Oil Disaster Watch: 162 cases of physical illness, 2000 cases of mental...
I have nothing to base this on other than a gut feeling, but 162 sounds like a "misunderestimate": (CNN) -- Exposure to the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has resulted in 162 cases of illnesses...
View ArticleVIDEO: Spongebob, Little Mermaid, other cartoons hit by BP oil disaster
It was bound to happen... nobody's safe. The post VIDEO: Spongebob, Little Mermaid, other cartoons hit by BP oil disaster appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticlePhoto Sign O' The Times- Hundreds line up for help with cooling bills
Aid is going to be cut back, people will suffer, people will die but Republicans will keep on pushing the tax cuts for those who get really upset when the a/c doesn't work in the limo... Hundreds of...
View ArticleVIDEO- Thom Hartmann, Neil Howe: This "might be the start of a...
Optimist... (dripping sarcasm) TheBigPictureRT: Neil Howe, co-author of "The Fourth Turning." While what's going in Washington may SEEM like run-of-the-mill dysfunctional politics that we've all...
View ArticleVideo- Fox's Jenna Lee Ignores The Great Recession
Probably not so much ignored, as never new it happened, since most of these bozos are "alternatively" educated. Via Media Matters. The post Video- Fox's Jenna Lee Ignores The Great Recession appeared...
View ArticleBonus Cartoon of the Day- Are You Better Off...
Couldn't have said/drawn it better myself. Why of course I couldn't, it's Luckovich! The post Bonus Cartoon of the Day- Are You Better Off... appeared first on The Political Carnival.
View ArticleVideo- Sean Hannity Baselessly Claims That "Reagan Had A Far Worse Economy...
Honestly, you could watch Fox for an hour and swear that everything written in a history book was wrong. Via. The post Video- Sean Hannity Baselessly Claims That "Reagan Had A Far Worse Economy Than...
View ArticlePoll- Voters Most Battered by the Economy Still Favor Obama
It's always boggled me why the opposite is true too, I mean all the Wall Street and other fat cats that have lived high off the Obama stock surge, and resent the hell out of him. Via Taegan0 In...
View ArticleVideo- Fox's Stossel Dismisses Aid To Needy With Claim That No One Starved...
From: The Digital History project website at the University of Houston, co-authored by Steven Mintz and Sara McNeil, has a brief blurb on cases of starvation in the U.S. during the Great Depression:...
View ArticleIt's a Doozy
Need a break from the crazy news? Put a smile on your face and enjoy my dear friend Christie Mellor and Doozy as they perform "Too Broke to be a Sinner"-- and who isn't, these days? If you're ever in...
View ArticleBlogger interrupted: Apparently I'm suffering from "complicated grief"
So as some of you recall, this happened last May: Final Dad Report: To the so, so many of you kind enough to ask and care. Since my dad passed away, I haven't been doing all that well, and as it turns...
View ArticleYoung Master Chef Lost to Guns and Mental Illness, Melissa Harris-Perry Notes
Master Chef finalist, fan favorite and troubled Chicago student Josh Marks lost his life and dreams to suicide, in the tragic intersection of mental illness and the shockingly normal high availability...
View ArticleOh Captain, My Captain
The world lost a real treasure yesterday. Robin Williams gave us the gift of countless verses, of howls of hilarity, gleeful giggles and even snort-inducing snickers. For the laughs, I'll be forever...
View Article"We hear about murders, not suicides (until someone like Williams dies)."
We and the news media have the attention spans of gnats. Something monumental shocks us into a Rubbernecking Moment... until the next monumental thing comes along. Murder headlines get a whole lot of...
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