Romney 'Wins' In Iowa

Romney eked a frothy 8 vote win over anal-sex obsessed Rick (google me) Santorum, with Ron (I am NOT an Elf, goddammit!) Paul finishing a close third. Repugs are really screwed if these three are the best they can do... and the scary thing is, these three ARE the best they can do.....

Keynes Was Right - NYTimes.com

The Krugster nails austerity to the wall.

Keynes Was Right - NYTimes.com

Absurd: Tea Party Mayor Rejects Federally Funded, Job-Creating Amtrak Line

At least, unlike Gov. Rick "Why, yes, I've been convicted of fraud" Scott in Florida, he isn't screwing an entire state!

The 10 Craziest Economic Policy Ideas Of 2011

From Alternet:  The 10 Craziest Economic Policy Ideas Of 2011

Bozell is a Boz-o

Fox News' Latest Racist Attack: "Obama Looks Like a Skinny, Ghetto Crackhead"

A Look Inside the Crazy Cult of Ayn Rand

From Alternet: "Here's a great read about the Ayn Rand cult which discusses not just the pernicious effect of its adolescent philosophy but the soap opera of Rand's personal life"

STOP THE MADNESS! OR CENSORED SITES LIKE THIS IS ALL YOU'LL SEE!

Congress is close to destroying the Internet as we know it. Stop them now!

Plutocracy: If Corporations and the Rich Paid 1960s-Level Taxes, the Debt Would Vanish | | AlterNet

I'm pretty sure I dont want to go back to a 90+ percent marginal tax rate, but just getting rid of the Bush tax cuts and getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan would eliminate most of the deficit. With some tweaks, we could maintain the security net AND start reducing the debt. Or we can shovel money at Murdoch ($4.8 billion in tax refunds over the last decade) and the Koch bros (too damned much over their slimy lifetimes!) :)

Plutocracy: If Corporations and the Rich Paid 1960s-Level Taxes, the Debt Would Vanish | | AlterNet

How Obama Squandered the High Hopes of Those Who Elected Him | | AlterNet

I think that tease summarizes it very well; for me, at least, and I'm sure for most progressives. Given the rhetoric, we expected a visionary activist and all we got were these lousy t-shirts :)

How Obama Squandered the High Hopes of Those Who Elected Him | | AlterNet:

"Barack Obama has not been the leader progressives expected. He is competent but not transformational. He is responsible but not a visionary."

Kiss News Corp Goodbye

Well, probably not, but a boy can dream, can't he?

Report: Murdoch paper may have hacked Jude Law’s phone on American soil

Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques | ThinkProgress

Another Repug picking and choosing which amendments 'really' count.... You'd think a minority candidate might have a little more realistic worldview, but not in today's Repug Party.

Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques | ThinkProgress

Oh god! They're gonna clog all the Intertubes!

Daily Kos: Toomey: Private protections could 'break the Internet'

Does this mean Jessica Yellin is a dick?

Daily Kos: Unbelievable! CNN asks "Why doesn't the White House just cave?"

5 Outrageous Examples of FBI Intimidation and Entrapment | | AlterNet

This is why it should ALWAYS be possible to sue the government- sometimes it NEEDS to be done....

5 Outrageous Examples of FBI Intimidation and Entrapment | | AlterNet

Alabama Latinos Flee Immigration Law, Leaving Insufficient Workforce for Tuscaloosa Tornado Cleanup | AlterNet

This follows on the same situation in Georgia, where an absurd (and probably illegal) immigration law has disrupted (MASSIVELY) the ag business, particularly the early harvest. It's one thing for Alabama cleanup efforts to be messed up (will anyone really be able to tell if Tuscaloosa gets repaired or not?), but goddammit, I NEED my Visalia onions!!!!! :)

Alabama Latinos Flee Immigration Law, Leaving Insufficient Workforce for Tuscaloosa Tornado Cleanup | AlterNet

Fundy Movie Critic Ted Beahr Wants NY Legislature Arrested

WOW this guy takes stupidity to new depths of hilarity :)

Fundy Movie Critic Ted Beahr Wants NY Legislature Arrested

Jon Stewart Explains How Fox News Misinforms Through Editorial Bias

Jon Stewart Explains How Fox News Misinforms Through Editorial Bias

She's Crazy :)

I think it must be a rhetorical question :)

Poll: Are Celebrities Really Trying to Kill Sarah Palin's Children Or Is She Crazy?

Back On Line

Back..... was down for a couple of days with a brain dead computer WHEE

From My Cold, Dead Hands.... or Some Such Crap

We can apparently take all their other constitutional rights, but the Second Amendment is as holy today as when Jesus first handed it to George Washington with the other Comamendments at Mt Sinusitis!

When a Terrorist Wants to Buy a Gun - NYTimes.com