Month: February 2014

Do We Have to Take This Seriously?

Rand Paul shared a plane ride to Texas with Katie Glueck of Politico: [Sen. Rand] Paul didn’t talk much during the trip about his roots as the son of an ex-congressman and libertarian folk hero. But Texans at every turn brought...

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NSA: Back into the Wayback Machine

Ho, ho, ha, ha: The U.S. government long considered its collection of Americans’ call records to be a state secret. Now the Director of National Intelligence admits it would have been better if Washington had acknowledged...

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A Victory Of Sorts

The anti-gay marriage amendment to the Indiana Constitution that homophobes hoped would be on the November ballot is now dead for at least two years. Good news: the Senate just voted for the third and final time to pass the...

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Let’s Have Some Music

It’s a holiday and there is not a whole lot to write about. So, let’s talk music. What are some good songs that mention the president? Here’s one: And, related: Worked the bars and sideshows along the twilight...

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Tennessee Car Sick Blues

A postmortem in Jacobin: King says the UAW won’t stop trying at Chattanooga. It took seven years to organize Ford so they’re sure as hell not going to stop now. They’ll be right back there after the...

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