The truth — although you’ll never hear this in Serious circles — is that we really should be increasing SS benefits. Why? Because the shift from defined-benefit pensions to defined contribution, the rise of the 401(k), has been a bust, and many older Americans will soon find themselves in dire straits. SS is the last defined-benefit pension still standing — thank you, Nancy Pelosi, for standing up to Bush — and should be strengthened, not weakened. So what’s this about? The answer, I fear, is that Obama is still trying to win over the Serious People, by showing that he’s willing to do what they consider Serious — which just about always means sticking it to the poor and the middle class.
Beating the #teabaggers and their paymasters at their own game.
This is fucking priceless. I know I go on (no, really — I do) about changing the conversation and public discourse and controlling the narrative, but this is a wonderful illustration of why. At its essence, it isn’t just about memes and shallow catchphrases and the manipulation of simple-minded disengaged dullards — it’s about engagement, citizenship, and literacy. And the Public Good.
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Pay attention, people: this is what rape culture looks like.
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What makes this a good thing for America, and really, the rest of the world, is that once conservatives are fully engulfed in the bubble of right-wing ideology, something remarkable happens: They forget. They forget they’re in a bubble. They forget to hide their hatred of blacks. They forget to hide their disgust for strong, independent women. They forget to pretend they’re against abortion when really they want women to suffer for having sex. Basically, they forget to act like decent human beings.
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I’m sorry, but this is not conservatism. This is just atavistic fuckwittery.
Source: addictinginfo.org
Man, it is just a fucking Cavalcade of Stupid tonight, innit.
Well, except for the Chinese sinkhole. At least that doesn’t prompt an instant Keenan.
Georgia man guns down immigrant after GPS sends him to wrong driveway | The Raw Story
Whacking material for Wayne LaPierre.
I think it’s important to understand the extent to which leading Republicans live in an intellectual bubble. They get their news from Fox and other captive media, they get their policy analysis from billionaire-financed right-wing think tanks, and they’re often blissfully unaware both of contrary evidence and of how their positions sound to outsiders.
Makers, Takers, Fakers - NYTimes.com
More from Paul Krugman. Why don’t we have a guy like this up here?
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Republicans. And Democrats who do nothing to stop them.
Do I need to say any more?
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No, really. I couldn’t make up shit like this if I tried.
'Armed Teacher Training Program' Launches In 15 States | ThinkProgress
Look on the bright side: they’ll have a vigorous response the next time some asshole disses their union.
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