Despite the addition of 151K new jobs in the U.S. in October (and 1.1 million jobs since January), unemployment numbers still suck. Nearly 15 million people are out of work and actively looking, and the unemployment rate, which remained steady[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This pic taken at the Guitar Blog illustrates a recent phenomenon that I have been trying to understand — namely, the sudden hipness of the mandolin, ukelele and the banjo. Not objecting by any means to the new fad, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Glenn Greenwald defends Alan Simpson — not for what he said about cow teats, but for being the only one on President Obama’s Deficit Reduction Commission to speak to the public. It’s a good, enraging read, but let me skip[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Iran is a threat because Washington says so. Certainly, WaPo accepts the charge at face value: Iran’s ambitions, which have cast a long shadow over the greater Middle East, may serve as a common bond keeping a frail peace process[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Here you were, thinking that the job of U.S. Secretary of State was to craft foreign policy, mediate international conflicts, serve national interests, develop relations with foreign countries, and put a kinder, gentler face on the American Empire. But you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Heard this on Here and Now. Seriously, this piece of actual reporting cannot be re-linked enough: During this election cycle, Arizona politicians are touting the potential dangers of illegal immigration. Gov. Jan Brewer is one of the loudest voices. She[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A long piece in the NYTimes Magazine ponders, “Why are so many people in their 20s taking so long to grow up?” Sigh. Same shit, different decade. Twenty years ago, when I was indeed 20, Time Magazine ran a cover[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Um, actually, nobody. Win-win. Dr. Laura has announced she will end her show following criticism for her repeated use of the “N-word” at a black caller on her show. Classic white whining about her “First Amendment rights” and “some special-interest[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In a previous post about the futility of preventing Iran (or anyone else) from developing nuclear weapons, I wrongly mentioned that Iran has maintained the right to do so. That was faulty memory. I should have looked up the source[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yup. Yet this is hypocrisy to which we’ve grown so accustomed that nobody seems to notice it any more. The nuclear club is meant to be exclusive. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty recognises the five permanent members of the UN security[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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