* The Syrian government murdered 70 civilians today and nearly 60 yesterday as part of the "ceasefire." Apparently ceasefire means strafing crowds, using snipers, and shelling neighborhoods. Russia and China are pretending to believe in the imaginary terrorists who justify the slaughter according to the Syrians. While there is a massive amount ( Read more... )

* There appears to have been a military coup in Mali. I don't have much in the way of information or intelligent commentary ( Read more... )

* I see the republicans are pushing a "Jobs Bill" that will further deregulate Wall Street. After all, deregulation caused the massive economic crash and look at all the jobs that "created." Clearly "job creation" is Republican code for firing people. After all, stripping away consumer protections only helps the top .1% who benefit from ripping ( Read more... )

* Oh man, the Republican Primary is such a mess, I'm having trouble figuring out how to summerize what's going on. Several states that already voted are still having contested results, including Florida where Gingrich is contesting to get delegates, Maine where they are ignoring the results, Michigan where thy retroactively changed the rules after ( Read more... )

* Arizona: Romney 50%, Santorum 24%, Gingrich 16%, Paul 9 ( Read more... )

* I don't know if you remember that thing where it turned out the NYPD was illegally tracking/spying on citizens of Middle eastern decent despite them not being suspected of specific wrong doing? It turns out the NYPD was also spying on folks in Pennsylvania at the University of Pennsylvania, and at Yale, along with fourteen other universities. ( Read more... )

* The death toll in Syria is now above 300 for the weekend. They continued the extra brutal attacks today ( Read more... )

* Wait, Rick Perry told South Carolina they should lead a war against the federal government and they all cheered? Can they have forgotten how that turned out last time? Sigh. We've known he was secessionist, but I admit to some surprise that he's reminding people of that now ( Read more... )

* Thank you Mr. President, for calling Congress on time wasting symbolic legislation while pretending not to have time for things we actually need like financing the government, infrastructure spending, and job creation ( Read more... )

* The House Republicans keep saying that they don't have time to vote to create jobs because their Abortion ban is more pressing. After all, making it so that hospitals can turn away women who are bleeding to death from miscarriage is waaaay more important than something that would actually help people. Pro-life my hairy ass. Looks pro-Death to ( Read more... )