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Jerome a Paris on the Politics of the Market Crash
I’ve been meaning to point out this excellent diary Jerome a Paris posted on Daily Kos last Friday, entitled “Politics of the Market Crash.” Jerome is one of my favorite posters at DKos (and at the...
View ArticleGood Morning, Day 51
1,850 U.S. citizens were recently killed in an entirely preventable disaster. It’s been a while since I’ve updated this record — 37 days, to be exact. On July 18 I started keeping count of the 50...
View ArticleThe Bright Side of Death
This week’s smash-hit viral video is a cheery little mash-up in which a Monty Python classic gets its peanut butter in the chocolate of the modern-day healthcare crisis. … and here’s the handy action...
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Roundup: Flight of the Humpback Edition
Markos from Daily Kos has a new gig writing opinion pieces for Newsweek, and he’s been in rare form with his first couple of efforts. From this week’s column: “In his first Inaugural Address, Ronald...
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Mid-January Frosted Mini-Roundup
I’m starting to worry that Ocelopotamus has become like that stock old-man character from sitcoms and things, who falls asleep for a while and then wakes up sputtering and tries to pick the...
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Shopping Cart Blanch
I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s experiencing sticker shock over my grocery shopping bills. Across the United States, consumers like Norris are finding that grocery shopping has become a sobering...
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Bitter
This is just sublime. Man, he knows how to talk back. In fact, I have no choice but to haul out the Oh Snap Flowchart: (Swiped from this diary.)
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Mr. Fish on Obama-Wright, That Ad, and the Big Gas Tax Swindle
The brilliance of Mr. Fish! I really need to start including him in my cartoon roundups. His take on Obama v. Wright is especially trenchant. I’m not necessarily saying that I absolutely agree with the...
View ArticleWalking Off the Girder
Oh, for Pete’s sake. Even in the midst of all the turmoil on Wall Street, as of this morning John McCain still thinks “the fundamentals of our economy are strong.” Um, Senator? Mr. Magoo called — he...
View ArticleThe Unbearable Lightness of the Kilogram, Universes Next Door, and the Occupy...
Context: This essay was written for, and performed in, the November 19, 2011 edition of The Paper Machete, a weekly showcase for Chicago journalists, comedians, and other writers, hosted by Christopher...
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