July, 2011
Sick, not dead. Open thread.
I made a poem! Woo hoo. Since I don’t feel up to writing anything much, here are some excellent posts from around town that I really like: From Glenn Greenwald: Barack Obama is gutting the core principles of the Democratic party. A précis: Therein lies one of the most enduring attributes of Obama’s legacy: in [...]
Obama refuses to approve short-term increase to debt ceiling, demands that he be allowed to cut Social Security and Medicare
Just in case you were still confused about who is using this faux crisis to screw over the American people: Dude wants his shock doctrine!
Shorter blogosphere: We have to let Obama cut Social Security because otherwise Michele Bachmann will take away our porn
Well, the shitstorm over Obama cutting Social Security lasted about a day. One day. That’s how long it took for everyone’s attention to be completely distracted by another, much more important shitstorm: porn! Ohmygod, PORN! The conservatives will take away our PORN! Anything is better than that, anything! Please, take our Social Security, take our [...]
This “Lightworker” dude is an interesting guy
Now he’s offering to cut Social Security. He really is a gravy train for the GOP, isn’t he? With Obama they get more than they ever dreamed of getting in terms of tax cuts, spending cuts, supply-side Reaganomics, bankster bailouts, destruction of the social compact—yet at the same time, they get to continue to play [...]
DSK case: an excellent post from Feministe
As the rape case against DSK falls apart, this really is worth reading from Jill at Feministe: There Are No Perfect Accusers. An excerpt: There’s no indication that she actually lied about being raped; instead, it turns out that she has lied about other things in the course of her adult life (shocking stuff, I [...]
