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Monthly Archives: January 2012

Scotty Walker writes to my wife

Monday, January 23, 2012

Somehow, and no matter how it was, it was she did nothing to deserve it, my wife has ended up on a right wing mailing list. It first started with Sharon Angle (remember her?) and as these things will, it has metastasized until just about every right wing organization is writing to her. She normally […]

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Now if Ron Paul were president we could fix this situation

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Condensed version of great New York Times article on why IPhones can’t be Made in the USA: the 13th amendment banned slavery. 

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Obama Sings

Saturday, January 21, 2012

 He can drive you crazy sometimes, but you can’t help liking him. That may be the key to this year’s election, since you can’t help loathing the competition.  

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Will Obama pity the poor banks?

Saturday, January 21, 2012

If an email I received from Moveon is accurate, we may find out soon whether Obama will give a giant gift to American banks:   Breaking: There are reports that in the next 48 hours President Obama could make a decision on whether to hold Wall Street accountable by opening a full investigation into the […]

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Lon Seidman hits the big time

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Lon Seidman, who I’ve kidded here on occasion for his technophilia, has been invited to the White House to tweet the State of the Union address. You can follow Lon at @lonpaul.

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Warren’s bomb a success

Friday, January 20, 2012

 Some of my money is in here (from an Elizabeth Warren email): Together, we declared that the Massachusetts Senate seat will once again be the People’s Seat, not the seat of Wall Street and the powerful interests. And together, we raised nearly $1.2 million yesterday in our grassroots fundraising “money bomb” to prove we could […]

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Friday Night Music-Carolina on our minds

Friday, January 20, 2012

In case you missed it: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c James Taylor & Stephen Colbert – “Carolina in My Mind” www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog Video Archive This next one is for Newt. I’m breaking a rule here, but I couldn’t find a version with actual […]

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A Message from On High

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Hi. God here, with an important announcement.   You may be wondering why I have chosen to issue this pronouncement on this backwater blog. Well, as Randy Newman had me say, “My ways are mysterious, sometimes even to myself”.   But I’m not here to talk about Randy. I mean, I love the guy, but […]

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Elizabeth Warren Money Bomb

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

 Thursday is the anniversary of Scott Brown’s election to the Senate. Help make sure it won’t happen again by getting Elizabeth Warren’s money bomb into the megaton category.

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Willard has a daddy problem, and it ain’t good for us

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

No original thoughts today. I will instead suggest you read Rick Perlstein’s article in the Rolling Stone about Mitt Romney, to which I was directed by digby at Hullabaloo. Perlstein explains Mitt’s robotocism and 99% inauthenticity to a rebellion against his father, who was anything but either of those things. According to Perlstein, Mitt saw […]

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