Day: October 2, 2012

The Failures of Neoliberalism IFRL-NaPP-Space-nasa-mars

The Failures of Neoliberalism

Shawn Gude October 2, 2012

When confronted with failure, there’s a familiar retort that emanates from both extremes of the political spectrum:...

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Mitt Romney for President

Guest Authors October 2, 2012

by Koz Reading some of the recent posts, some of Tod’s and one of Burt’s in particular,...

While David Brooks Is Not Mitt Romney, He Very Much Remains David Brooks IFRL-TLC-Scenery-johnell-pannell-1234227-unsplash

While David Brooks Is Not Mitt Romney, He Very Much Remains David Brooks

Elias Isquith October 2, 2012

Have you seen today’s David Brooks op-ed yet? It’s a little weird; but, then again, he’s been...

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The Future of Gun Ownership

Mike Dwyer October 2, 2012

Field & Stream’s Gun Nuts blog has been covering (here and here) the recent story of Defense...

On why tomorrow night’s debate won’t affect the election IFRL-TLC-War-rawpixel-id-325105

On why tomorrow night’s debate won’t affect the election

Tod Kelly October 2, 2012

Over the next 72 hours, much of the news media and political blogosphere is going to be...

Actually, Re-Writing History Is a Bit More Complicated IFRL-TLC-War-sheldon-nunes-1144542-unsplash

Actually, Re-Writing History Is a Bit More Complicated

Ethan Gach October 2, 2012

So what can the 2000 election, and subsequent events, tell us about how we cast our votes...

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Week Four Roundup

Burt Likko October 2, 2012

The regular refs are back. They’re making bad calls just like the scabs did, but at least...

Burt Likko in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaWhich is a great shame upon the nation of El Salvador.
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025This has to be unprecedented in modern US history in terms of being totally self inflicted. It's goi…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaYep. At some point (hopefully) someone's going to have to say, "You have done enough. Have you no se…
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Lovely. Just in time for my UK vacation. I wonder if the people who voted for Trump because they wan…
InMD on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025Dollar down 10% since inauguration day as investors abandoning it due to tariff chaos. Yikes. https:…
InMD in reply to Slade the Leveller on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaTo be clear I'm really talking about taking the L and conceding the issue for the near future, with…
bobtuse in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025"We" need only to declare a national emergency. That should speed things up bigly.
Slade the Leveller in reply to InMD on The Lawless Lying Duplicitous Bastards of Abrego GarciaThat assumes there was a compromise to be had. Hell's bells, Republicans scuttled their own bill las…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025The law firm agreements are exactly what you expect: "One reason we know they’re not legally enforce…
Michael Cain in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the Week of 4/14/2025It's not an either-or situation. Well, I guess it is if you start from the position, "I want REEs mi…