Jobs news highlights inequality

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Wednesday July 09, 2014 · 8:19 AM PDT

2014/07/09 · 08:19

This article from the Washington Post discusses the job recovery we've been experiencing, and while it does have it's positive news:

First, though, the good news. The economy added 217,000 jobs in May, and the previous two months' reports were only revised down by 6,000. That was enough to keep the unemployment rate flat at 6.3 percent, which, as Phil Izzo points out, is better news than it sounds like since economists expected it to go back up after a fluky drop last month.

it does make a point that I hadn't really thought about, and that Democrats should be shouting from their podiums.

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"Rolling Coal" new way to compensate?

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Wednesday June 25, 2014 · 1:19 PM PDT

2014/06/25 · 13:19

I really wish I was making this up.

In small towns across America, manly men are customizing their jacked-up diesel trucks to intentionally emit giant plumes of toxic smoke every time they rev their engines. They call it “rollin’ coal,” and it’s something they do for fun.

When I'm looking for fun I usually try to minimize how many planets I'm killing, but that's only because my neighbors finally complained about my Death Ray. Read More

Tesla takes big step towards sustainability

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Thursday June 12, 2014 · 1:15 PM PDT

2014/06/12 · 13:15

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has just shown that he's as dedicated to sustainability as he claimed. He announced that his companywill not “initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.”

“The mission of the company is to accelerate the widespread adoption of electric cars,” explained Tesla spokesperson Simon Sproule in an interview before the patent announcement was made. “If Tesla acts as the catalyst for other manufacturers … that will have been achieved.”

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Sunday January 09, 2011 · 7:27 PM PST

2011/01/09 · 19:27

I woke up this morning with a spring in my step, a twinkle in my eye, and an odd sort of itching in my boxers. The latter turned out to be a fabric softener sheet which had somehow escaped my notice the day before, but the first two were a bit more obvious. In the wake of the tragedy in Tuscon, and as is our custom as liberals, it was time to point fingers and assign some blame!

Or at least, that's what I thought until ~~this shit-kicking douchebag~~ CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen said, "Nuh uh!"

Until we have more definitive information about the shooter, pointing fingers at who might bear responsibility for the Tucson, Arizona, massacre only contributes to what we must end in America: a toxic political environment.

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Monday December 06, 2010 · 2:58 PM PST

2010/12/06 · 14:58

Disappointments have been pretty steady with President Obama and the Democratic Congress. Lots of compromise, lots of folding, lots of giving away the farm to a Republican Minority for votes that they don't give us anyway.

Yeah, it's frustrating, and yeah, this latest cave is poorly thought out at best, recklessly incompetent at worst.

So it's natural to vent, to complain, to criticize. It's natural and understandable to feel betrayed, to feel let down.

But I gotta be honest, this whole "We should primary Obama" stuff that's been cropping up is just forehead=slappingly stupid.

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Sunday August 01, 2010 · 11:33 AM PDT

2010/08/01 · 11:33

I'm aware that discussing politics in bars is one of the three things you never discuss in bars (the other two being "religion" and "philosophy," the former because it's a personal matter that people feel strongly about, and the latter because women just don't find a thorough knowledge of Nietzsche and Mill sexy; "I find intelligence sexy" my ass).

But it happens. We all know it happens. The news is on because there's no football or because you live in Chicago and we've pretty much given up on baseball, there's talk about this bill or that amendment, and suddenly you realize that the person you've been happily bullshitting with is a hardcore "Glenn Beck should run for President" Republican.

What should you do?

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Tuesday July 20, 2010 · 12:42 PM PDT

2010/07/20 · 12:42

Here's Exhibit A in the case of People with Functioning Brains vs. Ben Stein:

The people who have been laid off and cannot find work are generally people with poor work habits and poor personalities.

He goes on to say that the people who are suffering the most pretty much deserve it because they were clearly irresponsible people living above their means and didn't prepare for a horrible disaster that, according to 2007 Ben Stein, wasn't ever going to happen.

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Tuesday June 29, 2010 · 9:52 AM PDT

2010/06/29 · 09:52

Finally, at long last, we have a champion willing to stand up for Americans everywhere and stop the endless cycle of entitlement to a group that has for too long suckled the fiscal teat of Lady Liberty:

Ensuring there’s enough money to pay for the war will require reforming the country’s entitlement system, Boehner said. He said he’d favor increasing the Social Security retirement age to 70 for people who have at least 20 years until retirement, tying cost-of-living increases to the consumer price index rather than wage inflation and limiting payments to those who need them.

It's high time someone calls out those freeloading old people, and asks them to make sacrifices to ensure that America continues to prosper.

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Tuesday June 15, 2010 · 6:18 PM PDT

2010/06/15 · 18:18

Seriously, the criticism is almost pathetic, it's so predictable. I could have written this diary for IBS just based on previous complaints about Obama.

"No substance."

"No specifics."

"No plans."

So, did you want him to spend 11 hours describing a comprehensive energy plan coupled with plans for clean-up / stopping the leak? Did you think anyone other than political nerds like us would WATCH that shit?

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Tuesday May 04, 2010 · 10:42 AM PDT

2010/05/04 · 10:42

If I were a betting man, I'd have put next month's rent on CNN being the medium for the latest in hypocritical and aggressively ironic calls for civility and integrity in journalism.

I would have done this because CNN doesn't really follow the "investigative journalism" school of thought, instead focusing on the "Fuck it, give two opposing opinions on the topic and hit the bar" school of thought.

I also have poor impulse control and bad fiscal management skills, but that's a diary for another time.

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Monday April 26, 2010 · 11:44 AM PDT

2010/04/26 · 11:44

This is not going to be a constructive diary.

Let's get that on the table right away.

I'm not trying to fix the infighting, this isn't an important call for action, there's nothing "BREAKING!" in this diary.

I'm just in a silly mood and feel like making sweeping generalizations to mock the perceived factions of liberals. So read it, enjoy it for what it is or hurt me with words.

I was just really, really bored.

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Tuesday April 13, 2010 · 9:23 AM PDT

2010/04/13 · 09:23

After a 14 month hiatus from Dailykos, I grew to miss the substantive debate that can only come from political nuts. Sure, I have friends who watch the news and read the speeches, but it's not the same. I got tired of having to explain the situation before being able to discuss it, and since I'm the one who had to actually tell them what was going on in the first place, I may as well have been debating myself.

So I came back, excited to once again engage in an active discussion of policy, tactics, the merits of legislation and what needed to be fixed.

Unfortunately, this is not what I found when I came back.

There are quite a few flaws that I see repeated by people on every side of every issue, and I'm hoping that by putting them here and making fun of them, ~~I'll get on the rec list~~ we can all get back to the intelligent, substantive debate that had to have happened here at some point, because otherwise what the fuck are we doing here?

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