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“This is just madness. Even if we put aside the fact that there are real problems...”
– Steve Benen, with some biting words for Republicans. In their weekly address, the GOP called on President Obama to prioritize a Balanced Budget Amendment in his upcoming jobs address. (via pantslessprogressive)
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Suddenly, Republicans Stop Taking Credit for Jobs... →
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Indeed, job growth wasn’t bad in the first four months of 2011, averaging about 178,500 jobs per month.
But that was before any of the GOP’s economic policies had taken effect. Over the last four months, we’ve seen the impact of April’s budget deal compounded by a summer of hostage-taking over the debt ceiling, culminating in a deal that in their own words gave them 98 percent of what...
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“The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it...”
– The New York Times, “Postal Service Is Nearing Default as Losses Mount” (via inothernews)
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“The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American...”
– Wendell Phillips (via pantslessprogressive)
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The Vietnam Syndrome →
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by Christopher Hitchens
To be writing these words is, for me, to undergo the severest test of my core belief - that sentences can be more powerful than pictures. A writer can hope to do what a photographer cannot: convey how things smelled and sounded as well as how things looked. I seriously doubt my ability to perform this task on this occasion. Unless you see the landscape of ecocide,...
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“[Their issues are] anti-abortion, anti-gay rights — but they also have … the...”
– A new Christian movement that seeks to take dominion over politics, business and culture in preparation for the end times and Jesus’s return, is becoming more of a presence in American politics. On today’s Fresh Air, Rachel Tabachnick, who researches the religious right, explains its beliefs and...
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“This is quite radically different than the evangelicalism of my youth. The...”
– Rachel Tabachnick, on the international “apostolic and prophetic” movement. [complete interview here] (via nprfreshair)
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Eight Epic Journeys →
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Confessions of an Opium-Seeker by Nick Tosches - A breathtaking account of the author’s journey thorugh Asia in search of the mythical opium den.
Shipping Out by David Foster Wallace - DFW’s seminal article about the dubious pleasures of the cruise. An absolute must-read.
A Fleet of One by John McPhee - John McPhee at his arresting best as he steps into the hypnotic world of...
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Six Psychological Issues →
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How Not to Talk to Your Kids by Po Bronson - Could telling kids that they’re smart be stopping achieving their full potential?
The Possibilian by Burkhard Bilger - This standout piece explores how the subtlest shift in perception can create whole a new way of seeing the world.
Java Man by Malcolm Gladwell - Wake up and smell the coffee. Gladwell takes the reader on a jaunt through the...
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