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Four Impossible Budget Plans, Four Candidates
Four Fiscal Phonies – NYTimes.com Of course, Mr. Romney isn’t alone in his hypocrisy. In fact, all four significant Republican presidential candidates still standing are fiscal phonies. They issue apocalyptic…
Rick Santorum Journeys to a Fortified Refuge of the 1%
The wealthy have their own schools and their own police, and so on and so on. It’s kinda’ like living in a South American country where the wealthy elites never…
Is Stepping on Teachers Becoming a National Pastime?
Arizona Bill Would Restrict Teachers’ Speech – Proposed legislation would punish those who violate FCC standards Arizona doesn’t want its teachers cussing in class—and new proposed legislation would actually make…
A Song For Occupy Wall Street
Nathan Shaffer – Come Back America – YouTube (Something I found on You Tube – You can buy the music and other works by the artist online.) Sometimes the music…
Ethics Bob has some Choice Words about Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney: Liar, liar, pants on fire. Said he didn’t care about poor people, now brushes it off as “I misspoke” « Ethics Bob (Here’s a representative paragraph. jp) But…
Is Giving to the Democrats Pointless?
What Occupy taught the unions – Occupy Wall Street – Salon.com Unions are in a death spiral. Private sector unionism has all but vanished, accounting for a measly 6.9 percent…
More Evidence that the Susan G. Komen’s Decision to Cut Off Planned Parenthood was Political
I have written recently that I believed that the decision to defund Planned Parenthood was motivated by politics. It appears that my belief in the politicalization of the Susan G.…
Rick Perry Discovers Populism?
This is startling. Okay, maybe shocking is a better word. I prefer my candidates to be consistent. It makes writing about them simple. The things I said yesterday are accurate…
Super PACs Worry Even Republicans
Image via Wikipedia Super PAC Disclosure Requirements Hot Topic Of Conversation Among GOP Candidates “What is happening now is what I predicted,” McCain told CBS. “The United States Supreme…
PBS is a Worthy Investment
Image by kthread via Flickr Paula Kerger, PBS Chief, Calls For Views To Oppose Mitt Romney’s Stance Towards TV Funding PBS chief Paula Kerger said Wednesday that she recognizes the…
Borowitz Report
- Greece No Longer a Nation; Announces Plan to Become Social NetworkATHENS (The Borowitz Report) – After struggling for months with an intractable financial crisis, Greece announced today that it would cease to exist as a sovereign nation and would instead reboot itself as a social network. The new entity, FetaBook, is expected to raise much-needed billions in an upcoming IPO. The social network formerly known as Greece [... […]
- A Letter from Mark ZuckerbergMENLO PARK, CA (The Borowitz Report) – On the eve of Facebook’s IPO, Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published the following letter to potential investors: Dear Potential Investor: For years, you’ve wasted your time on Facebook. Now here’s your chance to waste your money on it, too. Tomorrow is Facebook’s IPO, and I know what some of you […]
- Hoping for Knockout Punch, CIA Sends JP Morgan Execs to Infiltrate Al-QaedaWASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – In a covert mission designed to destroy what remains of al-Qaeda, the CIA has been infiltrating the terror network with executives from JP Morgan Chase, the banking giant. The mission, which the intelligence agency had hoped to keep secret, came to light this week when al-Qaeda dismissed two of its top […]
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