March 2011
The Wisconsin Lie Exposed – Taxpayers Actually... →
February 2011
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Report: U.S. Has Wasted Tens Of Billions Of... →
1. Didn’t we already know this? Private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan are wastes of space. Maybe we could pay our soldiers more and get rid of private contractors altogether. Nothing is more disgusting than a private contractor security guard being paid 3-4 times what soldiers get paid. Fucking despicable.
2. So, Indiana has already privatized a bunch of government jobs and...
That Iraq Feeling - NYTimes.com →
Sigh…
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Ted Leo / Forbidden Friends @ Backspace
It’s always troubling when you show up at a venue and, after doing some rudimentary math in your head based off of hundreds of previously-attended concerts, get excited that this has a very good possibility of being an early show. But that was exactly what happened when Sara and I settled in to see Forbidden Friends and Ted Leo play at Backspace.
Of course, we were both looking forward to...
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Daily Kos: Go Screw Yourself →
I usually don’t link to the Daily Kos, but I’ll make an exception for this.
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In cash we trust, but unions we bust - The Labor... →
I’m tired of being nice about this. If you make over $250,000 and were for extending the Bush tax cuts and are on the side of Governor Walker, or any politico who is pushing the “we’re broke” bullshit, you’re a fuck and I do not like you.
It’s as simple as that.
Your tax rates have never been lower, you’re succeeding and getting to keep more of your...
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"CIA spy" Davis was giving nuclear bomb material... →
Well, that’s not good. When Russia is telling you that shit is about to get “grave” you can usually assume that they’re not yanking your chain.
Snow, and plenty of it expected to hit Portland,... →
As a native Minnesotan, this makes me laugh. As a Portlander, I’m kinda ashamed…OH MY GAWD…two to FOUR INCHES!!! RUUUUNNNN!!!!!!
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Wisconsin Power Play - NYTimes.com →
Krugman says essentially what I tried to say earlier today, but far more succinctly and far more coherently.
As with most things in politics, it comes down to vendettas, money and power.
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Star Packer Charles Woodson Supports Wisconsin... →
As a lifelong Notre Dame fan, it pains me to say this about a former Michigan Wolverine, but Charles Woodson is one classy guy.
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On, Wisconsin
By all indications, I should be the last person to defend teachers, considering the kind of teachers that I had in high school. After our school consolidated with another, larger school, most of the teachers that I had were let go and other, younger teachers, were also let go because of seniority rules and tenure. It was a shame.
I was taught social studies by a former shop teacher who routinely...
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Others react to Dave Duerson's suicide -... →
Those of us who love football should want more than ever for some real-substantial change to either helmet safety or rules to try to ensure that more former players aren’t faced with the horrendous decision that Dave Duerson was faced with. It’s growing increasingly shameful that significant changes haven’t been made.
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Money Won’t Buy You Health Insurance - NYTimes.com →
This describes much of what Sara and I have dealt with in trying to find decent health insurance, and neither of us was the co-founder of Palm Computer. Our health system is beyond broken.
The President’s health care bill fixed some problems, but not nearly all of them. It didn’t go far enough in reforming our health care system.
The Republicans wanting to repeal the health care...
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What's Happening in Wisconsin Explained | Mother... →
For those of you who haven’t been paying full attention to what’s been going on in Wisconsin…
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Watson Jeopardy! computer: Ken Jennings describes... →
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I am not the enemy: A Wisconsin teacher considers... →
We all need to tighten our belts a bit these days, but if this op-ed illustrates anything at all, it’s that cutting any more from schools and teachers and education in general, is disastrous.
Frankly, it makes me ashamed of what kind of country we’ve become. That our schools are being defunded across the board and teachers, who have never made that much money in the first place, are...
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WatchLCD Soundsystem - Can Change (on Colbert Report)
One of the better bands of the past decade was fronted by a average-looking white dude who wouldn’t look out of place working at Ace Hardware. I love that. It gives me hope.
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Eat The Future - NYTimes.com →
I wrote a big, scathing tirade on this, but Tumblr ate it. Maybe it was the ghost of St. Valentine himself, trying to make me think more about love than anger and frustration. Either way, everything I said boiled down to this:
We’re a nation of children who refuse to make hard decisions. It’s time to man-up and do what’s right, not just for us right now, but for future...
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The real threat of Glenn Beck's fantasies |... →
Yup.
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