Category Archives: Words

Effective treatments are not the most profitable, therefore we shouldn’t use them. The market has spoken. You’d think that doing research to figure out which treatments are most effective would be an obviously good thing. But no: it is, apparently, … Continue reading →

I got this from a militia recruitment web site: It is the opinion of the Militia that there is a world wide effort on the part of Islam to populate Western nations and, when numbers are sufficient enough, declare Sh’ria … Continue reading →

People forget that Reagan was also a pretty crappy president My sense is that for the vast majority of Republicans, their current and alleged beef with President Bush is that he espoused some sort of ‘big government conservatism’. He was … Continue reading →

Looks like Chrysler the parent comapany of Jeep is about to go bankrupt. Which would really suck, Jeeps were cool at one time. Now they are just big SUV’s, like any other big SUV. What happened? It seems that Jeep … Continue reading →

I love this one: STEPHANOPOULOS: [O]n the issue of taxes, I think it’s 43 percent of people who file taxes pay no income tax at all. For the middle fifth of taxpayers, they’re paying just about 3 percent in federal … Continue reading →

the governor of Texas has been making quite a bit of noise lateley about secceeding.This seems like a no brainer for the rest of the country, we would need some humanitarian safeguards, specifcaly anyone from Aftexistan should be allowed to … Continue reading →

At pandagon Amanda Marcotte challenges the notion that children are a bundle of joy and that we need to overpopulate to keep our economy going. At Donkeylicious Niel Sinababu suggests immigration as a solution for those who worry about social … Continue reading →

This is really good news, hopefully the trend will continue. There it was, an old term with new urgency: post-Christian. This is not to say that the Christian God is dead, but that he is less of a force in … Continue reading →

Some people are suggesting our standard of living might be higher with less people: So the Malthusian logic that says that higher levels of population is a disaster no longer applies. But I’m still not at all convinced that the … Continue reading →

Nurse says Octamom doesn’t care about her kids, and that is a shock to who? Octamom lost one of her children about a year ago Octamom would like her own TV show, this seems like a bad idea inthat it … Continue reading →

I got this via Pandagon as a response to the argument that we need high birth rates to maintain social security: But without denying that the effect is real, this strikes even a lover of Social Security such as myself … Continue reading →

Looks like other people are starting to notice that low birth rates may be a good thing: Matt recently had an interesting post reminding everyone that a lower population has the strong benefit of decreasing the number of people who … Continue reading →

Legalizing pot should be a no-brainer

Sometimes people say exactly what you are thinking: You can’t miss it in today’s news: US births break record, 40 percent out-of-wedlock. Frankly, my dear, who gives a shit about the wedding bands. Though that’s pretty much what all the … Continue reading →

Conservative “leaders” seem to be defending AIG bonus’s while Republicans try to figure out what to think. …By all appearances, the right-wing media figures are, oddly enough, sticking to conservative economic principles, while right-wing lawmakers are simply hoping to exploit … Continue reading →

I have been critical of the New York times hiring Ross Douthat, until I saw this from Brad Delong. From Ross Douthat, Privilege, bottom of p. 184: One successful foray ended on the guest bed of a high school friend’s … Continue reading →

How long before Cheney starts trying to hire someone to prove him right? H/T TPM

Their is a debate going on as to who is dumber, Ross Douthat or the man he replaces at the New York Times Bill Krystol. Both of them are pretty much clueless, Krystol is a Neo-con who never met a … Continue reading →

McCain seems to think anything that might make the world a safer healthier place is government waste. As near as I can tell the only government expenditures McCain likes involve using money to bomb brown people. And, Atlas Shrugged sounds … Continue reading →

This seems like a bad idea. The Federal Reserve on Tuesday rolled out a much-awaited $200 billion program to spur lending for cars, credit cards, education and small businesses. The problem with easy credit is that it makes people spend … Continue reading →

Noam Chompski worries about the future of humans in the world., but I thinink he misses the point.” The survival of the human species is by no means an obvious thing. There are very severe threats to survival. We learn … Continue reading →

TPM uncovers the truth about Jindahl’s Katrina story Bobby Jindal’s office was apparently thrown into full crisis mode today after a spokeswoman admitted that a key story of Katrina heroism the governor told in in his GOP response speech Tuesday … Continue reading →

I watched a little bit of the the republican response to the presidents speech and came away amazed. I didn’t think anyone could make Sarah Palin seem smart but in comparison to Bobby Jindahl Palin is a rocket scientist.

Maybe this wouldn’t be such a problem if we didn’t have so many people trying to use a scarce resource. Federal water managers said they may have to cut off all water to some of California’s largest farms as a … Continue reading →

Every time I start to think Hillary Clinton has good judgment something like this comes out of her mouth. Amnesty International and a pro-Tibet group voiced shock Friday after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed not to let human … Continue reading →

If this guy is right, can’t say I am going to miss it. There’s no question the American consumer is hurting in the face of a burst housing bubble, financial market meltdown and rising unemployment. But “the worst is yet … Continue reading →

I may have to take back some of the bad things I have said about Bristol Palin. Looks like after one or possibly two children she gets it.

The more I hear about the stimulus bill the better it sounds: The $787 billion economic stimulus bill approved by Congress will, for the first time, provide substantial amounts of money for the federal government to compare the effectiveness of … Continue reading →

Doctors are supposed to do no harm. In the case of Octamom it looks like they have done plenty of emotional harm to her and financial harm to the rest of us. …the hospital where the octuplets are expected to … Continue reading →

One of the ongoing debates in the comments section is the value to society of children. I generally argue kids are expensive and a burden on society, Mr Bettor argues that kids pay for themselves when they become tax producers. … Continue reading →