Huckabee, GOP, and the real American Class War
The other night I sat down to watch Jon Stewart and was greeted to one of the most fascinating interviews I've ever seen with former Governor, former Fox News host, and (let's be honest) future former...
View ArticleState of the Union - The cure for the common midterm?
This'll be a short one, I'm working on a longer personal passion-project to post in the next few days, but this one's on my mind tonight so...yeah.While I maintain that the midterm elections were not...
View ArticleThe Cult of Patriotism
To be honest, I've only really been interested in politics and policy in the last few years. More or less since Obama became President. But in that time I've seen a frankly alarming trend toward...
View ArticleHere's why I won't repost your soldier picture.
I am from the south. Born and raised, and lived the majority of my years so far in Georgia. Much of my family is from what you might call the really DEEP south, Alabama mostly. So it might be no...
View ArticleSocial Media Rant 2.0 - $15/hr
I don't profess to be a 'social media expert', mostly because such a thing is absurd on the face of it, however that's a rant for another day. I do however, spend a lot of time on social media, mostly...
View ArticleTales From Behind the Counter: "This is why we need trump."
I've been working in retail for most of my professional career. There are no shortage of stories of difficult and/or unreasonable people. I could tell endless stories of expletive-laden rants, people...
View ArticleKrugman Exposes Republican Grifters as the Norm, not the Exception
Every time I read his stuff, I feel more and more like a screaming OneDirection fan, except for Paul Krugman, instead of an improbably gorgeous British boy band. In his latest op-ed for the Times,...
View ArticleThe Worst Thing on Social Media Today
I'm 99% Certain that what I'm about to post is not from today, nor is it particularly new. In fact, I think I remember seeing it myself some months ago. But I happened upon it again today and I just...
View ArticleFilm Rights to GamerGate Harassment Victim go to Amy Pascal
Zoe Quinn, some might remember, was basically ground zero for the internet hate mob GamerGate about a year ago. It was a rambling blog post from Quinn's ex-boyfriend about her alleged indiscretions...
View ArticleHey RWers, stop whining about the 'Mainstream Media', they're on your side.
In the midst of a #BlackLivesMatter protest last night, social media lit up with reports of shots fired by white supremacists, and, even more troubling, varying reports of police who were either did...
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