Paul Ryan, lying sack of excrement; part 1012. GOP lawmakers tout Medicare reform by stretching a comparison to the health benefits they receive -. www.washingtonpost.com
Wow; great piece by Jack Germond; and I didn't even realize that crusty old curmudgeon was still alive. U.S. Budget: Is Paul Ryan Budget Cut Plan Delusional? www.thedailybeast.com
Chait: "American politics today is a kind of one-and-a-half ideology system, with a Republican Party acting as the arm of a coherent conservative movement staunchly opposed to government, and a Democratic Party acting as a kind of catch-all for everybody who doesn't accept the conservative agenda"
Of course, the left's solution is that we need another party, thus assuring that non-conservatives are completely marginalized. Liberalism's Bumper Sticker Problem | The New Republic www.tnr.com
He's gonna have to wait on line. NY1 Exclusive: Man Cleared In Central Park Jogging Case Demands Apology From Trump www.ny1.com
Goldberg delivers the bad news quickly and succinctly. Quick Observations About Hamas and Israel – Jeffrey Goldberg – International – The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com
Israeli right advances measure for slow suicide. Annexation for declaration idea advancing in Knesset www.jpost.com
This almost qualifies as poetry. Bernard Henri Levy > Israel and the Arab Spring (The Huffington Post, 04/26/2011) www.bernard-henri-levy.com
The Foreskin saga; what a bunch of schmucks.
Apparently, they think the constitution had a prepuce instead of a preamble, but want to amputate the First Amendment, not allowing us to make amendments of our own.
Back in the 80s, I remember a doctor on Nightline tell Ted Koeppel that circumcision helped prevent urinary tract infections. Poetically, his name was "Wiswell.” Circumcision ban a step closer to the ballot : City Insider www.sfgate.com
Times refuses to print full name of the late Poly Styrene’s most famous song.
Grey Lady, Up Yours! Poly Styrene, Brash Frontwoman of X-Ray Spex, Dies at 53 www.nytimes.com
Not for nuthin' but the reader suffering from the advance state of “freak” is yours truly. Remembering Hope Reichbach | The New York Observer www.observer.com
It's nice to have a cult following (check out the comments in the thread), but it’s rather unexpected to be followed by a cult named for the worst book in the English language. NEWSFLASH: Atlas Shrugs Not Written By Judge « Atlas Shrugs in Brooklyn atlasshrugsinbrooklyn.wordpress.com
TODAY’S GOLDEN WATCH: GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION:
In 2008, when Hiram Monserrate was arrested, it took Marty Golden THREE DAYS to introduce a resolution asking him not to file his oath of office.
50 DAYS AGO, Carl Kruger, who helped to elect Golden, was arrested.
Golden has yet to say a word.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MARTY
For your present, we’ve giving you a gold watch and a pair of balls to replace the ones you left next to your gun.