July 2011
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“Why is that important now? You can draw a straight line from the...”
– David Kurtz, TPM.
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The Empty Bully Pulpit
robertreich:
How did we get into this mess?
I thought I’d seen Washington at its worst. I was there just after Watergate. I was there when Jimmy Carter imploded. I was there during the government shut-down of 1995.
But I hadn’t seen the worst. This is the worst.
How can it be that with over 9 percent unemployment, essentially no job growth, widening inequality, falling real wages, and an...
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Watchgarychou:
david-noel:
Beastie Boys vs. Sesame Street - “Sure Shot”
MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
(via uvmann)
This is excellent.
<flute loop>
Apple Stoer in Kunming, China →
mrgan:
This is among the harder-to-believe things I’ve seen on the Internet lately. It belongs in Terry Gilliam’s universe, not our own.
Ah, but it is Terry Gilliam’s universe. We just live in it.
bijan:
The Flaming Lips - Buggin’
an awesome...
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“To commenters saying that I need to have dinner with the president, or vice...”
– Paul Krugman - The Obama-Keynes Mystery - NYTimes.com This is the old “speaking truth to power” myth. As if power doesn’t already know the truth, perfectly well. Obama knows all the things a Paul Krugman or a Dean Baker would tell him about the economy. He chooses the VERY SERIOUS PEOPLE instead...
Why is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce supporting... →
govtoversight:
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants to gut the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. We take on some of their misleading arguments.
bijan:
The National - Pretty In Pink
Heard this...