Archives for: April 2010
04/30/10
Now and then
"Health Insurance Insider: 'They Dump the Sick'":
"[T]hey confuse their customers and dump the sick, all so they can satisfy their Wall Street investors," former Cigna senior executive Wendell Potter said during a hearing on health insurance today… more »
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Medical News Today: Sexist Men Earn More
The American Prospect: Give 'Em Hell, Barry
Xtra!: Archie Comics' history of whitewashing, censorship & the religious right more »
04/29/10
What you thought, I would not have nothing to say?
When a journalist has nothing to say, but keeps rambling, you wind up with passages like this, about Sandra Bullock adopting an African child:
Consequently, some readers have wondered if Bullock's adoption of a black child is calculated to further… more »
Even Mexico bustin that
"Police state: How Mexico treats illegal aliens."
It doesn't get much dumber than that. You can sum up her argument as "other countries are worse, so it doesn't matter if we're bad. As long as you're not an outright Nazi, everything's fine."
But t… more »
War & Peace
"Peace that could happen (but won't)." more »
04/28/10
I don't want to be called yo n---a
The argument from ignorance: Powerline's "Don't leave it to Cleaver, part 10."
The obvious logical error isn't the interesting part though, it's the wishful thinking that fuels it. It's very comforting to ignore Cleaver's claims though obviously faul… more »
Gospel means "good news"
"Glenn Beck has lost 1/3 of its TV audience since January." more »
Damn, they all look like Tyson
"The Washington Post Cannot Tell Obama From Malcolm X." more »
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Center for Economic and Policy Research: Why Is It Front Page News That Goldman Bet Against the Housing Bubble?
ThinkProgress: U.S. Chamber of Commerce Coordinating Wall Street’s Stealth Lobbying Campaign To Kill Reform
L.A. Times: Study links ch… more »
04/27/10
Iron Man 2
3 clips from the movie are in the L.A. Times. more »
I Cram to Understand U
This layman can't understand this economic stuff completely, but it sure does seem interesting! more »
I know my rights, so you gon' need a warrant for that
I'll avoid the temptation to hard on the police being the puppets of our corporate overlords (in this case, Apple) to note:
Gizmodo said Monday that California police raided the home of an editor for the gadget blog who revealed details last week o… more »
04/26/10
Quote of the Day
From my perspective, the most interesting and provocative modern questions around America's racial dilemma, like any societal dilemma, do not necessitate blame. To put it differently, I am not concerned about gender equality because I think I'm to blame… more »
The Big Payback
Today's blogosphere fad seems to be responding to "Ending the Slavery Blame-Game" by Henry Louis Gates, which appeared in the New York Times, so what the hell, I'll take a stab at it.
First of all, I won't mock the idea that slavery was a great c… more »
You know when you take yourself out there
I've seen the folks over at NewsBusters shoot themselves in the foot, but this one is extra special, in that it's something I actually agree with, which means that maybe Mr. Noel Sheppard needed to think about this a little bit more (as usual). Here's t… more »
04/25/10
Just ain't the same gang of nerds on the internet
"U.S. students suffering from Internet addiction."
Students? What about the rest of us? more »
04/24/10
Checklist
This is sad:
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There's a script to being a Republican these days:
Vague homilies against government
Nonsense talking points against taxes
Vague homilies against socialism
Nonsense talking point against Pelosi… more »
04/23/10
Sabri Nehari
If you ever get to check out Sabri Nehari, I highly recommend you try it, even if you don't like Pakastani food.
The frontier chicken is awesome. They can't make it spicy enough for me. more »
I laugh at these magazines when they interview 'im
"Who's behind those embarrassing interviews with tea partyers?"
He's harsher on the left than I would have guessed, but I can't bring myself to totally disagree without getting into whether or not Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow represent themselve… more »
There probably was a problem at the post office or somethin '
The selective fatalism and optimism of libertarians perplexes me. When you talk about "free markets" and "free enterprise", the rose colored glasses come out and everything is fine, as any religious fervor insists it must be. But when you talk about th… more »
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