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

Some random dude on the youtube.

Romney: Any Concern By Anyone For Income Inequality Is ‘About Envy’

LAUER: When you said that we already have a leader who divides us with the bitter politics of envy, I’m curious about the word ‘envy.’ Did you suggest that anyone who questions the policies and practices of Wall Street and financial institutions, anyone who has questions about the distribution of wealth and power in this [...]

Buffet challenges GOP dollar-for-dollar on debt (Match this, Mitt!)

BOSTON — Warren Buffett is willing to put his money where his mouth is, if only congressional Republicans would join him. The billionaire investor, in the new issue of Time magazine, says he will donate $1 to paying down the national debt for every dollar donated by a Republican in Congress. The only exception is Senate [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Paul Ryan and Class Mobility in 21st Century America

Original TPM link. And there ya go.

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,” [...]

Smashing the Laffer Curve

This might very well be a long post (if not a series of posts turned into a quick book). The target of this post is something called the “Laffer Curve”.   There’s a few different things this might refer to.  Let me lay out a basic level of understanding of this concept now, straight from [...]

Most Corrupt Media Organization EVER

m.guardian.co.uk http://m.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/aug/16/phone-hacking-now-reporter-letter?cat=media&type=article The letters from Goodman and from the London law firm Harbottle & Lewis are among a cache of paperwork published by the Commons culture, media and sport select committee. One committee member, the Labour MP Tom Watson, said Goodman’s letter was “absolutely devastating”. He said: “Clive Goodman’s letter is the most significant piece [...]

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 [...]

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