The federal government should explain exactly where each person’s tax money goes. We need a taxpayer receipt. A receipt would be easy to create, simple to read and – here’s a word you don’t often associate with the Internal Revenue … Continue reading
Florescu for News A South Bronx community organizer – tortured by Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet‘s government in the 1970s – is being deported after living here illegally for 27 years. “I feel scared to go back,” Victor Toro, 68, said Thursday. “I’m … Continue reading
Many people have denied the existence of a liberal bias at NPR and PBS. Of course, the most effective bias is one that most listeners or viewers don’t perceive. That can be the subtle use of adjectives or frameworks — … Continue reading
Park Slope, Brooklyn. Cape Cod, Mass. Berkeley, Calif. Three famously progressive places, right? The yin to the Tea Party yang. But just try putting a bike lane or some wind turbines in their lines of sight. And the karma can … Continue reading
The anti-government “throw-the-bums-out” crowds have had their chance to speak out on how to curtail the deficit and what to do with those hated entitlements that are the antithesis of the America they pine for. A recent WSJ/NBC News poll … Continue reading
via failbook.failblog.org I’m sure if you spend enough time in a school for the blind anything is possible. Posted via Posterous
Every time we hear about some union prick in Wisconsin who’s sad they have to contribute to their pension and health care now (God forbid!), we hear about how so many people are rich and how if only they would … Continue reading
Beautiful…
A great, if not subtle dig at the over-regulating overreaching Federal Government.
Well this doesn’t look like good news for the city’s “Shut ‘em down and charter ‘em” strategy for “failing” schools… The percentage of charter-school eighth-graders who performed well enough to qualify for one of the city’s specialized high schools has … Continue reading
Major WTF moment tonight. Didn’t think she’d win but I didn’t expect her to go this early. Thoughts?
March 7, 2011 Sen. Mark Miller Parts Unknown, IL Dear Senator Miller, Thank you for your hand-delivered letter with an offer to meet, in Illinois, about the business and future direction of Wisconsin. Let’s set aside how bizarre that is … Continue reading
Just watch and get educated.
Ever notice how Republicans, when they vote as a bloc, are in “Lock step” but when Democrats do it, they’re “unified?” Anyway, here’s the Senate breakdown of the votes for the abortion funders. I think it’s safe to say that … Continue reading
Some brought it, some got brought. For the rest of the season, I’ll put up my top 3 and who I think is going. Should make for some fun recaps. Without further ado, I give you the top 3. 1. … Continue reading
When you’re trying on a regular basis to prove you’re not biased, headlines like these don’t help… Does it matter if the guy is a Muslim cabbie?
I swear, sometimes I just wanna grab these people by the neck, and while shaking them violently go, “Are. You. SERIOUS?” Jim Hoft has graciously provided a transcript: “The mean-spirited bill, H.R. 1, eliminates National Public Broadcasting,” said Reid in … Continue reading
Sometimes a headline is too surreal. You blink. You recoil. But there it remains. You haven’t imagined it. . A few weeks ago the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) – one of the two esteemed parents of the Intergovernmental Panel … Continue reading
So yeah… About that Aarti Party theme song…
This is how househunting feels to me.
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Getting… Sleepy…