yahoo news is kinda sorta trying to get to the big picture about
spending cuts and austerity in a piece about impending cuts in the wake
of the super committee, but it ain't easy
for 'em. they can't quite go all the way in reporting the bigger
picture, but the effort has gotta be worth something. the conversation
about spending and economic activity is certainly necessary and
valuable; the comments on that story show just how fucking stupid so
many of our brothers and sisters really are. cutting off unemployment
and cutting social security payments is incredibly foolish given our
current situation; any direct payments to citizens, especially those
without other income, are fantastic stimulus to the local, ground-level
economy, so continuing unemployment benefits and other transfer payments
should be lauded and used as a primary economic stimulus policy by both
parties. that, of course, is impossible when most of our elected
officials are walking cockbags and koch-suckers, but it doesn't change
the reality of the situation. atrios's helicopter drop schtick is not completely a joke.
unlike
this guy, i would love to have a grove innovations
x frame.
it is wicked wicked and all business for the pennsylvania/new york
state/new england type of trail riding. they look great out on the
trails; i used to see two of them regularly way back when (when i was
bopping around on the world famous diamond back apex). really, i think a
tweaked and updated--maybe with a
lefty up front--
x frame would be a fantastic modern frame, and like some other
things a real refreshing break from the same old
bullshit.
this guy might be willing to pony up for a time share of a tardis.
the coup in
honduras
is one of the innumerable shameful failures of obama's hope and change
promises that tends to get lost among the wars and the lifeless economy
and the popular uprising, but it's still an ongoing tragedy for the
people suffering through our destructive policy down there. good job,
mr. president.
every newt has a tiny brain. this cockhead
is what happens to pass for an idea-man amongst the republicans. it's
great. privatizing social security. gingrich couldn't be any more of a
cheap pandering slut if he was volunteering to be the center of
attention at lloyd blankfein and jamie dimon's bukkake christmas party.
the super committee was a bullshit exercise from the start, and its
failure
is a good thing in every way. it won't matter much in the long run
because obama and most of the democrats and republicans in congress are
on the same page and are hell bent on fucking things up with tax cuts
and welfare money for the 1% paid for with tax increases and cuts for
the 99%, but now at least we will get a smidge more transparency and
accountability.
as long as i'm jonesing for an off road toad or an eastern woods, why don't i just go all-in with obscure mountain bike action-style play bikes and lust after a yeti ultimate.
i mean, getting the time machine to work the first time is probably the
hardest part, so once you're cool, you can just wind up and go.
pretty reasonable
jake plummer on tebow and his faux-christian bullshit. plummer strikes
a good tone in support of the broncos and whatever gets them a win,
while his tebow slam is nicely restrained, considering.
senator bernie sanders
is not all bad, i guess. he is one of the better senators we have,
though that is not at all a compliment. in reality, he's just the sort
of center-left politician who would be barely tolerated in a true left
of center major party, but compared to what we have now he looks like eugene v. debs.
by the way, nobody should ever be within a thousand meters of
wolf 'the voice of israel' blitzer without mentioning the magic words jerusalem post.
norman finkelstein is an american treasure.
spain
is the fourth-largest economy in the eurozone, and they are in deep
trouble with their moribund economy and horrendous unemployment
problems. they've now traded obama-esque corporatist incompetence for
some right-wing culture war bullshit generously ladled all over the top
of another corporatist jerkoff by that cocksucker the
popenfurher
and their very own native backward-ass, woman-hating teabagger types.
the austerity cuts and following economic collapse are coming here soon,
and we can expect the same sort of political results and absolute
failure to address the actual problems as the parties rise and fall in
each subsequent election when they are blamed for ongoing economic
crisises.
if this sort of shit had happened to the unfortunate wives of bush and cheney, fox news would have michelle malkin and black ann coulter on the air 24 hours a day screaming for drone attacks and summary executions.
tpm's josh marshall is not exactly a
deep thinker. his
analysis is usually simplistic and kneejerk beltway conventional wisdom compatible nonsense; he's desperate to get his
top-level village idiot
credentials, and like a good village idiot, he's almost always wrong.
his belief that the violence against the occupy movement is somehow a
threat to the greater message is asinine. the unfortunate reality is
that any publicity is good publicity and the mounting violence will aid
in forcing the message of economic and social inequality into our
political and cultural discourse. distrust of the police and fear of
police violence are important touchstones for many of the 99%, and the
majority of the currently politically-active americans are not as easily
distracted as josh marshall would like. common experience is a
powerful educator and motivator; it will help the 99% move together.
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