Commenter lamh finds Santorum talking about the need to stop giving money to black people: “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money,” Santorum begins. “I want to give them the opportunity to go out and earn the money and provide for themselves and their families.” Only about …
Archives for January 2012
You Can’t Handle The Truth
During that 60 Minutes interview with the impressively slimy Eric Cantor, there is one moment that stood out. As Steve Benen notes, when Cantor’s press secretary from off camera yelled that it simply was not true that Reagan raised taxes, Stahl went on to show a clip of Reagan announcing a tax cut and uttering …
Kthug’s Slow Motion Nightmare
You honestly have to feel for Paul Krugman and the handful of others who have been telling us all along that austerity policies are bound to fail: Europe’s leaders braced their nations for a turbulent year, with their beleaguered economies facing a threat on two fronts: widening deficits that force more borrowing but increasing austerity …
Balloon Juice book club
I just finished reading “The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin” by Corey Robin. I bought it on Kindle, if you want a hardcopy you might check out this independent book store site. Let’s shoot to read the first chapter and start discussing it next week, for those who are interested. If …
Yes, Jesus Loves Me
For the polling tells me so. Rick Santorum is locked in a virtual 3-way tie in Iowa in the latest PPP poll and is less than 2 points behind Bishop Romney in 538’s projections. I just can’t believe that a deity-free universe would let Santorum win. If he does, it’s a clear message from the …
Marketing Fail
I find it interesting when something so obviously ridiculous makes it through all the different layers of a corporation and their outside consultants. The marketing department, the advertising agency and even the printer missed the obvious on this one at a local gas station chain.
Open Thread: World Go Boom
__ Pretty fair summary of 2011, from the “unelected legislators of the world”, and my thanks to commentor Middlewest for reminding me about DJ Earworm. __ Have to admit, I’m liking this mashup better than any of the originals, apart from Pink and Adele of course. Good thing I’m nowhere near the Billboard target demographic!