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October 1, 2011

"Why I didn't take to the streets with my Occupy Wall Street comrades": confessions of a displaced, underprivileged working man fighting to stay afloat in today's unjust hyper-capitalist America

Honestly? Because I was working. Plus, the smell. I mean, yes, street tacos and hot dogs are the People’s food. But that doesn’t mean they don’t tend to, you know, repeat on a brother or sister.

October is a month of autumn leaves and Tubular Bells. And of course, the protein wisdom October fundraiser [sticky; new posts below; TUESDAY UPDATE; FINAL FRIDAY UPDATE]

If it helps, just pretend I’m a U.S.-based solar start-up, and you have no choice but to give. Only I won’t insult you at the end of the day by showing off my whistling spa robots. **** Tuesday update: A little under half-way home this month. Thanks to all who’ve contributed. **** Friday update: I’ll leave this post up today and tomorrow, then it gets bumped back to its original

The Zionist Question

Ran Radosh takes on John Judis and Andrew Sullivan — the latter of whom seems now to be confusing Israel with Trig Palin, and AIPAC with Sarah Palin’s lying evil womb of Satan. Most interesting about this piece, from my point of view, is that it illustrates how revisionist historians and politically-motivated “journalists” work to invert easily accessible fact into “conventional truths” that argue the inverse. And it is the

Did the first Black President

…just take a veiled shot at the first half Black President? Historic!

"Emails show Operation Fast and Furious was shared with Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan — and perhaps beyond"

What did they know and when did they know it? And more importantly, what is it that they are trying to cover up, and why? At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out the White House was using Solyndra to ship assault weapons to Mexican drug cartels at a 50% loss. Would you? (thanks to geoffB and Doug Ross)