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Thank God. Our long national crisis that actually never happened is over, and at last the media can move on to panicking you about some other bullshit. Continue reading
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I was never much of a math student, but if you put something into a nifty graph for me, I can usually get the gist. Here’s a collection of great economics graphs that, taken together, paint a picture of what’s going on with the U.S. economy. Continue reading
There comes a time in every person’s life in which they must forgive those who have hurt them in the past for any wrongdoing. It’s different for everyone, but, in this particular case, we must forgive The New York Times for every far-too-late trend piece, every fawning profile and Vows, not to mention the actual unsavory offenses (Iraq, Jayson Blair etc.). With one line, one simple little sentence, one perfect little lede, everything is right: Continue reading
Well, I was hoping we wouldn’t get this far, but here we are.
For those of you that recall my last article on the debt ceiling crisis, I said that my last article would be titled either “Tango Down: US Debt Ceiling Crisis Averted” or “Grab Your Ankles: US Defaults on National Debt”.
Based on my title, I’m sure you can figure out which way I’m leaning on this one.
Since my last article, we’ve watched negotiations between the Vice President and Congress collapse, the President and Congress collapse, and Congress and Congress collapse. What makes that last part worse is that it’s not like it’s failed once. No, it’s worse than that. The House can’t agree with the Senate. House Republicans can’t agree with Senate Republicans. Democrats can’t agree with Republicans. And the House Republicans can’t agree with each other. Continue reading
While we’ve all been watching the Tea Party squeeze the government by the balls, a measure was passed by the House Judiciary Committee that could have a profound impact on our privacy should it be passed into law. Internet providers would be required to maintain records of customer activity for 12 months in the event it’s needed for legal investigations.
Data retention has been high on the Republican wish-list for a decade. It’s ostensibly intended to help law enforcement build cases against child pornography and internet predators. If that’s the case, they are throwing an awfully wide net: Continue reading
- By now, the fiscal apocaplypse may or may not have happened. I hope you have plenty of gold, which can you can use to trade for food.
Have you heard? All the young hip children (the hipsters, as we believe they’re called) are sporting beards these days! Is that a good thing? Alex Williams, the man who once told us that the verb ‘curate‘ is now meant for food stands and burlesque clubs, has the answer, but first, let’s go over how ubiquitous the beard has become:
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EthologyNerd and Alluson, two (sexy) liberal ladies who both happen to own guns and have had similar experiences with guns throughout their life, sat down last night and decided to mull over what gun control means to them, the problems we face in the USA as a trigger-happy nation, and what happens next.
Forget the debt ceiling! You know what’s really going to have global repercussions? Germany’s hatred of foie gras. The French™ are enraged like a Montmarte whore who’s missed her period now that some German food fair has banned their most precious foodstuff. Why, it’s like banning German sausage in France, they say! It’s a scandal! Le shock! Le awe! E tu Bardot? Porquois!? Porquois!?
Why is this such an economic blow? Germany eats 170 tons of bird liver a year. Wow. We don’t even know what to say to that.
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You should all know Buster is en route to Washington, where he will clean up his debt ceiling bullshit in three seconds flat. Buster’s plan is Pounce Treats for everyone! Continue reading