Mitt Romney already had a simmering Dooh Nibor problem, reverse Robin Hood, as in give to the rich and take from the rest. Fresh off a series of overseas gaffes team Romney decided to tap his Wile Coyote, super fnancial genius, credentials. They miscalculated, badly, in more ways than one, and the plan they released has now been widely panned: [Read more…]
In a near legislative miracle, a tax bill extending the Bush tax cuts on the first quarter million dollars or so of income, without including another trillion dollar giveaway to the Koch cartels already taking advantage of every tax dodge and offshore loophole in the book. [Read more…]
It could happen today, or Assad might delay this push and buy another month or three. But the Arab Spring that began in Tunisia and swept through Egypt and Libya is now on the doorstep of the Syrian capital (Building raw link base below). There are conflicting reports, some saying the final battle for Damascus may have already begun, others unclear: [Read more…]
Police are notorious for confiscating cameras and footage of their conduct, regardless of what local statutes or the Constitution say. Now the ACLU has created an app for Droids that lets users record secretly and back it up off site instantly: [Read more…]
This chart explains it all. The very, very top sliver, we’re talking maybe one person in ten thousand, gets an enormous haul every time the tax rate is lowered a single tenth of one percent. Look at those numbers: People have raped and killed and laid waste to entire nations for less.
Now live streaming (Remarks concluded). President Obama is scheduled for a presser within the hour. Topic: tax cuts for the middle class vs the rich. The chart above revisits the source of the deficit Republicans like to howl about — whenever democrats are in the WH: the Bush tax cuts, the Bush wars, and the Bush recession. Prepared remarks below the fold.
Woman thanks President Obama for healthcare with tears in her eyes. Click for her story at HuffPo.
As expected the June jobs report was weak, the nation added only 80,000 new jobs last month. A far cry from the number needed to match the always growing US workforce. Unemployment remained at 8.2%, so, GOP trolls in congress, grats! [Read more…]
Nothing says the gubmint should stay the hell out of the people’s business quite like the State policing uteri in vitro. And nothing says jobs jobs and more jobs quite like restricting reproductive rights. Which helps explain why small government poser and spawn of Paul, aka Rand, has a critical addition to a routine bill on flood insurance: [Read more…]
Update 9:30 AM: Winner of the Presidential election is Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Morsi. The crowd is going wild, they seem to be in favor of this choice.
Tahir Square in Egypt has been filled to the brim the past few days as protestors wait to hear what people and which parties won their first democratic election in decades. That announcement will reportedly come any second now. BBC News Middle East is streaming. Google has set up multiple news/video feeds here.
No matter who wins, one thing is clear: Egypt has changed forever and that what happens today could quickly reach every nation on earth. [Read more…]
A murdering thug is on his deathbed and conflicting reports have emerged on whether he’s dead or alive. Either way, the world can rejoice: [Read more…]