Vagabond Scholar’s Jon Swift Memorial Roundup

In memory of one of our own who passed, a best of the blogs 2010. The much missed Jon Swift/Al Weisel left behind some excellent satire, but was also a nice guy and a strong supporter of small blogs. Blogroll Amnesty Day (co-founded with skippy) is a celebration of small blogs that’s still going...

Cry Me A River (of Credit Default Swaps)

Politico is running a story this morning offering credence to one of the most galling public displays of narcissism ever to grace the internet. In effect the article is nothing more than a litany of complaints from a series Wall Street hacks whining about the fact that they are not on the Presidents’...

Beyond the Palin

They don’t like her! They really don’t like her!

Less Assange, More Manning.

The other day, Naomi Klein sent out a tweet in which she asked for “an [international] moratorium on feeding [Julian] Assenge’s ego”. Count me in. Some may say #mooreandme is a distraction from The Big Picture. But you know who the real distraction is? Julian fucking Assange. Seriously, how...

Taking a Few Days Off

I figure no one wants to read about politics over Christmas anyway. So, to you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Eat to your hearts content and see you on the other...