Category Archives: Quotes

Today’s Quotes: Powering Down the Right-Wing

“…Where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.’ — Lord Acton “We are at that point where one side or the other … Continue reading

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Signs o’ the Times for May 17, 2012

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Today’s Music: The Kingston Trio, “Greenback Dollar” (1962)

Improbably, in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, three short-haired young white men in pinstripe shirts called The Kingston Trio were top 40 hitmakers before The Beatles landed on Ed Sullivan’s show in 1964, took the US by storm, and … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Loss Leaders Losing and Winning

“Former US President George W Bush, his Vice-President Dick Cheney and six other members of his administration have been found guilty of war crimes by a tribunal in Malaysia.” […] “Transcripts of the five-day trial will be sent to the … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes and Video: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Has Learned Nothing from the 2008 Crash…

…and isn’t likely to, since he seems to exist in an atmosphere entirely consisting of his own onerous emissions and is clueless to the self-made failures supported by taxpayer bailout money he bafflingly thinks ‘The Street’ deserves, without pesky regulation. … Continue reading

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Video: Bass Player Extraordinaire Donald “Duck” Dunn Dead at 70

Here’s an excerpt from an AP report this morning; no cause of death has yet been cited: Bass player Donald ‘Duck’ Dunn dies in Tokyo at 70 By Nekesha Mumbi Moody Associated Press May 14, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — … Continue reading

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Video: Wilted Flowers Mother’s Day Message from Romney’s PAC

More misleading slag from Romney’s nasty PAC ‘Restore Our Future’ which apparently seeks to resurrect every terrible idea the Junior Bush Administration ever tried and then add Mr. Mitt’s batty economic formula, which is akin to fertilizing a bad tree … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: On Mothers

“The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.” — Honore de Balzac “God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.” — Jewish Proverb “My mother never saw … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: Romney the Smiling Sociopath

“According to several on-the-record classmates, Romney led a posse of boys to pin down a presumptively gay student, John Lauber, and Romney snipped off his bleached blond hair while Lauber cried and screamed for help.” — From “Mitt Romney’s ‘cruel … Continue reading

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Today’s Quotes: War on Marriage?

On April 5, 2012, RNC spokesman Sean Spicer called those who would use the word ‘war’ in any connection as bordering on unpatriotic. (Maybe he should have a word with Rush.) “I find it offensive that the Democratic National Committee … Continue reading

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