img

Trump Unemployment

By
|
In General
|
On December 16, 2025
|
count
The long predicted shift in the labor market due to Trump's idiotic economic policies is starting to happen, with the administration doing something really crazy such as releasing economic data. The U.S. labor market lost 41,000 jobs over October and November, and the unemployment rate ticked...
img

Burn!

By
|
In General
|
On December 16, 2025
|
count
This used to be a decent country. The 12- and 13-year-old students scowled at the burning pile of comic books outside St. Rita’s Parochial School in Louisville. Several leaned over to toss more comics onto the fire. Behind them, in a traditional nun’s habit, seventh grade...
img

Joe Ely, RIP

By
|
In General
|
On December 15, 2025
|
count
Word from his family is that the great Joe Ely has died. He had Lewy's body dementia and Parkinson's, so it wasn't totally surprising, but it's still an enormous loss for the world of American music. Ely was part of the Flatlanders in the early 70s,...
img

Tne broligarchs

By
|
In General
|
On December 15, 2025
|
count
Krugman discusses the dire trend of anti-democratic billionaires burning money to turn real media outlets into MAGA propaganda networks: Yet, ominously, Trump and Trumpism have powerful allies that had no counterpart in previous competitive authoritarian regimes. Namely, there is a network of deeply anti-democratic tech billionaires,...

Raised a Cain

By
|
On December 15, 2025

count

The story gets yet more depressing: Rob Reiner’s son Nick was arrested on suspicion of murdering his parents after the Hollywood legend and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found.

This div height required for the sticky sidebar