Sometimes I think we'd be better off just openly establishing a Ministry of Propaganda. http://is.gd/cvBWp #tlot #fb #hcr Ah, MSM: Canadian paper says boy wants to return to Canada http://is.gd/cvLZ2 US paper says he wants to stay in Oregon http://is.gd/cvLTS Remember: Anything legal that you happen not to like is not a "free market" but [...]
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They just want to replace it with a statute of Tom Friedman. http://is.gd/cuk2C #tlot #fb Best thing about HRC being SoS (that we rarely have to listen to her politicking anymore) appears to be ending. http://is.gd/cumC4 #tlot #fb Victory for the New Klan™: Appellate court hold that anti-gay bigots can petition cowardly … er, anonymously. [...]
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Barr spawns false meme that landlords must let Census into renters' apartments; need only "buzz them in" building. http://is.gd/ct2YU #tlot RT @ggreenwald: Crazy hateful lunatic Ron Paul votes to repeal DADT – 26 good, upstanding, mainstream, sane Democrats vote No. One dreads to think how much Aussie tax money went to fund the (inaudible) "opera [...]
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Michelle Bachmann would like to remind Christians to praise Jesus before slaughtering thine enemy. http://is.gd/crwza #atheism #tlot #fb Today in Stupid™: Congress wants to make cars more expensive, noisier. http://is.gd/crzb9 #tlot #fb Claim: Census deliberately hiring/firing/rehiring to inflate WH "jobs created" claims. http://is.gd/crCT9 #tlot #fb "using pre-1980 method, the Consumer Price Index would be over [...]
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Friedman would like to remind you that he only loves CHINA'S bloothirsty thugocracy; the others are all icky. http://is.gd/cpV3r #tlot #fb Václav Klaus: "Collapsing" or otherwise, the euro is already a failure. http://is.gd/cpYjm #tlot #fb
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Brutal dictator holds "election," wins overwhelmingly. Who could have seen that coming? http://is.gd/cozlG #tlot #fb A gentle reminder that we're screwed. http://is.gd/coAqz #tlot #fb Dear Keynesians: How'd that homebuyer tax credit work out for you? http://is.gd/coBpa #tlot #fb There's stupid, there's hella stupid, there's Rand Paul stupid, and then there's Super Bowl in NJ stupid. [...]
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USPS hires think tank to measure its "social benefits." Can a plea for a "social" taxpayer bailout be far behind? http://is.gd/cnavG #tlot P.S. Do not confuse supposed "social benefits" of USPS with its government-imposed monopoly (an extra-constitutional concept). #tlot
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One more time: "They were not an 'anti-government' mob, but a government mob…" http://is.gd/ckqvJ (P.S. "Government mob" is redundant.) P.S. It's only Greece? Um, riots in Romania http://is.gd/ckrkL & strikes in Spain http://is.gd/ckric. Have a nice euro-decade. #tlot #fb Treasury announces its pick – ITS pick! – for GM's IPO. But don't call it socialism, [...]
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Yahoo seems to have removed the ability to disable pop-up links in news stories. Splendid. (P.S. Yeah yeah, I know: Firefox etc…) #fb Change "China" to "Japan" in this piece and you have my entire 1980s undergrad econ education. Memories are short. http://is.gd/cj3oz #tlot RT @NTU: "We used to call them astronomical numbers. Now we [...]
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Every time you think Olympic mascots can't possibly get worse, um… http://is.gd/chvd4 House overwhelmingly passes bill requiring DNA at arrest. Not conviction – arrest. http://is.gd/chzvh (Recall: http://is.gd/chzFg) #tlot #fb MorningTV™: Scourge of all pork John McCain would like to assure you that he will personally block any AZ base closings. #tlot #fb "As a German [...]
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