bi-coastal ex-mormon seeks post-grad school solace

2012-09-19T14:00:00.000-05:00

My pirate name is:

Red John Bonney

Passion is a big part of your life, which makes sense for a pirate. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

Get your own pirate name from piratequiz.com.
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2011-12-23T17:53:00.000-06:00

Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics
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America's lost decade - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

2011-10-14T11:33:00.000-05:00

Andy Kroll breaks down the recent data from the Census Bureau and the Labor Department and paints a bleak picture of the middle class in America

The swelling ranks of the American poor tell an even more dismal story. In September, the Census Bureau rolled out its latest snapshot of poverty in the United States, counting more than 46 million men, women, and children among this country's poor. In other words, 15.1 per cent of all Americans are now living in officially defined poverty, the most since 1993. (Last year, the poverty line for a family of four was set at $22,113; for a single working-age person, $11,334.) Unlike in the lost decade, the poverty rate decreased for much of the 1990s, and in 2000 was at about 11 per cent.

"Winter is coming," indeed.

Grade Inflation in an Infographic

2011-08-19T08:44:00.002-05:00

i got two degrees, and can assure you...you are often pressured by advisors to inflate grades upwards to avoid confrontation with students.

Created by: Masters Degree

Through birds' eyes, artist views life's 'Big Questions'

2011-08-18T12:00:00.001-05:00

...it was a commentary on how we take ourselves seriously, how we have grand ideas, and in the scheme of things, we're small, we barely register...

perfect.

What the F!@# has Obama done so far?

2011-08-12T11:37:00.001-05:00

A helpful reminder...

Roger the Chicken - Part Two: The Interview

2011-07-15T10:58:00.001-05:00

Roger, the Chicken - Part One: Therapy

2011-06-27T22:27:00.004-05:00

my genius friends:

Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500 – Part Two

2011-05-10T13:50:00.001-05:00

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

The Guantánamo “Suicides”: A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine)

2011-05-10T13:46:00.001-05:00

Congrats to Scott Horton for winning the National Magazine Award for reporting for this piece. In light of recent questions about the validity of torture in the war on "terra", I thought it might be worthy to re-visit this news.

Is Paul Ryan Delusional?

2011-04-29T11:28:00.001-05:00

yes.

China-bashing Trump's clothing line made in China

2011-04-28T11:13:00.001-05:00

let me turn around and ACT surprised...

Why Reduce Health Care Costs?

2011-04-22T10:40:00.003-05:00

Frank Pasquale at Balkinization provides some excellent commentary on the health care AND deficit discussion.

Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500 – Part One

2011-04-21T21:26:00.001-05:00

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

Giffords' Plea for Brain-Injured Soldiers

2011-04-20T11:13:00.003-05:00

Peter J. Boyer at The Daily Beast points out a serious injustice:

[I]n the important next phase of Giffords’ recovery—months of intensive rehabilitation aimed at maximizing her quality of life—Giffords is receiving a level of care unattainable by thousands of Americans who have been wounded on the actual battlefield. That’s because the costly treatment Giffords is receiving at The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research at Memorial-Herman is being paid for by the federal government, but such care for U.S. troops is not.

of course, the amazing ProPublica is on top of the story:

... Most military personnel ... are covered by an insurance plan called TRICARE, which does not cover key elements of cognitive rehabilitation therapy. As revealed in a series of investigative reports by the non-profit news enterprise, ProPublica, TRICARE claims that the benefits of cognitive rehabilitation therapy are not well enough established to warrant providing it to troops. TRICARE bases this assertion on the findings of a study commissioned by TRICARE itself, and which ProPublica’s reporting has found to be “deeply flawed.”

hat tip: 'da Dish

Chairman Ryan Gets Roughly Two-Thirds of His Huge Budget Cuts From Programs for Lower-Income Americans — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

2011-04-06T21:35:00.002-05:00

Rob from the poor and give to the rich; that's how it works in Paul Ryan's budget

Primitive Muslims' unique love of violence

2011-04-05T09:40:00.000-05:00

Rip it up, Glenn

Israeli peace activist Juliano Mer Khamis shot dead in Jenin - The Guardian, guardian.co.uk

2011-04-05T09:17:00.002-05:00

This is just devastating. From a reader at The Daily Dish:

People I know here in Israel just can’t stop crying. Juliano Mer was the Nazareth-born and bred son of an Israeli Jewish mother and an Israeli Christian Arab father, both lefty activists, and they clearly did something right because instead of losing his mind, he tried to quietly and with dignity remake the world we live in.

It’s not Libya, but it’s a bone-chilling night here too.

Gov. Rick Scott's policies could benefit his family's $62M investment - Political Currents - MiamiHerald.com

2011-04-02T15:57:00.002-05:00

Thank you Miami Herald for this excellent piece of political journalism.

Jon Stewart: Interview Dan Rather again...SOON!

2011-04-02T11:45:00.002-05:00

i wanna hear him talk about this report

Thinking Of Warfare As Welfare - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

2011-03-31T13:15:00.002-05:00

andrew sullivan: consistently showing us what it means to have the soul of a conservative

After 30 years, Jim Brady continues to push for gun control - Reuters

2011-03-30T18:11:00.001-05:00

...from my cold, dead, blah-blah-blah...

Billionaire self-pity and the Koch brothers

2011-03-30T10:59:00.001-05:00

Love me some Glenn Greenwald

Sarah Palin Wonders Aloud if Libya Action is a "Squirmish" | Crooks and Liars

2011-03-30T10:48:00.002-05:00

hat tip: 'da dish

Left, Right And Time - The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan

2011-03-29T21:06:00.002-05:00

Similarly, those who view Obama as some kind of radical have to come to terms with what Glenn Greenwald spells out here:

Since Obama was inaugurated, the Dow Jones has increased more than 50% -- from 8,000 to more than 12,000; the wealthiest recieved a massive tax cut; the top marginal tax rate was three times less than during the Eisenhower years and substantially lower than during the Reagan years; income and wealth inequality are so vast and rising that it is easily at Third World levels; meanwhile, "the share of U.S. taxes paid by corporations has fallen from 30 percent of federal revenue in the 1950s to 6.6 percent in 2009."