An Exploration of what Mitt Romney doesn’t get about “it”

Some random dude on the youtube.

Iran, Oil, Israel, the NDAA, and the 2012 Election : A Primer

Let’s start this off with a curious conjunction of news articles as presented by the Google News algorithm. And I also ran across this article over on Juan Cole’s site. Will his New Sanctions on Iran Cost Obama the Presidency? Posted on 01/03/2012 by Juan A sharp drop in the value of the Iranian currency [...]

House GOP Walks Out Rather Than Vote on Payroll Tax Cut

Take a look….make the pledge…then walk off…ignoring the people’s business. The Republicans then turned around and immediately started lying about what they did. All in a fight to give more breaks to Big Oil. UPDATE: Even the WSJ is calling b.s. on this…even while doing so in a b.s. way. GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell [...]

Hump Day Link Dump (Romney’s KKK Logo and Gay Rights Bashing, Dodd on China, Carrier Low IQ, Gingrich’s Latest Lie, Robert Reich Explains, Trump Fails Again, and Newt’s Class War)

Romney uses KKK tagline for his campaign, “Keeping America American”. Romney tells vet his marriage should be illegal. MPAA head Chris Dodd (yes, that one) is envious of China’s Great Firewall, and think the U.S. should have one here.   Curious note… part of the point of the Chinese firewall is to avoid paying outrageous [...]

Why The Super Committee Failed : An Open Response to My Representative, Jeb Hensarling

Howdy, Jeb, hope you get this.   I’m going to address this to you, personally.  The main reference point for those following along at home is this article in the Wall Street Journal, penned by Jeb Hensarling, entitled ” Why The Super Committee Failed”. First off, Jeb, a bit of background.  I’ve been watching you [...]

7,000,000,000th Person Joins Earth, RPN gets older (link dump)

37 times around the Sun, now with 7,000,000,000 of my closest friends.   Thus we mark the year. October 31, 2011 The U.N. estimates that the world’s population will pass the 7 billion mark on Monday. Much of that growth has happened in Asia — in India and China. Those two countries have been among [...]

I Guess That Makes It Official, Game On [WARNING: REALITY]

If you are wondering what the crowd is a gathering around when the government thugs use a flashbang, it’s this man. If you are wondering what kind of low-life scum sucking socialistic parasite he is to be attending such a protest, first up, fuck you, second, here you go. Oakland’s independent police review body will [...]

What do you do at the end of the game of Monopoly?

“cause that’s where we’re at, economically speaking.  Here’s the charts… So, what are the protesters so upset about, really? Do they have legitimate gripes? To answer the latter question first, yes, they do. They have very legitimate gripes. And if America cannot figure out a way to address these gripes, the country will likely become increasingly “de-stabilized,” [...]

Guess whats next on the chopping block before tax cuts for the super-wealthy…

….this is going to be a long series, I would guess.  Once you put yourself on an unsustainable path (and without new revenue, we’re on one), it’s just a matter of time until everything gets the ax.  First up…those guys that fought in that war we cut taxes on the wealthy to pay for (and [...]

Basic Economic Math for U.S. Americans (re: Taxes, Revenues, Debts, Deficits, and Defaults)

Remember when you were in the seventh, or maybe eight grade, and your teacher came in and said you were going to learn something called “Algebra”?   Remember how you were all like, “What could I possibly ever need to know this for?!  I’m never going to need to know this stuff!”. Guess what?  This week [...]

Stock Market Crush

Well, it wasn’t a crash like I predicted, but it does look pretty much like a crush.   This is a chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from July 21st-27th. Something to note about the graph…note the huge drops due to “overnight” trading (those are the big gaps where the DJIA opens well lower than [...]

Why Bush’s Tax Cuts Didn’t Work, and Why Pawlenty, Bachmann, Gingrich’s Won’t Either : Simple Math

So here’s the Republican mantra: “Lower taxes will lead to higher economic output and ultimately increase government revenue.” It sounds like it might work.   You think, well, if I take a smaller piece of a larger pie, I’ll get more pie, right? Let’s a take a few simple assumptions, and see how they work out: [...]

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