I want the Liberals to crash and burn

So says Lenin’s Tomb in the UK

Because if labour history has taught us anything, it is that what the Tories fail to do by aggression, Labour can often do through cooptation. Whether or not the goal proves possible, it is unrealistic to aim for anything less.

Either the left and the labour movement [...]

March to Keep Fear Alive announcement

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c [...]

‘Bought And Paid For’: Gasparino book on Obama

Key quote

A senior executive at Goldman told Gasparino: “Obama couldn’t give a shit about all this anti-Wall Street stuff. He needs to bash us to get his bullshit financial reform through Congress.”

Amazon

As the recession continues, President Obama has chastised the “fat cats” who feast off government bailout money while unemployment [...]

Smackdown. Rally to Restore Sanity vs. March to Keep Fear Alive

Rally to Restore Sanity

“I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore!”

Who among us has not wanted to open their window and shout that at the top of their lungs?

Seriously, who?

Because we’re looking for those people. We’re looking for the people who think shouting is annoying, [...]

Facebook Status Message of the Day

Our winner is .. Doug Henwood!

Yay! Dems have a new logo & slogan: ‘CHANGE THAT MATTERS’! Onward to victory!!

I am tingling with anticipation, and will ignore the mocking scoffers who say this inspiring slogan is in fact meaningless cotton candy fluff.

As long as we don’t have to explain what that [...]

Dog poop powers lights in park

Dog owners collect their dog waste in a special biodegradable bag and throw it into the digester –- an air-tight cylindrical container, where the dog feces are broken down by anaerobic bacteria.

This creates methane, which powers the lights.

Cara Scissoria is concerned about this holiday season

But buy some of her great greeting cards any way!

Cuba. Crash landing

Marc Cooper

You can perfume this anyway you like but what we are seeing is a second-drawer emulation of the Chinese model: the formal introduction of an expanded capitalist market(and all the class differences that come with it) unaccompanied by any democratization of the political system. In other words, the worst of both [...]

Yemen. Because two wars just aren’t enough

It’s nice to see the New York Times catch up with the news we were discussing almost two weeks ago, the U.S. military’s plan to pump $1.2 billion dollars more of weapons, fighters and drones into Yemen, whether Yemen wants it or not.

Unfortunately it’s not surprising to see that Eric Schmitt and Scott [...]

Blog Post of the Day

Onan the Barbarian I just don’t see how you get elected without the masturbation vote.

And I think if I lived in Delaware, I would feel even more strongly about that.

From Colin McEnroe at the Hartford Courant, one of the best,and funniest columnists around.