Daily Archives: February 9, 2009

I Heard It Was Better Than Prison

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A disquieting story on NPR today:  turns out that the high jobless rate is not such a bad thing if you’re a military recruiter.  The military in general is having no problems reaching its monthly quotas of new grunts, and … Continue reading →

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Bank of America to America: “Furthermore, fuck your dead mother.”

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From Bank of America’s ongoing battle against the plebeians, an actual transcript of a man calling to inform BoA that his mother, a BoA credit card customer, had died (via TPM): Paul Kelleher: Yes, I’m calling to inform you that … Continue reading →

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Spin Wars, Shmin Wars

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The dominant theme in the press and on the blogs (including this one, a little bit) lately has been that President Obama has been losing the media battle over the stimulus bill to the Republican noise machine. Not so fast, … Continue reading →

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