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squeetothegee:inothernews: …and lest you think conservative...
squeetothegee:inothernews: …and lest you think conservative media types are above the sort of racism documented here, take a look at the Drudge Report’s quicklinked stories (usually in the top...
View Articlepixelcycle: “If the US Government was a family, they would be making $58,000...
pixelcycle: “If the US Government was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year, they spend $75,000 a year & have $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to...
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“As this page said in 1961 — not remotely for the first time...
“As this page said in 1961 — not remotely for the first time or the last — the “debt limit does not limit the debt.” It’s an illusion of a law, instituted in World War I, to persuade gullible...
View Articleletterstomycountry: I didn’t even realize I’d become a top contributor! For...
letterstomycountry: I didn’t even realize I’d become a top contributor! For what it’s worth, I think the fact that robot-heart-politics took longer to “vet me” than any other of the top contributors...
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whitewhine: I had no idea people like you were actually real…
whitewhine: I had no idea people like you were actually real…
View Article"We pretend that “almost everyone has food and can scrape by, and anyone who...
“We pretend that “almost everyone has food and can scrape by, and anyone who can’t is just a shiftless waster, anyway” is good enough, and we pretend that the government and upper classes in wealthy...
View Article"Are you ready for the best part? We’re all retiring on those fat-ass...
“Are you ready for the best part? We’re all retiring on those fat-ass pensions I mentioned a few moments ago – and now we’re dismantling pension plans too. Not for us, of course. For you. Here’s how it...
View Article"PS: Sorry about those budget deficits. We don’t really have much to say in...
“PS: Sorry about those budget deficits. We don’t really have much to say in defense of those except that Communism was really, really scary, especially in the 1980s when the USSR was on its last legs....
View ArticleSo much RIOT talk
youaintpunk: No-one’s defending the action of every or even any person involved in these riots. To be honest it’s as depressing as fuck. The MESSAGE is just….RAGE. These kids aren’t risking anything...
View Article"According to the poll, 63 percent say the super committee should call for...
“According to the poll, 63 percent say the super committee should call for increased taxes on higher-income Americans and businesses, with 36 percent disagreeing. And by a 57 to 40 percent margin they...
View Article"There are no good choices for this commission. It is designed to protect...
“There are no good choices for this commission. It is designed to protect members of Congress from the electoral repercussions of cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits, something that 82% of...
View Article"The US government is the largest contractor in the world. Lockheed Martin:...
“The US government is the largest contractor in the world. Lockheed Martin: $16.7 billion in 2010. Boeing: $10.5 billion. Hewlett-Packard: $2.3 billion. IBM: $1.8 billion. These companies spend...
View Article"The riots in London began when protesters gathered outside a north London...
“The riots in London began when protesters gathered outside a north London police station after the shooting of a local man by officers. The police have long had troubled relations with racial and...
View Articleiatemykittycat: Maybe, I don’t know, there is a reasoning behind the police’s...
iatemykittycat: Maybe, I don’t know, there is a reasoning behind the police’s “racism”? Or the fact that the media, in many events, does not want to cover certain topics and stories? It’s easy to sit...
View Article"Hordes of furious, varying-skintoned youth in England just spent the last...
“Hordes of furious, varying-skintoned youth in England just spent the last four days setting their cities - plural, children - on fire in retaliation against police abuse, a culture of constant...
View Article"The truth is that very few people know why this is happening. They don’t...
“The truth is that very few people know why this is happening. They don’t know, because they were not watching these communities. Nobody has been watching Tottenham since the television cameras drifted...
View ArticleNottingham police station firebombed as violence hits more UK cities
Nottingham police station firebombed as violence hits more UK cities: This is about trainers and video games.
View ArticleDo Austerity Measures Increase the Risk of Social Chaos?
Do Austerity Measures Increase the Risk of Social Chaos?: In a spectacularly well-timed paper, Jacopo Ponticelli and Hans Joachim Voth argue yes. Expenditure cuts carry a significant risk of increasing...
View ArticleDoctors Sue to End AMA's Role in Setting Medicare Payments
Doctors Sue to End AMA's Role in Setting Medicare Payments: jayparkinsonmd: I’ve written about this in the past. Here’s the gist: Imagine there is a committee of politicians made up of 24 republicans...
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Author Martha Southgate on Why the Film "The Help" is a Symptom of a Larger...
newmodelminority: In entertainment weekly, one of my favorite authors, Martha Southgate (@mesouthgate) discusses the film “The Help” stating that, There have been thousands of words written about...
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