Happy Tax Day everyone!
- Part 2 of Ed’s discussion of the Lottery. (Gin and Tacos)
- UC Davis’ investigation concludes use of pepper spray not justified. (Dateline UCDavis) Duh and or hello?
- Mitt Romney is the most personally unpopular presidential candidate since 1984. (ABC News) New hashtag meme: #thingsmorepopularthanmittromney (Mine: AIDS, Cancer, Joseph Kony, The Guy That Did The Video About Joseph Kony)
- The Democrats’ Duty: Bring the GOP Back from Crazy (Charles P. Pierce) Yeah, good luck with that.
- Bill Keller and the American Sandwich (Charles P. Pierce) Bill Keller fetishizes centrism, and Charles P. Pierce hammers him like a hammer in a room full of nails. Ta-Nehisis Coates chimes in as well. (The Atlantic)
- Humanizing the Romneybot (Charlies P. Pierce) The last paragraph is golden.
- Trayvon Martin and the Fire Captain’s Rant (Charles P. Pierce) It’s as if there isn’t a single person in a public position that gets that ranting on Facebook is a license to have their thoughts plastered on every news network in America.
- Why are there so many coups in West Africa? (The Atlantic)
- Romney’s tax plan still a mathematical failure. (The Atlantic)
- North Korean tour bus takes a wrong turn, takes Western journalists on a tour of area unseen for sixty years. (The Atlantic)
- Three paths to large scale urban regeneration. (The Atlantic)
- Barney Frank says Obama’s health care push was a mistake. (The Atlantic) Gee, thanks for that, Barney.
- Newt Gingrich freaks out over a college newspaper reporter asking about Roger Ailes’ comments. (The Atlantic)
- What was George W. Bush’s biggest mistake? (The Atlantic) There are so, so many, I don’t know how Conor Friedersdorf limited himself to only 9.
- Romney selling access to “Presidential Inauguration Retreat” (The Atlantic) The best little whore in Washington.
- Gitmo Lawyers: Obama gets away with more than Bush (TPM) It’s important to hold the President’s feet to the fire on issues like this. He’s not Bush, but that doesn’t mean he gets a free pass either.
- Editorial: Embarrassed by Bad Laws (New York Times) ALEC gets a beatdown from the Grey Lady.
- Ted Nugent: “I will either be dead or in jail” if Obama is re-elected. (Wall Street Journal) Meth is a hell of a drug.
- Fox News attacks Hillary for drinking a beer. (ThinkProgress) Go figure.
- Kansas State Senators find that anti-sharia sentiment is mostly coming from out of state. (ThinkProgress) Nope, no surprise there either.
- Two Federal Judges say the 20th century is unconstitutional. (ThinkProgress) The March To 1865 continues!
- Wealthy Investment Banker: “I think my taxes are too low.” (ThinkProgress) The Obama Administration should send this guy on a national Shame The Rich Tour.
- Speaker at Tea Party rally in Boston screams homophobic epithet at protesters. (ThinkProgress) But I thought the Tea Party wasn’t focused on social issues at all!?
- Most North Carolinians believe marriage equality will be achieved within 20 years. (ThinkProgress) If you were wondering why the Right is freaking out about everything, it’s because they know that the long arc of history bends toward justice, and their positions are inherently unjust.
- Conservative group whines about Urban Outfitters’ gay advertising (ThinkProgress) Just wait until they get a copy of A&F Quarterly.
- Professional Dickbag Joe Walsh challenges War Hero Tammy Duckworth to debate at the same time she’s serving Army Duty, is a dickbag about it. (ThinkProgress)
- Vapid *RADIO EDIT* Peggy Noonan blasts the GOP for being the War Party (ThinkProgress)
- Andres Breivik defense mass killings, says he’d do it again. (Al Jazeera) Worth noting that some of his biggest influences were islamophobic blogs based in the United States.