By Donal on Fri, 01/14/2011 - 3:16pm | World Affairs
My wife and I noticed several months ago that the food we chose to buy was getting much more expensive. I was probably more inspired by Michael Pollan and she by Mehmet Oz, but years ago we agreed that we would cut out the hydrogenated stuff and the high fructose stuff and the high sodium stuff.
There is a lovely new residential-shopping complex in Myrtle Beach called "The Market Common". We haven't been there yet this year, but last year we walked around it a few times. In my wildest dreams I couldn't afford anything in their shops, but honestly? I never saw anything I would be willing to give up my entire SS check to buy. Still, I kind of took a liking to the place, faux as it was.
By Doctor Cleveland on Thu, 01/13/2011 - 3:25pm | Politics, Social Justice
I haven't blogged about Tucson because it left me sickened and sad, and because Articleman said it all better than I could have. Anyway, I had nothing to say. Violence like this is a terrible, terrible thing. Everyone should be against civil bloodshed. What else could there be to say?
In his post from Tuesday, Nihilism in Action, "real" conservative Daniel Larison joins movement conservatives in rejecting any political attribution of the bald, smirking assassin :
There's a little fight brewing between a couple of media lights -- Joe Klein of Time is angry that Ed Schultz of MSNBC held up a sign that said "get out now," during a segment the two did about Afghanistan. Joe found the action, the sentiment and the policy idea to be trivializing. The two have traded barbs ever since and you can read Joe's latest recap here.
Although various leaks and a few other leaking groups are still cropping up in the news, Liberty and Solidarity offers the first argument I've seen that puts WikiLeaks in context as part of a larger, coherent movement.
Some if us been discussing the limits of capitalism, and what models or changes to our economic system might be more sustainable and beneficial to more of us than the 5% or so it seems presently designed to serve.
By Donal on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:07am | Arts & Entertainment
Update: Rather than push Stardust's piece down, I'm updating here. Mother Jones has a photo essay on phone sex operators, which will ... probably not be so good for business. The woman above writes:
By William K. Wolfrum on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 9:21am | Politics, Humor & Satire
Those inside Sarah Palin's inner circle have come forward to admit the ex-Governor of Alaska was truly heartbroken over the recent massacre in Arizona.
"Sarah is destroyed." said a Palin Associate. "She had a new ad with her holding a hunting rifle to Obama's head. It's a great ad. And harmless. But now she just can't use it.
I like to read what others are saying about events here. Other publications and sites from around the world. It gives one a better perspective or at least a different one. Here is something that has been put on the DW World site out of Germany. A review of some of the European Press.
The shooting of Democratic Representative Gabrielle Giffords has reignited a debate in the US over the dangers of extremist political rhetoric. The discussion is no less heated in the European press.
It involved the fact that first and second amendment solutions weren't working out so well so maybe we should invoke a third amendment solution (take it to another level) and start quartering soldiers in the homes of liberals. But some things are just so rotten that even humor can't help us to deal with them. The shooting of Rep. Giffords and the other victims in Arizona is one of those. It being Monday, the merchants of hate are back on the air, and their outrage is not directed at the shooter. No, it's directed at the Arizona sheriff who dared to speak the truth.
As the big news agencies initially fumbled the Arizona Massacre story by reporting that Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had been killed by shooter Jared Lee Loughner, online news has shown its strength with numerous takes on the shooting, as well as breaking information.
Here are some stories you may be interested in from around the Web:
OK, we all know that the NRA is crafting a response to this latest example of GUNS RUN AMOK in the USA. We have dismissed the horrific murders in Mexico of untold thousands, because they are in Mexico, even though the guns (and more) were supplied by US. Whew! Dodged THAT bullet - hahahahahahahaha!
But this Giffords thing -- we need a real strategy. OK, this dude bought the gun legally. Been there, done that. VA Tech? We skated, as usual. But people are really pissed about this one. Who has suggestions? Yes?
To try to repeat or somehow add to what Articleman posted last night or what Sheriff Dupnik, a hero way before yesterday, but his heroism renewed last night, told the nation, is an absurdity. They said it all. Yet, all of us with a keyboard need to vent, and to say what we all know to be so.
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