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Income comparisons of the Obama’s, the Gingrich’s, and (of course) the Rommmmney’s.
#That’sWhatYouGetForWaitingTilNowToReleaseYourTAXES
(via ohwelp, Washington Post)
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Democrats have designed this bill to fail — they’ve designed their own bill to fail — in the hope that anyone who votes against it will look bad… This whole exercise is a charade that’s meant to give Democrats a political edge in an election that’s 13 months away.
- Mitch McConnell (Senate Republican leader)
Dear Mitch,
You must be joking. You are the WORST. Good god, I cannot articulate the anger this extreme bullshit makes me feel because you know for a solid fact that THAT IS EXACTLY THE IDIOTIC HATEFUL GAME THAT YOU ARE PLAYING AGAINST OBAMA.
Fuck you.
Editorial: The L.A. City Council should give its backing to SB 568, a bill to help curb the use of polystyrene food containers, which end up as tiny, polluting particles in our oceans.
Photo credit: Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times
YES PLEASE.
#takingresponsibility
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Yesterday, in an apparent attempt to rally their caucus, the Republicans played a clip from a cops-and-robbers movie called The Town. In the scene they chose to inspire their House freshmen, one of the crooks gives a pep talk to the other, right before they both put on hockey masks, bludgeon two men with sticks, and shoot a man in the leg. Literally, in the movie, the protagonists say people are going to get hurt, but they go ahead and do it anyway. Ladies and gentlemen, this is your House Republican majority.
—Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), criticizing House Republican leadership for using violent rhetoric (AGAIN) to inspire Republican representatives to legislative action.
That would be the same House of Representatives from which Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is still on medical leave after being shot by a violent asshole who did not grow up in a void.
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Violence begets violence. Hate begets hate. It’s one big circle until someone finally steps in and says enough is enough.
This isn’t okay for members of our government to be doing.
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![Thank you thedailywhat, this needs to be blown up and draped over the entire Capitol building.
Infographic of the Day: James Fallows writes: “The Chart That Should Accompany All Discussions of the Debt Ceiling: It’s this one, from yesterday’s New York Times…It’s based on data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Its significance is not partisan (who’s “to blame” for the deficit) but intellectual. It demonstrates the utter incoherence of being very concerned about a structural federal deficit but ruling out of consideration the policy that was largest single contributor to that deficit, namely the Bush-era tax cuts.”
It’s also worth noting that the debt ceiling was raised by $4 trillion under Bush without incident, and Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell approved each of the five increases.
[atlantic / thinkprogress.]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loy9sdR5Hj1qzpwi0o1_1280.jpg)
Thank you thedailywhat, this needs to be blown up and draped over the entire Capitol building.
Infographic of the Day: James Fallows writes: “The Chart That Should Accompany All Discussions of the Debt Ceiling: It’s this one, from yesterday’s New York Times…It’s based on data from the Congressional Budget Office and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Its significance is not partisan (who’s “to blame” for the deficit) but intellectual. It demonstrates the utter incoherence of being very concerned about a structural federal deficit but ruling out of consideration the policy that was largest single contributor to that deficit, namely the Bush-era tax cuts.”
It’s also worth noting that the debt ceiling was raised by $4 trillion under Bush without incident, and Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell approved each of the five increases.
[atlantic / thinkprogress.]
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- this list includes lots of, but is not limited to, Downtown Los Angeles (click here for more DTLA), 30 Rock, food, cheese, New York City and Paris, great music and post-ironic artifacts.
enjoy the "online museum" i co-curate, Artifacts of Modernity, at ArtofMod.com
enjoy my musical musings at last.fm
