Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

I like political parties that aren’t owned by foreign adversaries.

I desperately hope that, yet again, i am wrong.

Since we are repeating ourselves, let me just say fuck that.

Jesus, Mary, & Joseph how is that election even close?

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

You would normally have to try pretty hard to self-incriminate this badly.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

White supremacy is terrorism.

“They all knew.”

“Facilitate” is an active verb, not a weasel word.

Books are my comfort food!

We’re watching the self-immolation of the leading world power on a level unprecedented in human history.

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

If you voted for Trump, you don’t get to speak about ethics, morals, or rule of law.

People really shouldn’t expect the government to help after they watched the GOP drown it in a bathtub.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

If you thought you’d already seen people saying the stupidest things possible on the internet, prepare yourselves.

The unpunished coup was a training exercise.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

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The Trillion Dollar Question

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Kevin Drum asks the trillion dollar question:

Of course, Sullivan joins the chorus of those who say that they like tax cuts, honest they do, but what they really want is to cut spending. Fine. Let’s hear what you want to cut. And remember, for bonus points you have to include some programs that you yourself benefit from.)

So have at it, folks- post your cuts here and at Kevin’s site.

I’ll start with farm subsidies and anything involving ethanol, Amtrak (which I benefit from- I will have to drive to Chicago to visit my brother from now on, or fly), the Postal Service, the NEA (I donate to NPR- the rest of you bums should too), and the miscellaneous corporate welfare that take billions from the federal treasury. Add in all the ridiculous pork projects (Robert Byrd, anyone), and the silly outdated programs like the Mohair subsidies that we hear about frequently. I would be willing to hear debates on NASA. There you go, now add yours.

*** Update ***

The 2004 budget can be found here.

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This Should Be Interesting

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The title of this movie alone should create some buzz:

Michael Moore Hates America.

I don’t know if he hates America (I can list quite a few Americans he loathes), but a title like this is bound to mean that even those who normally find Moore distatsteful will rise to hs defense. At any rate, I will suspend judgement until I see the movie. I will be content if all they do is go through and document anmd expose his lies, so that people will quit pretending Moore has something to add to the political discussion. He is a fraud and a con-artist, albeit a good one.

(Via Right We Are)

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More Unhinged Left Behavior

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Matt at a Fearful Symmetry writes about the goings on at Florida State University when they appoint a moderate to head the Women’s Center. An amusing read that anyone who has ever been on a college campus will enjoy. Here is a money quote that will set the stage for the whole read:

Before the student body president’s administration moved to choose its own director for the Women’s Center, they approached the Women’s Center about hosting more mainstream events like a “breaking the glass ceiling”-style workshop. They were rebuffed by the left-liberals in charge, who said, and I’m quoting my source here — “If we held events like that, it would promote capitalism, and capitalism is bad for women.” Unbelievable.

Unfortunately, it is very easy to believe.

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Fabulous News on the Environment

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This is wunderbar:

The computer system used by the Environmental Protection Agency to track and control water pollution is obsolete, full of faulty data and does not take into account thousands of significant pollution sources, according to a new government report.

Efforts to modernize the program have been mismanaged for several years, said the report, issued last week by the E.P.A.’s inspector general. While the cost to fix the problem has been soaring, the amount of money dedicated to the project has been shrinking. The new system was supposed to come online this month, but because of its many problems it will be at least three years before the agency and the states can properly manage the enormous system of permits that is the basic tool for enforcing the Clean Water Act.

How long before this is Bush’s fault? At any rate, faulty equipment means we have been under-estimating or over-estimating threats for years now- essentially, this report makes it appear as if we have been flying blind. Not good.

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