March, 2016 archive
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Tou Ger Bennett Xiong, an American citizen of Hmong descent, wonders what is happening to his country. Here’s how he starts his article; follow the link for the rest.
Lately, though, I feel that my faith in America’s great promise is being called into question again by the recent hate and animosity in our political climate.
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.
(snip)
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.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits fell 7,000 in the week ended March 19 to 2.17 million, the lowest level since mid-October.
“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.
