Job growth chart via Ezra Klein: Note the blue bars. Government jobs are being eliminated while private sector jobs are slowly recovering. It goes without saying, I'm not a fan of the loss of these...
Mitt Romney: “I happened to see my dad run for governor when he was 54 years old,” Romney said. “He had good advice to me. He said never get involved in politics if you have to win election to pay a...
Pat Buchanan might be soon evicted from his posh green-room cryogenic chamber he's leasing from MSNBC, and it can't come soon enough. MSNBC's top executive said Saturday that he hasn't decided...
Manchester Orchestra - "Simple Math"
I agree with John Cole about the "coolness" of the First Lady. This item in the New York Times only adds to the coolness. Definitely a must read.
This from Rick Perry: "I would send troops back into Iraq," he said. "I think we start talking with the Iraqi individuals there. The idea that we allow the Iranians to come back into Iraq and take...
"More importantly, you ought to ask me what my relationship is for racial relationships. And one of my heroes is Martin Luther King because he practiced the libertarian principle of peaceful...
Jeff Buckley - "Hallelujah"
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You know that anti-Huntsman video created by Ron Paul supporters showing Huntsman as a secret agent working for the Chinese? Via Ashby, this Ron Paul supporter thinks Huntsman created the video as a...
While discussing Rick Santorum's "Blah" remarks, Chez and I talked about the Southern Strategy on the podcast this week, with a refresher on some post-Reconstruction racial history. White...
I missed this when it was posted, but here's Robert Reich's prediction for 2012: My political prediction for 2012 (based on absolutely no inside information): Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden swap...
MST3K Saturday - "Star Force: Fugitive Alien II"
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If things had gone horribly awry four years ago, John McCain, age 75, would be running for re-election right now. And if he opted to not run for a second term, Vice President Sarah Palin would be...
And by "beautiful people," I mean something much worse. Here a Ron Paul group goes after Jon Huntsman's ambassadorship, preposterously claiming it's some sort of conspiracy to help China crush...
Journey - "Raised on Radio"
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The Republicans are losing their shpadoinkle over the president issuing a recess appointment of Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But how does this...
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