Krugman Is Angry

And rightly so.

I may make jokes along the way – I kind of need to in order to stay sane – but the stuff I write about is extremely serious; there’s a vast human tragedy taking place, and anyone who has the ear of the public has a duty to make a good-faith [...]

Republican Operatives Operating -or- Yer Librul Media in Akshun

I was shambling through this fluff piece on Paul “Zombie-eyed Granny Killer” Ryan when I tripped over this…

Keith Best, 58, a sales representative from Waukesha, said he could see Ryan in bigger positions.

“If he was tapped that would give him a chance to be president down the road,” he said.

Keith Best… Keith [...]

Doubling-Down on the Granny Killing

The man who invented the strategy used by Paul Ryan to gut Medicare, one Henry Aaron (no, I’m not making that up) says the plan will not work.  He says many of the assumptions he made during the creation of the plan have proven wrong.  Therefore the plan as a whole should be scrapped.

The [...]

Blue America PAC “fixes” DCCC billboard in Paul Ryan’s district

Snark alert! PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release (Wednesday, May 2, 2012)

CONTACT: Howie Klein

email: HowieKlein@aol.com

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BLUE AMERICA “FIXES” DCCC’S BILLBOARD IN PAUL RYAN’S WI-01 DISTRICT, SAYS “NO NEED TO THANK US, WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER”

Note: to see the graphics for this PR, go to Facebook.com/BlueAmerica or ask Howie to fwd [...]

Are You Sure You Understand Thomas Aquinas?

St. Thomas Aquinas

Yesterday, Paul Ryan recanted his adoration of the Rand in favor of a love of St. Thomas Aquinas.  Now anyone will tell you that, as an atheist, I don’t hold with a lot of what religion has to say or what it’s done, especially Christianity.

But I do appreciate a good [...]

Why does Mitt Romney want to make it harder for young people to go to college?

Presumptive Republican president nominee Mitt Romney, commenting on the federal budget plan put forth by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan: “I’m very supportive of the Ryan budget plan. It’s a bold and exciting effort on his part and on the part of the Republicans and it’s very much consistent with what I put out earlier. I [...]

Ryan Recants Randian Rapport!

"I once told a lie THIS BIG!"

In a flip-flop so quick it would make Mitt Romney’s head spin, Paul Ryan (R-Ayn’s Boudoir Thomas Aquinas’ Boudoir???) has recanted the love he held for his Objectivist mistress, seeking to atone for his misguided love of all things Rand.

“I reject her philosophy,” Ryan says firmly. “It’s [...]

And The Ass-kicking Rolls On

Paul Ryan (R-Ayn’s Boudoir) continues to suffer some devastating body blows from the Catholic community over his granny-starving, child killing budget.  The latest avalanche of blows comes from 90 faculty members and priests at Georgetown University where Ryan is scheduled to speak this week:

The letter says, “We would be remiss in our duty to you [...]

Why are High Levels of National Debt a Problem?

Perhaps not for the reasons you think.  While high national debt correlates to low levels of growth, it may not be for reasons that politicians suppose.  A new paper by Ugo Panizza and Andrea Presbitero say many policymakers are misunderstanding what’s really going on with debt and growth.  The mechanism by which this relationship manifests itself may [...]

We Told You So…

Krugsandra laments the state of Spain and the Eurozone… again.  Despite the ongoing failure of the austerity measures imposed on the Eurozone by the ECB and Germany, things are not improving.

Nonetheless, the prescription coming from Berlin and Frankfurt is, you guessed it, even more fiscal austerity.

This is, not to mince words, just insane. [...]