Trust Your Instincts When It Comes To The Plutocratic Mindset

The Article: World’s richest woman says poor should have less fun, work harder by David Lazarus in The Los Angeles Times.

The Text: Just in case you were beginning to think rich people were deeply misunderstood and that they feel the pain of those who are less fortunate, here’s the world’s wealthiest woman, Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, with some helpful advice.

“If you’re jealous of those with more money, don’t just sit there and complain,” she said in a magazine piece. “Do something to make more money yourself — spend less time drinking or smoking and socialising, and more time working.”

Yeah, let them eat cake.

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Mitt Romney’s Hypocrite Level

In Mitt’s defense, though, horses don’t qualify as the 47%.

One Million Lost In A Mistake

The Article: One Million Dead by Danny Katch in The Socialist Worker.

The Text: OVER A million Iraqis are dead from America’s war.

That sentence is a cognitive litmus test. Some people’s immediate reaction is, “That can’t be right,” because the United States couldn’t do that. Or because crimes on that scale don’t still happen. Or because they do happen, but only in horrible places that the United States hasn’t rescued.

One million is a “Grandpa, what did you do to stop it?” number. It’s a number that undeniably puts the American state among history’s villains. Those who are not willing or able to accept this are physically unable to retain the fact that over a million Iraqis are dead. Their brains expel it like a foreign germ.

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Do You Remember Anything I’ve Said?

The Soft Pack’s “Saratoga” reminds us of summer in all the best ways.

McCain Blasts Hannity On Libya

Funny how people become much more respectable–or at least more reasonable–when they’re not running for public office anymore.