Best. Soundtrack. Ever.

I’ve been listening to this soundtrack again a lot lately.  I’ve never heard one that tells a story – especially that tracks withe movie it was created for – so well.  The story starts – more or less – here:

Bastards

Via Digby (who else?), this:
New court documents reveal disturbing details of what happened to Reynaldo “Reny” Cabral, the young Orland man who became paralyzed from the neck down when he rammed his head against a wall during a schizophrenic episode in the Glenn County Jail.
The CN&R has previously reported (”Breakdown in mental-health care,” Dec. 13, [...]

I’m done with the DH

This post is about the Democrat-Herald’s decision to print the letter from Shannon Duffy that I posted on a few days ago.  I’ve been thinking about that letter and the comments it inspired on the DH website, and I’ve decided not only to stop posting about the DH and Hering, but to stop reading the [...]

Ultimate Showdown

h/t HB

[DH] They get letters….

…. like this gem:
Emulate the terrorists?
Everybody is concerned about what to do with the terrorist prisoners in Guantanamo, and I have a simple solution. Find out what the terrorists would do if these were American prisoners held by them, and do the same!
Allan Jay Silver, Albany
I see no trace of sarcasm there, which leads me [...]

[Hering] …. speechless….

This is the best thing I’ve ever seen him write.  Actual facts.  A reasonable conclusion.  A moderate tone.  A grasp of history.
No, seriously, credit where it’s due.

Big 3 execs to world: F*** You

Say what?
In a telephone interview this morning, Charles Territo, a spokesman for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which is a party to two of the lawsuits [regarding emissions and fuel efficiency standards - RW] now in federal court, said that the association had no intention of altering its strategy just because some of its members [...]

The Albany Democrat-Herald…

I wasn’t going to post on this, on the grounds that yes, it is that bad – but then I read the comment by Ajai. First, the letter to the editor, in its entirety:
No more on that mayor
It is unfortunate that we have to continue to listen about gay folks in Portland, considering the problems [...]

I think it’s called a confounding factor

Also known as ‘correlation is not causation’:
Scientists have found that the pleasure women get from making love is directly linked to the size of their partner’s bank balance.
They found that the wealthier a man is, the more frequently his partner has orgasms.
That’s just stupid – and nothing in the story leads me to believe these [...]

‘Dungeons and Discourse’

AWESOME.
Found because of this site.

Digby on torture

Warning – some of the videos appear to be pretty harsh.  At least go read.

Touring the DH editorial page: A little shop of horrors

I’m sort of glad I didn’t read the DH editorial page much this week.  Look at what I missed….
Letter-writer and false-consciousness expert Todd Rund:
In fact, what use is “hope” at all?
And no, reading the rest of the letter doesn’t really change the meaning of that line.  It just sort of makes it worse.  (Interesting side [...]

Twistyfaster on the repeal of the global gag rule

As usual, Twisty doesn’t give an inch:
I’m as pleased as six pigs that Barack has Obamanated the international gag rule that prevented federal dough from being doled out to overseas abortion providers. It’s high time that white American godbag dudes got their bible-stained paws off of global uteruses.
But Barack Obama is not the Feminist Messiah, [...]

The Obamas, FOX News and – fisting?

h/t Sisyphean Task….

Oh dear lord.

Ezra Klein on defining health care

Klein:
Part of the reason our health care is so expensive is that we tend to think health is the sort of thing that happens inside a doctor’s office. But it’s not. It happens when you breathe the air outside, when you decide whether to walk or drive, when you figure out how many friends you [...]