[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Fire Alan Simpson
- [Paul Krugman]
When you have a commission dedicated to the common good, and the co-chair dismisses Social Security as a “milk cow with 310 million tits,” you either have to get rid of him or admit that you’re completely, um, cowed by the right wing, that IOKIYAR rules completely.
And no, an apology won’t suffice. Simpson was completely in character here; it was perfectly consistent with everything else he’s said, and with his previous behavior. He has to go.
[It's Okay If You're A Republican -L]
- 1 in 4 Men Enjoy Sleepy Time With Mr. Cuddlesworth While Traveling
- [Runnin' Scared - Jen Doll]
Let's consider this a boost for open-mindedness in these judgment-ridden times. ABC did an entire news story on men who take stuffed animals on their out-of-town business trips…
- Spiders, Carnivorous Plants Compete for Food—A First
- [National Geographic News]
Wolf spiders build bigger webs to catch more bugs than sundews, says the first study to show battles between the two kingdoms over prey.
- Adelman Disappointed in Bush over Mosque
- [Talking Points Memo - Josh Marshall]
Former Bush and Reagan advisor and arch-neoconservative Ken Adelman says he fully supports the Cordoba House project in Lower Manhattan and is "disappointed" that former President George W. Bush hasn't spoken up in support of the project.
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