Posted by JM Ashby "We never saw it coming." "No one could have predicted this crisis." "It caught...
Category - Economy
The City Forward Initiative
Cliff Schecter on a new government transparency technology thing on the tubes: This is why I am...
The Fraudulent Budget Debate
Posted by JM Ashby Republicans are currently engaged in a game of who-can-appear-to-be-the-biggest...
Florida Senate Overrules Gov. Rick Scott
Posted by JM Ashby Governor Rick Scott (R-Shithead) recently claimed that Florida would never...
Liberal Socialists in Denial
Cornell's Suzanne Mettler assembled a paper about Americans who insist they hate socialized...
Investors Fear Budget Cuts
Posted by JM Ashby Just as virtually every Republican governor in the nation is looking to kill...
Government Motors Gives Record Bonuses
Posted by JM Ashby Two years after Government General Motors was bailed out by the Obama...
From the "No Shit" File
Remember that shitty, shitty Bankruptcy Bill the Bush administration pushed through Congress? It...
Chart of the Day
I've posted several times about the ideological dynamic in America -- briefly, while more people...
Here Comes the Socialism!
Whenever I see a chart like the one below, I can't help but to think of jackwagons like R. Lee...
Fat Jesus Screws Camden
With the exception of a decent concert ampitheater and a really nice aquariem, Camden, New Jersey...
Another Debunked Republican Lie
Sorry, wingnuts, unemployment benefits don't make people lazy and shiftless. Goldman Sachs released...
Socialist Kenyan Commie Pinko
Here's one of many reasons why the accusations about President Obama wanting to turn America into a...
Oh Just Stop It
During a hodge-podge tab-dump post, Markos wrote this: Tax cuts don't create jobs. It's really...
Deficit Polling Is Just Too Damn High
Two observations about this Bloomberg poll: Which of the following do you see as the most important...
The Sanders Filibuster
They're saying it's not a "real" filibuster because there's no legislation on the floor to be...
Graph of the Week
I'm so ambivalent about this Bush tax rate deal. I was initially and viscerally opposed to it ...
John Kerry Kicks Ass
From yesterday's Meet the Press, John Kerry showing us what the Democrats ought to be doing in...
It's a Trap!
Just in: WASHINGTON — White House officials and Congressional Republicans said Sunday they were...
ABC. Always Be Closing.
Holy hell. Another revealing bit from that CBS Poll. Extending the Bush tax rates for the rich...