September 2010
“It is now transparent, for anyone who cares to look, that the ugly tea party...”
– Our Long National Nightmare Isn’t Over, It’s Just Beginning
August 2010
The News Merchant →
Interested in booking Joran van der Sloot’s ex-girlfriend for the morning news? Want an exclusive? Got a little cash to spend? Larry Garrison’s the person to call, though most news networks won’t admit they call him. The inside story of how tabloid TV news is made, bought, and paid for—and its implications for the news industry and our society.
The billionaire Koch brothers’ war against Obama →
The Kochs are longtime libertarians who believe in drastically lower personal and corporate taxes, minimal social services for the needy, and much less oversight of industry—especially environmental regulation. These views dovetail with the brothers’ corporate interests. In a study released this spring, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst’s Political Economy Research Institute named Koch...
Wil Wheaton’s talk at GenCon 2010 →
Yay!
“I feel bad sometimes,” says Grayson, talking to a small group of...”
– Alan Grayson tries to show Democrats how to take on the Tea Party.
Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts →
Surprisingly useful.
(via Reddit)
Nearly 60 years ago, a French town was hit by a... →
My first thought, when I saw this headline at Reddit, was “that sounds like something Warren Ellis would make up.”
