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    Ryan’s budget takes from poor, gives to rich

    by  • April 8, 2012 • politics & money

    Krugman: But the continuing defense of Paul Ryan is a remarkable phenomenon. He’s still being treated by many pundits as a man deeply concerned about deficits, when the fact is that his policy proposals are all about redistributing income upward, and make no serious effort to curb debt. He’s even given credit for advocating higher...

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    About Damn Time

    by  • April 6, 2012 • politics & money

    From the New York Times… Ex-New Orleans Officers Sentenced in Post-Katrina Shootings: Five former police officers were sentenced to prison on Wednesday for the shooting of six unarmed civilians, two of whom died, in the days after Hurricane Katrina and for orchestrating a wide-ranging cover-up afterward.

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    “Mittens in Paris”

    by  • April 4, 2012 • politics & money

    “What’s 50 grand to a muthaf*%ka like me, can you please remind me? (Ball so hard)”: A day after being labelled “out of touch” for casually offering a $10,000 bet to a rival candidate, Mr Romney told supporters he had experienced austerity as a missionary in France, using a bucket for a lavatory and a hose for...

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    So Not April 1st: Iraqi informant “Curveball”, source of “WMD” claims finally admits what we all knew

    by  • April 2, 2012 • politics & money

    From John Cole: “Curveball”, the Iraqi defector who fabricated claims about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction, smiles as he confirms how he made the whole thing up. It was a confidence trick that changed the course of history, with Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi’s lies used to justify the Iraq war. Balloon Juice » Blog...

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    Contraception Rules are part of the Affordable Care Act

    by  • April 1, 2012 • politics & money

    Contraception is a health care debate. In the fifth Swing States survey taken since last fall, Obama leads Republican front-runner Mitt Romney51%-42% among registered voters just a month after the president had trailed him by two percentage points. The biggest change came among women under 50. In mid-February, just under half of those voters supported...

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    Wolf Blitzer asks Romney about Hunger Games

    by  • March 30, 2012 • politics & money

    This is an interview of Romney from one of CNN’s top journalists: Leno did better: In an exchange with Leno on the subject of healthcare, Romney once again displayed his lack of affinity with less-fortunate Americans. When Leno pressed him on salvaging from Obamacare the requirement for insurance companies to offer coverage to people...

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    “…shot to death, allegedly, by this man”

    by  • March 30, 2012 • politics & money

    Useless Neutrality: “…shot to death, allegedly, by this man…” It’s not alleged if it’s undisputed, even by the shooter. Painfully neutral newscaster language is the worst, meant to least offend the sensibility at the expense of information. Zimmerman said he shot him. Witnesses said Zimmerman shot him. No one disputes that Zimmerman shot Martin...

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