http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/20/nine-stories-the-media-is_n_769620.htmlRead more... )

Boomers, I'm looking in your direction...

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-09-29/news/white-america-has-lost-its-mind/

Reposting this in its entirety from http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/09/you-vs-corporations/ because I really do think it's that important.

The Left Right Paradigm is Over: Its You vs. CorporationsBy Barry Ritholtz - September 27th, 2010, 9:30AM ( Read more... )

Corporations basically skewed the fuck out of the recovery so only they ended up with more money.

This quote is particularly telling:
“They threw out far more workers and hours than they lost output,” said Professor Sum. “Here’s what happened: At the end of the fourth quarter in 2008, you see corporate profits begin to really take off, and they ( Read more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economyRead more... )

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_ap_poll_stressing_over_debtRead more... )

I do my best to keep my mouth shut about it most of the time, but ever since I had to stop reading the news while taking a class on the history of the Third Reich back in 2002, I've been paying at least a little attention to the US's move toward fascism.

This article does a pretty good job of demonstrating that the Tea Baggers are basically a ( Read more... )

People need to eat, and you've got to work and all that, but it seems like there ought to be a better model than the one that's been getting enforced at the end of a gun barrel for the past two hundred years or so ( Read more... )

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/busted-pentagon-why-the-p_b_209046.html

http://www.economist.com/daily/chartgallery/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13565765Read more... )