Switzerland threw a monkey wrench into the global currency market yesterday.
Brian Beutler wonders whether or not low gas prices came a little too late for the Democrats.
Joan McCarter ponders what “incremental change” to ObamaCare will actually mean.
Does Mitt Romney have a better chance than any of the other schlubs? I certainly hope not. Also, Peggy Noonan should do a better job disguising her anonymous sources.
For white Texans, especially after going along with Tom DeLay’s mid-decade redistricting scheme, they should ponder the gander, and what’s good for the goose.
The Field Negro wants to know why white conservative men love Beyoncé so much.
The Saudi Kingdom has a system set up to flog bloggers, so whether they actually do it in this case or not really doesn’t matter. It’s the system that matters.
At Ten Miles Square, I discuss Bernie Sanders’ new position as ranking member on the Budget Committee and the significance of the professor he hired to be Democrats’ chief economist on the budget.
At College Guide, Sarah Butrymowicz looks at how Dutch schools do things differently.
Here’s Paul McCartney sitting in with a rock n’ roll giant.
Holder ends the use of federal law as a pretext for civil asset forfeiture.
This is very good news and seems to represent a hopefully larger scaling back of police state powers, at least at the federal level.
Currency analysts all seem to assume that the Swiss central bank, after abandoning its 1.20 euro cap, expected its currency to settle at about 1.10 or even 1.15 per euro. …
If they were so sure it would remain below the cap, why abandon it at all?
Informed consent in doing party or concert drugs is an increasing issue. The Guardian has a story about a new drug entering the illegal drug market nicknamed “Superman”. The current prohibition and criminalization approach to drug use inhibits this sort of sharing of information.
`Superman’ pill deaths spark calls for dangerous-drugs alert system
The article’s explanation of what makes these cocktail drugs so dangerous is very informative.
That’s easy. Look at GWB’s alertness and demeanor as Beyonce came on stage Normally he slept through or couldn’t bother not to look completely bored at such events.
Or, to be blunt, those men fantasize about screwing their fiery yet submissive house slave.
Wouldn’t go that far. “Hot” operates in subconscious brains independent of political/cultural/historical/social norms and constraints. Beyonce is “hot” or fiery. It may be disconcerting for racists to acknowledge that they are attracted to her, but that just makes them human. The submissive fantasy element is more complex and is about the viewer and not Beyonce who doesn’t present a submissive persona.