[Signal boosts are awesome! --L.]
- Phallic-Shaped Rock Discovered in Maryland
- A horse farrier stumbled upon a phallic carving while workers were excavating to build a new barn.
[Sometimes I just love the headlines. -L]
- Boost Sales With the WordPress Printable Gift Certificate Plugin
- [Pressography - Sarah Gooding]
- Sign O' The Times
- Netflix into the S&P 500, the New York Times Company out.
- Dismantling the safety net, one program at a time
- [Hullabaloo - digby]
Why Orsazg thinks it's necessary to bring disability insurance reform into this argument at the moment is anybody's guess. Right now, it's hard enough for able bodied people to get work. And while I can see how concerned he is that the work ethics of the disabled will erode over time if they are given this easy ride, it's hard for me to see why it should be of immediate concern considering that there are no fucking jobs. Are these people supposed to sell pencils on the street corner?
I haven't even heard Republicans make this argument for cutting social security but you can be sure that you'll be hearing more of it.
- An Empty Chair Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
- [GOOD - Morgan Clendaniel]
While it has been clear for some time that China would not let Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo out of prison to accept his prize, there was some thought that perhaps his wife would be able to attend. Today, however, the prize was given out to no one…
Amusing sidenote: The winners of China's new anti-Nobel Confucius Peace Award were also absent from their ceremony.
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[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
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