March, 2016 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
BDSM, Bushie Style 0
I do think that some of Mr. Cousins’s personal criticism of President Obama is unduly harsh, if not in substance, certainly in tone; hindsight is always etc. and so on. I also suspect that this sheds some light on the deliberations that led to many of the choices that Cousins criticizes.
Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go 0
For all practical purposes, status quo ante.
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Jobless claims have been below 300,000, a level economists associate with a healthy labor market, for 56 consecutive weeks. That’s the longest since 1973. . . .
The four-week moving average of claims, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, increased to 263,250 from 259,750.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
All the News that Fits 0
Shorter John Romano: Figures don’t lie, but liars figure.
Bernie’s Bitter-Enders 6
Shorter Dick Polman: How’s President Nader working out for you now?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Is it polite to give a trigger warning?
And Now, a Musical Interlude 0
Liza Pulman delivers a marvelous rendition of this tune in a style reminiscent of Helen Kane in an episode of Midsomer Murders. The song comes in the dance party scene at approximately the one-hour mark.