Via Paul Constant, Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation, (Wikipedia: “the only Tea Party-affiliated group to be listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center”) refuses to go quietly. From Politicus USA: On November 19, Phillips wrote [WND link], Is there a way to stop this? Yes, there is…. According to the …
Late Night Open Thread: Hear Ye!
(The voice of) God calls for marriage equality:
Over the Fiscal Cliff for “Those People”
Kris E. Benson at Wonkette links to an excellent Atlantic article on the Republican’s proposed Austerity Bomb (“We only have a budget crisis if [the very richest households] refuse to pay higher taxes”), and points out an added little poison sac in the details: Your Wonkette agrees with the Atlantic’s James Kwack that Olds should …
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Cyber Monday ‘Artists Among Us’
cdmarine – caged pearl bracelet __ muddy102 – Kerameikion Wave __ To repeat what I said on Friday: There are any number of gifted artists and crafters among the Balloon Juice readership. If you are one of them, this is the place to add a comment linking to your jewelry, paintings, needlearts, ceramics, sculpture, photography, …
Open Thread – The Well-Named “Dick” Morris
Via commentor Rob in Buffalo, sore loser Dick Morris on what he is pleased to call “an Obama squeaker“: … By the time you finish with the various demographic groups the Democrats win, you almost have a majority in their corner. Count them: Blacks cast 13% of the vote and Obama won them 12-1. Latinos …
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Early Morning Open Thread: They Don’t Want Workers, They Want Serfs
(Signe Wilkinson via GoComics.com — click link for full-sized image) __ At his blog, Professor Krugman highlights Adam Davidson’s NYTimes “Skills Don’t Pay the Bills“: … Throughout the campaign, President Obama lamented the so-called skills gap and referenced a study claiming that nearly 80 percent of manufacturers have jobs they can’t fill. Mitt Romney made …
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Musicians Among Us (Give My Children Wings)
__ __ __ Did you know, kids, that there were networked affinity groups even before the internet? I wandered down a YouTube wormhole and came across this interview with Kathy Mar, whose cassettes I bought at sf-con huxter rooms back in the 1980s, when we were all slimmer and stronger and had the endurance to …
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