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Their insane world is now our world. And we'd better deal with it.8 comments

Lex wrote 1 day ago: Like it, dislike it (as I do), but you can’t deny it, and to his credit, neither does Michael … more →

Tags: Aiee! Teh stoopid! It burns!, Evil, I want my country back., Reality. It works

Robert Jensen on pro journalism's next, last mission

Lex wrote 1 week ago: The collapse of pro journalism parallels the collapse of the planet, he argues, and journalism shoul … more →

Tags: Journalism, climate change, Environment

Charlie Pierce bashes gun nuts AND points out a double standard so that I don't have to (thanks, Charlie)

Lex wrote 2 weeks ago: On the 5-year-old who was given a real rifle by his parents and shot his 2-year-old sister to death: … more →

Tags: Aiee! Teh stoopid! It burns!, Sad

Quote of the day, why-Mistermix-is-a-better-political-analyst-than-you-will-ever-be edition

Lex wrote 2 weeks ago: Because he nails it: The Presidency is important, but it’s the state legislatures, the rural Senate, … more →

Tags: "big data", Gerrymandering, Reaction

F*ck you world!

Erika Payne wrote 2 months ago: I’m all for dramatic entrances, hence the title. I have so many things I want to complain abou … more →

Tags: Random & Rant, baby Booomer, Gen X, Gen Y, Life Sucks

Driftglass summarizes "Hubris" for you because I had to study2 comments

Lex wrote 2 months ago: This is just a taste. And I am grateful to him for the service (which was live-tweeted, thus the wei … more →

Tags: Journalism, Hold! Them! Accountable!, I want my money back, Listening to the people who were right., Evil, iraq, david brooks, Político, WMDs

What's at stake in the State of the Union1 comment

Lex wrote 3 months ago: Outsourced to Charlie Pierce: In any event, thanks to Ezra Klein’s invaluable House Of Wonks,  … more →

Tags: Deficit, Economy, State of the Union, Unemployment

Quote of the Day

Lex wrote 4 months ago: From Steve M. at No More Mr. Nice Blog: … we think we live in a democracy, but mostly we just … more →

Tags: Quote Of The Day, Gun Control, Lobbying, taxes, Unemployment

What the next generation of maps is telling us that we don't want to hear4 comments

Lex wrote 4 months ago: As I think I’ve mentioned a time or three, I’m a map geek. Old, new, paper, digital, rea … more →

Tags: Geek-related issues, Global Warming, Google, climate change, James Fallows, Mapping, Geographic Information Systems, Google Earth, Michael Jones

On today's Connecticut massacre; or, PARTS of the Constitution are a suicide pact4 comments

Lex wrote 5 months ago: Commenter Kurt Weldon at Pierce’s place: When the Patriot Act was thumbing its nose at the Fir … more →

Tags: Evil, connecticut, Firearms, Gun Control, newport, Right to Bear Arms, Second Amendment

Welcome to the jungle, baby. You're gonna die.

Lex wrote 5 months ago: You know, sometimes I wish evolution actually weren’t a thing: We’ve got your disease. … more →

Tags: Antibiotics, Evolution, Guns n Roses, Infectious Disease, Medicine, methicillin

Ahh. Order is restored in the intellectual-property court. Plus, we got to fire a bright 24-year-old and keep your drugs expensive. Cool!

Lex wrote 5 months ago: Back around Thanksgiving, I wrote about Derek Khanna, a 24-year-old staffer for the House Republican … more →

Tags: Geek-related issues, Aiee! Teh stoopid! It burns!, Derek Khanna, Intellectual Property, Recording Industry Association of America, Republican Study Committee, RIAA

A short explanation of why Samuel Alito is too farking stupid to be on the Supreme Court

Lex wrote 6 months ago: He doesn’t understand the difference between creating speech and buying an audience: Alito sai … more →

Tags: Aiee! Teh stoopid! It burns!, Evil, I want my country back., Voting, citizens united, Samuel Alito

Also, if you don't want to repeat after me, kids, repeat after economist Dean Baker: The deficit problem is not an entitlements problem.3 comments

Lex wrote 6 months ago: Listen to the man before you go giving away your — and my — Social Security and Medicare … more →

Tags: Aiee! Teh stoopid! It burns!, I want my country back., I want my money back, More fact-based arguing, please, News & Record, shooting the wounded, Dean Baker, Deficit, Economy

Repeat after me, kids: There. Is. No. Fiscal. Cliff.3 comments

Lex wrote 6 months ago: The Washington Post continues to lie, and economist Dean Baker, bless him, continues to call them ou … more →

Tags: Aiee! Teh stoopid! It burns!, I want my money back, Social Security, Deficit, Dean Baker, Erskine Bowles, austerity

Summing up1 comment

Lex wrote 6 months ago: Outsourced to Pierce: It is vitally important that the Republican party be kept away from as much po … more →

Tags: I want my money back, I want my country back., America. It was a really good idea, Politics, obama, election, Romney, McCrory

Quote of the Day, One Week After Sandy Edition

Lex wrote 6 months ago: “For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for nature c … more →

Tags: Geek-related issues, Quote Of The Day, More fact-based arguing, please, Reality. It works, I want my country back., Listening to the people who were right., Global Warming, climate change, Hurricane Sandy

Quote of the Day, Athenae on Sandy and the Govt. Edition1 comment

Lex wrote 6 months ago: What it boils down to is: What kind of country are we going to be — the kind people want to li … more →

Tags: Religion, There but for the grace of God ..., Say a prayer, I want my country back., I want my religion back., America. It was a really good idea, shooting the wounded

Buyer's remorse, Zombie Election edition

Lex wrote 6 months ago: To probably no one’s surprise, I voted for Obama. But this ad from film director Joss Whedon m … more →

Tags: Fun, America. It was a really good idea, zombies, obama, election, Romney, Joss Whedon


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