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The Commercial

On February 6, 2012 By

The chatter around the water cooler at the office this morning is about the Clint Eastwood commercial from last night’s SuperDooperBowl.

“Did you see it?”

“Yeah, I saw it, it was awesome!”

“What’s wrong with his voice?”

“Who cares! It’s great! He’s great!  It was a great message!”

Last night, Twitter was ablaze with references [...]

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Meet the New Hate, Same as the Old Hate

On February 4, 2012 By

Salon has an interesting interview with Arthur Goldwag, author of the new book The New Hate: A History of Fear and Loathing on the Populist Right.  He argues that the racist and conspiracist approach of today’s right-wing nut jobs is “largely the same as it was 50 years ago.”

But what caught my attention [...]

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Voter Intimidation Never Changes

On January 30, 2012 By

It used to be a simple matter of putting a gun to “darkie’s” head and he’d do exactly what you wanted.

But we’re much more sophisticated than that now…

Reactionary douchebags never change.  No strategy too vicious, no idea too contemptible, no freedom inviolable as long as they get their way.

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Why It’s Good to be the King: Part I

On January 20, 2012 By

The kerfluffle swirling around Mitt’s income tax returns reached a fevered pitch this week.  The quintessential “Born with a Silver Foot in his Mouth” candidate, Mitt objects to telling America what he’s worth.  But he was kind enough to share his effective tax rate with the peasants: 15%.  The reason his rate is so insanely [...]

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Your Ticket to the Middle Class has been Cancelled

On January 15, 2012 By

Men in the workforce have, on the whole, lost income ground over the past 40 years, a new study reveals.  Those who have been following the national discussion of income inequality shouldn’t find this data at all surprising.

Over the past 40 years, a period in which U.S. GDP per capita more than doubled after adjusting [...]

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The Economics of Misery

On January 14, 2012 By

Economics has real, unpleasant, even destructive consequences for the people of the world.

Over the last three decades, economists played an important role in creating the conditions of the 2008 crisis (and dozens of smaller financial crises that came before it since the early 1980s, such as the 1982 Third World debt crisis, the [...]

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Great Gay Marriage Video

On January 13, 2012 By

A straight married Republican veteran supports his gay brother’s right to marriage in this new video.

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Corporate Communism

On January 12, 2012 By

The Health Insurance Industry and 2B2F Banking…

Dylan Ratigan is my new hero.

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Former college Republican makes his case for Tammy Baldwin at Milwaukee office opening

On January 10, 2012 By

Tammy Baldwin’s Milwaukee Senate Campaign Office officially opened its doors Monday evening, and I’m glad I went, and not just because of the photo ops and the Brownie Bites. Hanging out with Democratic greats like Congresswoman Baldwin and Senator Herb Kohl (among many others) was nirvana for a political nerd like myself. But the best [...]

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No Class Warfare?

On January 10, 2012 By

The Nation and Madison’s own John Nichols, has a great column out about the republican presidential primary, their love for Scott Walker and hatred of unions.

But nowhere is the disdain for organized labor more evident than on the Republican presidential campaign trail. Never in the modern history of the Republican Party, which [...]

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