Tuesday, February 21, 2012

How an Attractive, Undercover Cop Posed as a Student -- Then Entrapped a Smitten Teen to "Sell" Her Marijuana | | AlterNet

Can we just kill the drug war or is the desire to turn narcs loose to entrap people so deeply entrenched that we'll never be rid of it, despite years of it failing and failing, and the complete militarization (and alienation) of our police from the general populace?


How an Attractive, Undercover Cop Posed as a Student -- Then Entrapped a Smitten Teen to "Sell" Her Marijuana | | AlterNet

Friday, February 17, 2012

Daily Kos: Energy Chairman Fred Upton's dogging of White House over Solyndra may be about to bite him

I love it when karma slaps hypocrites upside the head.

Daily Kos: Energy Chairman Fred Upton's dogging of White House over Solyndra may be about to bite him

The Scandal of Michigan's Emergency Managers | The Nation

I can't see anyway this load of crap doesn't violate several sections of the Constitution. But then, Repugs only love selected parts of the Constitution, so full speed ahead!

The Scandal of Michigan's Emergency Managers | The Nation

Moochers Against Welfare - NYTimes.com

Presumably, then, voters imagine that pledges to slash government spending mean cutting programs for the idle poor, not things they themselves count on. And this is a confusion politicians deliberately encourage.

Krugster examines Red State-Blue State differences and Repug Big Lie politics.... good stuff!

Moochers Against Welfare - NYTimes.com:

Also, Too!

Senate Passes Payroll Tax Bill Over Broad GOP Opposition | TPMDC

I've mixed feelings about this tax 'cut' since it reduces funds going to Social Security, which can only add, down the road, to arguments that the program is underfunded, blah blah blah, but I think in the current economic situation, it's probably justified and am pleased that a) Obama and Congress were able to get it done and b) that the Repugs folded like a cheap card-table!

Senate Passes Payroll Tax Bill Over Broad GOP Opposition | TPMDC

Rick Santorum's Anal Sex Problem | Mother Jones

In reference to Jon Stewart's Santorum problem, here's a great article from a year or so ago about why it IS a big problem for Mr Man on Dog. I googled Santorum (I try to at least once a week to click on the 'definition' and help keep it at the top) and discovered that the campaign has followed at least one of the suggestions made in the article; the top link is a paid ad by the campaign. The second 'link' is (as with all the candidates) recent primary results. But, still in first place amid the actual search results is our frothy mix :)

Rick Santorum's Anal Sex Problem | Mother Jones

Jon Stewart So Badly Wants To Make A Santorum Joke | TPM2012

Poor Jon is ummm frothing over the whole Santorum Google thing.... poor guy... it IS entrapment!

Jon Stewart So Badly Wants To Make A Santorum Joke | TPM2012