame it all on Arizona. The Grand Canyon State simply happened to be in the right place at the right time to tilt over to the dark side. Its hysteria is but another symptom of a political virus that can’t be quarantined and whose cure is as yet unknown. That's an ominous way to begin a column that proceeds to examine the reactionary immigration legislation recently passed in Arizona as a "which came first, the chicken or the egg?" conundrum...
Saturday, 1 May 2010
I'm going to miss Bill Moyers. Do not go gentle into that good night, Bill.You've no doubt figured out my bias by now. I've hardly kept it a secret. In this regard, I take my cue from the late Edward R. Murrow, the Moses of broadcast news.Ed Murrow told his generation of journalists bias is okay as long as you don't try to hide it. So here, one more time, is mine: plutocracy and democracy don't mix. Plutocracy, the rule of the rich, political power...
Monday, 26 April 2010
The draconian immigration law recently passed in Arizona demonstrates the power of small groups of crazy people when they are in charge. We're people. What can we do?Attorney Michael Yaki, writing at SFGate, has some thoughts:Illegal immigration is a problem. Perhaps this law galvanizes a reluctant Congress and Administration to tackle it. But mere displeasure, even outrage, at federal inaction is no excuse to enact a law that has its antecedents...
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
These are the same windbags who went apoplectic when the Dixie Chicks had the audacity to publicly disagree with the Bush administration. Armed insurrection is justified in their minds, but free speech that differs from what the people with guns believe is verboten.I'm tired of hearing them flap their gums. Bring it on.var addthis_pub="kpshea";...
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Is this what it's come to? Why not just have Statler and Waldorf yelling from the balcony?Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyWaldorf: That was wonderful!Statler: Bravo!Waldorf: I loved itStatler: It was greatWaldorf: Well it was pretty goodStatler: Well it wasn’t badWaldorf: Well there were parts of it that weren’t very good thoughStatler: It could have been a lot betterWaldorf: I didn’t really like itStatler:...
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