My colleagues who argue for more military spending lament that grandchildren are flying the same warplanes their grandfathers flew. I’d like to point out that they’re flying them in the same war. @SpeakerRyan should let us vote on whether to stay in Afghanistan. @GeorgeWill https://t.co/Hays2i16Sc
The Kochs are also moving on every fireworks stand and bingo hall east of the Rockies because evil. Btw, municipal broadband is mostly fail but like streetcars, is a perennial Next Big Thing To Save Our Cities https://t.co/d7PZlHaJmC https://t.co/7DOiEC3sU8
I in general think it’s bad policy for the government to give its agencies orders that, if a university was to give them to students or faculty, would earn an absolute shit-kicking from FIRE. https://t.co/zVVrLqUjhv
August Ames had every damn right to decide who she would work with and if you think shaming her because of a decision about WHO SHE WOULD LET INSIDE HER BODY was good you are garbage. This “pile on because I’m offended even though it has nothing to do with me” shit needs to end.
The ACTUAL reason for the deficit:
Letting the public sector do ANYTHING that the private sector does better.....(Which is pretty much everything) https://t.co/6wwYKg2ZSf
Reasons for the deficit:
- decades of tax cuts for the rich
- corporate welfare
- financing endless wars in the Middle East
- rising costs of the most pervasive surveillance state in history
Not reasons for the deficit:
- Social Security
- Medicare
- food stamps
@insta_grants2 I'll also admit that I was a bit (ok a lot) reactionary when I saw that picture.... Can you really blame a guy though, it's not like it's beyond imagination...