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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Whither Europe?

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

On several occasions, including yesterday, Paul Krugman has warned about the disastrous economic consequences of the European religion of austerity, which against all sound economic theory, insists that the way to fight an economic downturn is through savage budget cuts. So far, it has only brought a deepening depression. The pain has not been spread […]

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Closing the barn door, etc.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

ALEC, having largely accomplished its mission of eviscerating gun laws and destroying the right of the poor, the elderly, and the black to vote, is now redirecting its efforts to its main mission of impoverishing the nation. Will all those corporations that dropped funding now feel it’s safe to go back and support ALEC’s agenda. […]

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New Normal

Monday, April 16, 2012

Headline at Politico: Senate kills ‘Buffett Rule’ The Senate never voted on the rule. It was filibustered by the Republicans. That is what should be reported.

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Something almost completely different

Saturday, April 14, 2012

My wife and I went to North Adams, Massachusetts yesterday, and today we went to the Museum of Contemporary Art within that somewhat fair city. The museum is in an old factory building, and they’ve made good use of the space, as it allows for some fairly large installations. Most of the rooms are cavernous. […]

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Friday Night Music-Early Edition

Friday, April 13, 2012

My wife and I are leaving early today for a mini-vacation, and we may, alas, be without the internet tonight. I had intended to try to find something to post to make fun of Little Ricky’s lamentable exit from the race, or perhaps something to show my empathy for the hard time Ann Romney has […]

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Guess who’s pulling Coutu’s strings?

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Joe Courtney, our very excellent Congressman, is going to face a tea party type in the next election. His name is Chris Coutu, and he’s a representative type. A young man on the make who is looking to ride extremism and Republican cant into political office or, lacking that, a lucrative right wing sinecure or […]

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Joe McCarthy redux

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Allen West one-ups Joe McCarthy. At least McCarthy claimed to have the goods on his targets and claimed to have them written down. Well, two can play this game. I heard that Allen West has a gay Muslim illegal immigrant lover in Washington and another one in Florida. And I truly did hear it, because […]

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Fraud legalized

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Required reading. Just when you think you can start loving Obama again, he does something like this. (Not to excuse the many Congressional Democrats who voted for the thing just because they were afraid of the acronym, or the others who are pocketing Wall Street money.)

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The moving middle moves again

Saturday, April 7, 2012

The following tells you all you need to know about today’s media. It consists of the first two paragraphs from a column absurdly titled Common Sense, by James Stewart in the business section of the New York Times. This week, President Obama called him a social Darwinist. The conservative Club for Growth criticized him […]

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Crazy person has a point

Friday, April 6, 2012

Without a doubt, Lee Whitnum is a crazy lady. But as they say, even a stopped clock is right twice a day, and she’s right about AIPAC. It is the NRA of the foreign policy lobbies. There are very few members of Congress that do not rush to do its bidding. I can’t speak to […]