Think Of This Next Time You Shop At Wal-Mart
“Instead, very little has changed in Bangladesh, where wages, among the lowest in the world, have made it a magnet for numerous global brands. Companies operating in the collapsed building say their...
View ArticleBut No, The Tea Party Isn’t about Racism Right?
Via Scott Lemiux: “…of the 10 presidents who preceded Barack Obama, seven left office with a debt ratio lower than when they came in. Who were the three exceptions? Ronald Reagan and the two...
View ArticleSo It’s All About The Second Amendment And Not Gun Industry Profits, Huh?
Via Charlie Pierce at Esquire, on the new president of the NRA: “Porter, 64, whose father was NRA president from 1959-1961, is part of the small, Birmingham, Ala., law firm of Porter, Porter &...
View ArticleCan Someone Explain Conservatism To Me, Please?
I saw this doozy post over at Michelle “Barack-Obama-and-Jimmy-Hoffa-are-like-Tweedledum-and-Tweedledee” Malkin’s Twitchy website: Glazed charm offensive? WH chief of staff hands out...
View ArticleThe Return of The Death Panels
Via Talking Points Memo: The top two Republicans in Congress informed President Obama on Thursday that they will refuse to fulfill their duty under the Affordable Care Act to recommend members of a new...
View ArticleQuestions For Your Conservative Friends
The next time your conservative friend tells you they vote Republicans because they believe in small government, fiscal conservatism or family values, ask them the following questions: 1) when you say...
View ArticleYou could look at it as losing your publ
You could look at it as losing your public school, or you could look at it as gaining a free tablet » Balloon Juice http://ow.ly/l727J
View ArticleAssociated Press: Darrell Issa Subpoenae
Associated Press: Darrell Issa Subpoenaes Thomas Pickering http://ow.ly/l96Ti Prepare for a long, hot summer of hearings and Republicans looking for their Watergate.
View ArticleEric Erickson Is One Dumb Motherfuc*er!
Eric Erickson: “In many, many animal species, the male and female of the species play complementary roles, with the male dominant in strength and protection and the female dominant in nurture. It’s the...
View ArticleThe Average Conservative
Today, a friend of mine from high school posted something on Facebook complaining about the high cost of a college education, her initial comment was: “Can someone RICH please pay for my sons college...
View ArticleRepublicans Continue The War On Women, State By State
Now it’s Wisconsin’s turn to regulate a woman’s vagina, courtesy of Scott Walker and his new law (passed on Fourth of July weekend, no less) that will require women to undergo a mandatory ultrasound...
View ArticleAnother Cheney In Government?
Guess who wants to run for a seat in the Senate? Yep, Liz Cheney. Good things are sure to come. Via Political Wire.
View ArticleSCOTUS and the New Gilded Age
Somebody needs to remind the Supreme Court that citizens still live here, not just corporations. Via MSNBC.
View ArticleRepublicans In Congress Still Fighting To Deny LGBT The Right To Marry
Via McClatchy: Even after SCOTUS’ historic decision to strike a lethal blow to both DOMA and Proposition 8 (California), LGBT rights are still not a completely settled issue in terms of Federal policy....
View ArticleHey Republicans, Don’t Let Facts Get In The Way Of A Good False Meme
Via The Hill: “The White House on Monday estimated that the budget deficit for 2013 will be $759 billion — a difference of $214 billion from the $973 billion deficit projected in President Obama’s...
View ArticleProof That Republican Opposition To Immigration Reform Is Largely Pure,...
Via The Nation: Today, a few hundred anti-immigration protesters rallied at the Upper Senate Park to toting it as a ‘job-killer’. With such special guests like well-known white nationalist, John...
View ArticleMy Beautiful Black President
President Obama on the racial context of Trayvon Martin’s murder: I think it’s important to recognize that the African American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a...
View ArticleQuote Of The Day, Steve Benen Edition
Via The Maddow Blog: it’s easy to lose sight sometimes of just how sweeping the GOP efforts to impair the federal health care law really are. We’ve never seen anything like this — it is literally...
View ArticleWhy Republicans and Conservatism Have Gone To Shit
Via NBC Latino: Iowa conservative Republican Congressman Steve King said in an interview with Newsmax that for every valedictorian DREAMer who has been brought to this country by his or her family,...
View ArticleChromecast Is a Cord Cutter's Dream for $35, and I Want More
Reblogged from Tech: Every night, it's the same situation. My wife and I are on the couch, TV off, immersed in our respective computing devices, when she breaks the silence: "Let's watch something."...
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