Brill:
Bitter People Increasingly Bitterer, Study Shows
A recent survey showed that bitter people in towns all over America have been becoming increasingly bitter, in no small part because of people calling them bitter.
Gordon Stillwater, a native of Elk’s Mount, Pennsylvania, denied that he was bitter. “I may be a little peeved,” he said, holstering his gun […]
Subversive grannies take knitting to the streets:
Marie Runyon, who turns 93 on Thursday, was one of the arrested and acquitted grannies, and spoke proudly of her two antiwar grandchildren. Carrying two canes and wearing a plastic foldable rain hat, she suggested, loudly and saltily, that the nearby counterprotesters should be quiet.
“Give Iraq our Constitution, […]
Word:
You know who I want for a President? I want someone who stands in front of the news camera, and says “Here’s the thing: I’m divorced. My wife/husband left me because I’m always at work and I have no time for anything else. I’m a workaholic, I chain smoke, I don’t sleep, but if I […]
Political Conversation Gets Stabby:
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — One man supports Hillary Clinton. His brother-in-law supports Barack Obama. Their difference in political opinions came to blows and then got bloody, police said.
Prosecutors say 28-year-old Jose Ortiz supports Clinton in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. He is now in prison because of what police say happened […]
Some of the best things really are in the comments.* From CBrachyrhynchos:
Portly Dyke’s post wasn’t so much about not voting, it’s about this whole idea that we should circle the wagons and not call Clinton or Obama to task when they reveal how they will be road blocks for progressives.
And I’ll agree with Portly […]
Best news coverage ever.
While Alan Greenspan splits hairs to explain why the U.S. is not technically in a recession, Congress reached a tentative deal on a tax subsidy for taxpayers of a certain income level to receive between $300 and $1200 to help revive the slumping economy.
Barbara Ehrenreich smartly dubs this “Clitorial Economics“:
With all the talk about how […]
From yesterday’s NY Times editorial page (posted in full):
There are too many moments these days when we cannot recognize our country. Sunday was one of them, as we read the account in The Times of how men in some of the most trusted posts in the nation plotted to cover up the torture of prisoners […]
By now you’re probably aware that Karl Rove, America’s favorite turd blossom, will resign effective August 31st. The big question is whether an indictment is to follow. While the White House cites a desire for “more time with family” as the reason for Rove’s departure, we’ve seen this administration boot people who’ve reached […]
Yesterday:
Stricken with a stomach ailment that confined him to his hotel room, President Bush still met Friday with France’s new president and prepared for talks in Poland on a new missile defense system.
The Bush narrative:
Bush has said he gave up drinking after waking up with a hangover after his 40th birthday celebration: “I quit drinking […]
Electronically submit questions for the candidates to be chosen for the Republican Presidential Debate tonight, hosted by Tweety.
So many things to choose from, really. I’ll keep mine clean by sticking with the general theme of Corruption.
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