Posts filed under “Bullets”
Bullets for 12/30/2011
Are untapped natural gas reserves as expansive as the natural gas industry have us believe? Ron Paul blamed AIDS patients for being victims of their own lifestyle in his 1987 book: “The individual suffering from AIDS certainly is a victim — frequently a victim of his own lifestyle — but this same individual victimizes innocent [...]
Intermission
Things are going to be quiet around here for the rest of the week. I’ll leave you all with this. It’s a bit dated, but like a fine wine… Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Bullets 11/17/11
“All day, all week, Occupy Wall Street.” Liveblog on the New York Daily News website, by far the best coverage of the OWS Day of Action. Timothy Egan calls out Newt Gingrich for his hypocrisy on Freddie Mac. Take away line: “In his latest incarnation, Gingrich poses as an outsider who will break up the Washington establishment [...]
Walking into Poles
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Social Insurance
Hendrik Hertzberg: Semantic infiltration indeed. Democrats have enough sense not to call the inheritance tax the “death tax.” They should have enough sense not to say “entitlement programs” when they’re talking about is, precisely, social insurance. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
links for October 22nd through October 26th
AP: Obama Fundraiser Defects to Clinton – Bob Farmer, who had served on Obama’s national finance committee, is now going “to help rival Hillary Rodham Clinton win the party’s presidential nomination”. WaPo: FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be . . . FEMA – Inspired, no doubt, by the success of a certain fake-news [...]
links for October 11th through October 18th
WaPo: Taking a Whack Against Comcast – The inspiring tale of “75-year-old Mona “The Hammer” Shaw, who took the aforementioned implement to her local Comcast office in Manassas to settle a score, and boy, did she!” Guaranteed to warm the cockles of your heart. Coming soon as a Bob Dylan song. Liberally Mirth: Top 25 [...]
links for October 6th through October 9th
WaPo: Buyout Firms to Avoid a Tax Hike – Hedge fund managers, for no earthly reason, get to pay income tax at the capital gains tax rate (15% instead of 35%). This is a $6 billion tax break to very rich people. Dems just decided not to fight to repeal it. Viva Reid-Pelosi! BBC: Disk [...]
links for October 3rd through October 5th
Time: Selective Justice in Alabama? – Just what the Republicans have been praying for. Another scandal involving selective prosecution of Democrats by U.S. Attorneys in the time of Gonzalez. And one that embroils a Republican senator up for reelection next year. WCSH (Portland): National Guard Troops Denied Benefits After Longest Deployment Of Iraq War – [...]
links for August 7th through August 9th
New York Times: First Father: Tough Times on Sidelines – cry me a river, 41 Chicago Tribune: Police accused of damaging Tribune photographer’s cameras – Chicago’s finest Rick Perlstein: E. coli conservatism killing six more? – click here to read about one of the most disgusting human beings ever The Mess That Greenspan Made: Some [...]