February 5, 2013
CBO and Obamacare: Today’s Right-Wing Health Care Tweet-A-Thon
Today your conservative friends have likely been tweeting and sharing the same right-wing articles in an attempt to show their “compassion” for fellow Americans.
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February 5, 2013
Bob Costas: We Ought Not Have High Capacity Magazines And Assault Rifles
“I think any sane person believes we ought not have high capacity magazines and assault rifles and that there ought to be background checks.” – Bob Costas
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February 5, 2013
You Can’t Bridge The Gun Chasm
After two months of gun control and gun rights rhetoric, there is one thing that has become painfully obvious — there’s simply no way we can span the fissure between gun “rights” advocates and gun “control” advocates. I’m not sure even the most skilled arbiter could bring forth a workable solution for both sides. One side believes nothing should be done to existing gun laws, well, except to further weaken them. The other side wants very strict controls, up to and including bans on certain types of firearms.
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February 5, 2013
Presidential Elections: Red vs. Blue, Conservative vs. Liberal
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February 5, 2013
Netflix’s House of Cards, episode one – review
Netflix’s remake of House of Cards is stylistically and amorally faithful to the original BBC political thriller, with Kevin Spacey giving a strong central performance
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February 4, 2013
UK Takes On ‘Too Big To Fail’ Banks
There is no political will in the United States to do what’s necessary to make sure we don’t see a repeat of the 2008 financial meltdown. The reason might be more complex, but at the root of it is this: money in politics. Our elected officials are beholden to the banks, not the citizens. Across the pond, some are showing the political courage necessary to stabilize the financial system, and make it more amiable to the average person. If successful, banks in the UK will no longer be able to gamble with customer deposits. No longer will banks lean on taxpayer bailouts to hedge against unnecessary risk.
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February 4, 2013
Shocking News! Donald Trump Can’t Take Criticism
Indulge me while I take a brief moment to talk about part-time real estate tycoon and full-time jackass (hmm, that sounds eerily familiar), Donald Trump.
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January 31, 2013
Insomniac Edition: David Bowie – Modern Love (1983)
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January 31, 2013
Pennsylvania’s Totalitarian Liquor Laws: Could Privatization Be In Sight?
For most Americans in a majority of states, beer and other alcoholic products are readily available in many private retail outlets. That is not the case in Pennsylvania, which is one of 18 “control states.” It seems that the effects of prohibition still have not worn off in the Keystone State.
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January 31, 2013
Iraq War Hawks (John McCain), Have Reason To Whitewash History
I can’t say that I know what makes Senator John McCain tick, but it seems clear that many Iraq war hawks have nothing to lose in their attempts to rewrite history.
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