Month: November 2015

McConnell Seeks to Boost Big Money Again

In the June/July/August issue of the Washington Monthly, former Bill Clinton-pollster Stanley Greenberg discussed areas of agreement between “downscale” white working class voters and reform-minded progressives. His...

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Happy Turkey Day. And…WTFU!!!

================================================================== This post originally started as a short answer to Booman’s recent post Do We Have Basic Minimum Standards? It grew....

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T-Day Good and Bad Stuff

David Bry Here’s my tip for your Thanksgiving turkey prep: throw it in the garbage.  Tante Marie says, Just Put the F*cking Turkey in the Oven.  Both agree that turkey is dry and awful, but Tante Marie prefers to...

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Do We Have Basic Minimum Standards?

Do you think this is the kind of country that would replace Barack Obama with a president who mocks people for their disabilities? This is actually a serious question. And before you object, I know all about the previous...

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Casual Observation

I’m so hip that I’d never heard of the band Eagles of Death Metal before their concert was attacked in Paris. I’m very sorry for what happened to them and their fans. Having watched their interview with Vice,...

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