Job numbers are good but we need better
Slowly but surely the economy is heading in the right direction. If the economy is a patient (I'm a trauma surgeon so I like to use medical analogies, sorry), the patient is still in the ICU. The...
View ArticleSayonara Fukushima.
My Darlin' Fukishima (Sing to the tune of My Darlin' Clementine) Fukushima, Fukushima, no one cares, you're melting down. News attention makes slight mention Of the danger, on the ground. TEPCO liars,...
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WSJ Launches WikiLeaks-Imitation Site to Further Solidify Role as Gatekeeper
Uploaded with ImageShack.us Several reports on the web security and privacy of theWall Street Journal's new site, SafeHouse, which is inspired by WikiLeaks, have been published. Reactions centered...
View ArticleMichigan Area Kossacks
Fighting the forces of evil can be a hard and exhausting job. To that end, I have a welcome diversion for you all. On Thursday, May 12, at the Frauenthal Theater in Muskegon, there will be a free...
View ArticleWatching the Bin Laden Videos
Some impressions come to mind: 1. Can't the world's most dangerous terrorist afford a frigging flat screen??? 2. He may have attacked us to see himself on TV. 3. Does anyone ever run a vacuum in a...
View ArticleSo you want to make a difference for public education?
Have I got a deal for you. Today is a special day for the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action Today is our 2nd one-day fundraiser, our money cascade, about which you can read at our...
View ArticleTwo saved women
So this woman came into the branch a few days ago and asked for a bag. I’d finished helping her through the self-checkout. “If I don’t get one, my husband’s gonna yell at me.” Sometimes the customers...
View ArticleSomething is Very Wrong With the Bin Laden Kill Story
With the (at least second) death of Usama bin Laden now creating a tsunami of feelings and feverish nationalism, millions of people are finding a sense of emotional closure: some stitches to help seal...
View Article"Not only was Osama a despicable murderer of thousands of people, he also...
I hope that "treasure trove" of information the CIA took from Bin Laden reveals why I paid taxes last year and GE didn't. Barack Obama, the only black man that has ever had to convince everyone he...
View ArticleMichael Marder Confirms Poverty Is The Problem
For those of you who remain convinced Charters are better, your debunktion is here. For those of you who think poverty can be overcome by schools and teachers, your debunktion is also here.
View ArticleMy poor hometown...
Apparently half of Detroiters are functionally illiterate. This is a classic Detroit problem: every possible solution sucks. Charters obviously won't work because we have them, and we suck. More money...
View Article[Video:] President Obama Spoofed in Cool Rap
Apologies, for the brevity of this diary which was created solely to show you a new hip-hop rendition of Obama responding to the demise of OBL. It's called: "President Obama on Death of Osama bin...
View ArticleSentenced To Death In A Non-Death State
Originally Posted at Source4Politics Professor Mannheimer (NKU Law) has a fascinating post on PrawfsBlawg, in which he argues (and references an article he wrote with a more in depth analysis of the...
View ArticleFlying Over Sonny Liston
Flying Over Sonny Liston By Gary Short Gary Short’s Flying Over Sonny Liston, published in 1996 by the University of Nevada Press, and awarded that years Western States Book Award for Poetry, is a...
View ArticleAndy Card is a jerk
Actually, he's worse than that, but I'm not allowed to put that in the title. Andy Card, former Bush II White House Chief of Staff, has really broken all his own rules this time. In an interview...
View ArticleToday I went to a Tea Party rally to celebrate becoming a billionaire
This morning when I opened my e-mail I received a pleasant surprise, I have just inherited several billion dollars from a Saudi Prince. As soon as I found out that our wars for oil had given me vast...
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32nd Annual Endangered Species Faire Chico, CA - Photos
The 32nd annual Endangered Species Faire was held in Chico's Bidwell Park today. Here are some pictures from the "Species Procession, a puppet celebration of the critters we are lucky enough to share...
View ArticleNPRs Marketplace kisses Monsanto's ass
Wide open prostitution, in public! On May 4th, Marketplace ran the most jaw-dropping piece of journalistic trash I've heard in a long time. Essentially, the program spewed out a song and dance that...
View ArticleDaily Kos is too hard....help. UPDATE
**UPDATE**: I think people misunderstand what I am saying. I have no criticism of what Kossaks say; I have trouble reading about the evils of conservatives that are described here. I don't like to...
View ArticleImagine
Noam Chomsky does the Noam Chomsky thing (according to Chomsky, bin Laden never stated that he was involved with 9/11) and then Ann Althouse does the Ann Althouse thing: This is the kind of thing that...
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