Even the pond scum got up and moved away

The Pennsylvania Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against a debt collection agency that held bogus hearings held in a room decorated to look like a court.

“This is an unconscionable attempt to use fake court proceedings to deceive, mislead or frighten consumers into making payments or surrendering valuables to Unicredit without following lawful procedures [...]

The scariest of all Halloween creatures

Zero Hedge has many more!

Don’t text and fly

House sings Monster Mash

Sorry, Jon Stewart, but I was just way too busy to make it to your rally

As we all know, there was a rally in Washington, DC on Saturday.  It’s gotten tons of attention in the media and had some high profile guests, like The Roots, Jeff Tweedy, the Mythbusters and, of course, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Its aim is…well, nothing.  Just to get together on the national mall, [...]

A few updates here at Polizeros

A new Share/Bookmark link at the bottom of each post allows you to share it on over 100 sites. Mouse over it and the pop-up box will list a few sites it thinks you use. Type a name in the search box to find others.

The single post page now has an unobtrusive Google [...]

David Broder. War with Iran would boost the economy

In a WaPo op-ed, Broder says a jolly little war with Iran would be just the thing to boost Obama’s popularity and the economy as well. Our ruling elite apparently wants another war, even if we are currently losing two (Iraq and Afghanistan), about to start another (Yemen), but heck, it won’t be their kids [...]

Jerome Armstrong bails from Democratic Party

One of the first political bloggers, a hyper-partisan Democrat who coined the phrase netroots, has bailed from the party.

Jerome Armstrong is now calling for “real revolution.”

I’ve ended my hyper-partisan allegiance to the Democratic Party. In moving beyond the past decade’s partisan affair with Democrats, I am ready for a real revolution to happen [...]

Flamin’ Groovies “Slow Death”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzMz2JnWMw

The Flamin’ Groovies were one the best, if underrated, rock and roll bands ever, IMHO.

“Slow Death” was their anti-drug song, learned the hard way no doubt, the way most of us did.

Attack ads, circa 1800

Politicians are still attacking each other. It’s been going on for quite some time