Hello Russians!

Hey, remember when we had a war 10 years ago and I was completely right about it all along?

http://www.balloon-juice.com/2013/03/19/you-know-what-happened-i-was-proved-fucking-right/

The full consequences of a default - or even the serious prospect of default - by the United States are impossible to predict and awesome to contemplate. Denigration of the full faith and credit of the United States would have substantial effects on the domestic financial markets and the value of the dollar in exchange markets. The Nation can ill ( Read more... )

Does anyone else think Donald Trump might be doing performance art? Well, clearly he is, but I mean good-ol' fashioned trolling? The guy has supported health care and trashed Reagan before -- maybe he's deliberately trying to make the right-wing positions look as ridiculous as possible. One way or the other, keep up the show and pass the popcorn.

16 percent of people want the debt ceiling raised. Given the utter devastation that would result if it was not raised (so bad that GOP political posturing is basically terrorism, but with way more dangerous effects than anything short of some spare nukes), some of this points to the standard lack of voter education, but it also really gets to the ( Read more... )

We're about to shut down the government because a bunch of people don't want women to have access to birth control ( Read more... )

Latest changes made by the "moderate bloc" to the stimulus bill:

Total Reductions: $80 billion ( Read more... )

Does anyone remember this?. Five years … jeez. I'm not the same person now. Probably a good thing, but let's face it -- misery is kind of exciting. Satisfaction is boring.

So … the Russians own LJ now? How did I miss this?

What the hell?