REAL ART (and politics and culture)

From Think Progress , courtesy of their facebook page: Recent studies project a collapse in labor productivity from business-as-usual carbon...

I'm doing much better today.  I'll post tomorrow. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

No posting for a while. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

From Think Progress , courtesy of their facebook page: "While not himself a racist, Mr. Goldwater articulated a philosophy which gave...

From AlterNet : Money, they say, is the mother’s milk of politics.  Also of news, sports and the rest of the entertainment industry. Three...

From Gawker courtesy of my girlfriend on facebook: Police in Houston have charged a 10-year-old girl with aggravated sexual assault after...

From PBS's Moyers and Company : Mark Leibovich covers Washington, D.C., as chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazin...

From HuffPo: Ben Affleck Cast As Batman In 'Man Of Steel' Sequel “We knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on one of DC ...

Sammy Be sure to check out Modulator's Friday Ark for more cat blogging pics! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

From Deep Green Resistance New York, courtesy of a facebook friend: If the lifestyle actions advocated really do have the effect of keepin...

From the HuffPo: Many have noted the similarity between Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give It Up" and Robin Thicke's song-of-the...

From the Washington Post courtesy of Eschaton , Andrew Bacevich on the national security state: By taking technology that the state emplo...

Jennifer's in town, so I'm paying attention to her instead of you.  I'll pay attention to you again Tuesday night.   $$$$$$$$$...

Frankie Be sure to check out Modulator's Friday Ark for more cat blogging pics! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...

From the New Civil Rights Movement courtesy of someone on facebook: Card, who used to sit on the board of the National Organization For Ma...

From the Wall Street Journal, courtesy of a facebook friend: The economists find that self-employed workers with incorporated businesses w...

From Russia Today: American taxpayers are funding a war against Christianity, Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) said Thursday during an addre...

New Krugman: Which suggests an interesting question: What ever happened to Friedman’s role as a free-market icon? The answer to that quest...

...so no post tonight.  I mean, I won't get it.  I never get it.  But I do it anyway.  For now.  Posting, of course, resumes Monday nigh...

I shared this picture meme on facebook earlier this evening with a word or two about its implications: It's getting increasingly diffi...