Archive for November, 2011
Homeless Children: “It’s Only Life”
Via Dave Weigel, 60 Minutes points out that almost one in four American children are now living below the (inadequate) official poverty line… Programming note for those who can’t watch the video: A complete ethnic spectrum of homeless, near-homeless, and just-barely-ex-homeless children and their families are interviewed. Desperation knows no color line in Gov. Rick [...]
November 28, 2011
· 
Anne Laurie · 
154 Comments
Posted in: All we want is life beyond the thunderdome, C.R.E.A.M., Decline and Fall, Domestic Affairs
This is How You Do It
This evisceration of Sullivan’s obsession with race and IQ is a thing of beauty. Just read the whole thing. It’s been forever since I read that stupid damned Bell Curve, and all I remember about it was when I got to the end thinking “It took that many fucking pages to tell me that in-group [...]
November 28, 2011
· John Cole · 164 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
“The Consequences of Cooking”: Small Steps, Big Improvements
There’s some stories that got overlooked last week, what with the holiday fooferaw. Since the endless labors of billions of women and children to provide cooked food fall into the ‘Vagina Outrage’ category for me, I was interested to read Jonathan Alter at the Washington Monthly on “Toxic Dinner“: The consequences of cooking may be [...]
November 28, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 19 Comments
Posted in: Cooking, Science and Technology
Open Thread
Max spent turkey day weekend with us at my folks’ place in Maryland. He had a huge lawn on a lake where a dog can chase ball morning and night and spend the rest of the day rolling around on moss and spent his indoor time feasting on turkey scraps from family members with poor [...]
November 28, 2011
· Tim F. · 53 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread
Help a Brother Out
Over at our sister site, Rumproast, they are holding a fundraiser for StrangeAppar8us, who has suffered an undisclosed brain injury. If you can help out a friend in need, that would be awesome. If you have a blog, help spread the word, also too.
November 28, 2011
· John Cole · 19 Comments
Posted in: Excellent Links
Barney Out: Sad. Congressman Retiring: Great
Barney Frank has announced that he’s retiring at the end of this term. He’ll be 72 when he goes, having served in Congress since 1981. It’s tough to see Barney go, but when both the House and Senate are plagued with members who should have retired decades ago, I’m not going to mourn too much [...]
November 28, 2011
· mistermix · 64 Comments
Posted in: Good News For Conservatives
I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends
It appears our Galtian Overlords really can’t do anything right: “When you see the dollars the banks got, it’s hard to make the case these were successful institutions,” says Sherrod Brown, a Democratic Senator from Ohio who in 2010 introduced an unsuccessful bill to limit bank size. “This is an issue that can unite the [...]
November 28, 2011
· John Cole · 159 Comments
Posted in: Free Markets Solve Everything, Sociopaths, Teabagger Stupidity
The Union-Leader Bump
Nate Silver runs the numbers and thinks that the Manchester Union-Leader endorsement is probably worth about an 11 point bump in the polls. Here’s a polltracker from TPM: As you can see, Romney (in black) has been consistently outpolling all the others, and fairly resistant to the candidate du jour. The question is whether his [...]
November 28, 2011
· mistermix · 43 Comments
Posted in: Election 2012
Two Monsters
Syracuse University Assistant Coach Bernie Fine was fired yesterday over a tape recording of a call with Fine’s wife released by his accuser, who says that Fine molested him in the 80’s, when he was a teenager. The call has to be heard to be believed, but the gist of it is that Fine’s wife [...]
November 28, 2011
· mistermix · 48 Comments
Posted in: Assholes
Monday Morning Open Thread: Call for Calendar Pet Pics
Beth S. has generously volunteered to put together the 2012 BJ Calendar. To recap from last week: ... you can send your submissions to bjcalendar2012@yahoo.com. please send photos of all your fuzzy, scaly, feathered, finned companions. let me know their names and i’ll be sure to include it on their photos… i will do my [...]
November 28, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 15 Comments
Posted in: Dog Blogging, Open Thread, Pet Rescue
Race to the bottom
I know nothing about the study of history, so feel free to call me an anti-intellectual nihilist for saying that I can’t see the difference between Niall Ferguson’s counterfactual work and the SNL skit “What if Napoleon had a B-52 at the Battle of Waterloo?” I’m not going to read Ferguson’s new book, but this [...]
November 27, 2011
· Angry DougJ · 147 Comments
Posted in: David Brooks Giving A Seminar At The Aspen Institute
Steelers/Chiefs Open Thread
Go STILLERS!
November 27, 2011
· John Cole · 89 Comments
Posted in: Sports
Leading Uruk-Hai Publication Endorses Newt
(John Deering via GoComics.com) Per Brett Smiley at NYMag’s Daily Intel: The editorial board of the Union Leader, New Hampshire’s most influential paper, has stamped Newt Gingrich with its endorsement. The seal of approval is a big boost for Gingrich and a blow for GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney, who had been courting Union Leader [...]
November 27, 2011
· Anne Laurie · 95 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Election 2012, Proud to Be A Democrat, Republican Stupidity
Naomi Wolf’s ‘Shocking Truths’ on #OWS Crackdowns are False
I called bullshit and Bullshit finally responded: “It’s bullshit.” Naomi Wolf’s feverish article charging that the crackdowns of occupy locations were being coordinated by federal law enforcement agencies has captured the #OWS collective consciousness. And, as it turns out, the sole basis for her article—Rick Ellis’s article in Examiner.com—was debunked by Ellis himself nine days [...]
November 27, 2011
· ABL · 253 Comments
Posted in: #OWS, Our Failed Media Experiment
This is Just Horrible
James Joyner’s wife died unexpectedly in her sleep last night, leaving behind an obviously distraught James and two young daughters. She was only 41. It’s just devastating news for anyone, and I feel horrible for him. James, you are in our thoughts.
November 27, 2011
· John Cole · 82 Comments
Posted in: Other
