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Mr. Philadelphia boils it down to one paragraph : ... Again, the problem is that lots of bad loans were made, lots of people made highly lev...

Here's a cute one! Semper Fi, Don & Phil!

Two of my favorites. They both died young. Kate Wolf & the Wildwood Flower This song is dedicated to Gram Parsons Thanks to Rock 1945 ...

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All Spin Zone Seems John McCain is so connected to the good old boys in Washington that he’s dragging down the ticket. Reports are that Sara...

Charles M. Blow (If I had a name like that, I'da sued my parents and used the money to get my name changed.) It turns out that the Repu...

Paul Krugman OK, a correspondent directs me to John McCain’s article, Better Health Care at Lower Cost for Every American , in the Sept./Oct...

If you missed Bill Moyers last night, please watch it. In two parts, with transcripts. Part one : BILL MOYERS: Welcome to the JOURNAL. The n...

Dday : This has been a great week for the ownership society. Not only do we all own an insurance company, but now we've got ourselves hu...

Anyway I can, but Jeez, folks, could ya be a little less shallow? Montag : A new poll says Americans, by a margin of 50 to 47, would rathe...

You know how it goes : ... We don't have ENOUGH MONEY to fix Social Security We don't have ENOUGH MONEY to fix Medicare We don't...

They're everywhere. But Gabe Schwartz a special kind moron . Not only does he say stupid Republican shit: ... In an interview filmed t...

One last Mediterranean sunset before I let reality come back. Livorno, Italy two nights ago. Click to en-nicen.

They're lyin' mofos. As I cruise the interwebs, getting back up to speed with Left Blogtopia (y! s ctp!), most folks are talking abo...

Ya lazy bastid. Vacation's over and I got my last two posts up, one from the Bastion of the Bourgeoisie and the other from romantic Flo...

This is from back when Ricky Skaggs could still see his feet and before Emmylou got her hair chromed. This tells ya all ya need to know: apr...

EssEffChron The Marine battalion that has been to Iraq more often than any other returned home this week, and unlike previous trips to that ...

The rest of the world could not be raised to our standards by uplifting them , but greed, corruption, and criminality have accomplished the ...

Alternet Over 2,200 Doctors Agree: John McCain Should Release His Medical Records Why is McCain so secretive about his health history? But n...

Aravosis This isn't funny. It's actually quite serious. We may have the first evidence, on tape, that McCain's age, or illness, ...