Wednesday, January 30, 2013

How Walmart Is In The Process Of Strangling Our Food System

How Walmart Is In The Process Of Strangling Our Food System

The Most Addictive Infographic About Walmart

The Most Addictive Infographic About Walmart

Texas set to ’terminate’ trooper following roadside cavity searches

Texas set to ’terminate’ trooper following roadside cavity searches

VIDEO: First Read Minute: A busy day

VIDEO: First Read Minute: A busy day

Leahy and LaPierre


Senator Catches NRA Head In Epic Flip Flop

Senator Catches NRA Head In Epic Flip Flop: pSenate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) caught National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre in a significant contradiction during Wednesday’s hearing on preventing gun violence. Since the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut the nation’s most influential gun lobby has opposed the growing bipartisan push for universal background checks, arguing that such a policy would infringe [...]/p

Sunday, January 27, 2013

The Lovely Simulacrum: *The Life Span of a Republic*

The Lovely Simulacrum: *The Life Span of a Republic*: I thought parts of this were interesting, especially the 8 developmental stages of civilizations: "The United States is a Republic - but, h...

Friday, January 4, 2013

Make Congress Work!


Make Congress Work!

Make Congress Work!

Media Jump On Idea That Social Security Is Going Bankrupt, Ignore Easy Way To Ensure Its Future

Media Jump On Idea That Social Security Is Going Bankrupt, Ignore Easy Way To Ensure Its Future: pSocial Security is going broke even faster than expected, according to a report from the program’s actuaries released yesterday. At least, that’s the narrative the national media presented to the American public. Headlines from across the country — like the following from the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times — were [...]/p

Media Jump On Idea That Social Security Is Going Bankrupt, Ignore Easy Way To Ensure Its Future

Media Jump On Idea That Social Security Is Going Bankrupt, Ignore Easy Way To Ensure Its Future: pSocial Security is going broke even faster than expected, according to a report from the program’s actuaries released yesterday. At least, that’s the narrative the national media presented to the American public. Headlines from across the country — like the following from the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and New York Times — were [...]/p

Maddow Discusses How Shell's Arctic Drilling Sh*tshow Keeps Getting More Ridiculous | Alternet

Maddow Discusses How Shell's Arctic Drilling Sh*tshow Keeps Getting More Ridiculous | Alternet

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Ten People We Are Grateful Are No Longer Members Of Congress

Ten People We Are Grateful Are No Longer Members Of Congress: pUnder the Twentieth Amendment, “[t]he terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January.” Accordingly, as of this very moment, many members of 112th Congress are now unemployed. Here are ten that [...]/p