I Know She Does

Saturated in pop, and a Specter-esque wall of sound, Just Another Snake Cult’s “I Know She Does” is a perfect tune for the remaining sun-drenched days of summer.

The War On Women’s Health

God, Rush Limbaugh is the worst. But what might be even worse is what could happen to women’s health if conservatives gain both houses and the presidency this fall.

Running America Like Bain

If anyone could figure out how to run middle America into the dirt even more and twist it around as ‘restoring America’s future,’ it’d be Mittens.

Wait, So Who’s Racist?

The Article: Apparently, the ‘Real Racists’ Are… Anti-Racists? by Jamelle Bouie in The Nation.

The Text: In response to Jonathan Chait, National Review’s Jonah Goldberg makes an argument that I’ve seen more and more on the right—that noticing racism, and particularly racialized political attacks, makes you a racist:

What I love about this stuff is that liberals tend to insist how racism is not only repugnant to them, but alien to them. And yet, they continually demonstrate a sensitivity and acuity for spotting it that even real racists seem to lack. They’re like people who claim to be nose deaf (if you prefer, anosmic) who nonetheless insist they can pick up an exotic scent from miles away (“A lactose intolerant armadillo has grown flatulent over by the old Miller farm…”).

There’s a real irony in the fact that this comes from someone whose magazine employed a notorious racist, and then replaced him with another (after firing two other writers with unfortunate views).

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Nothing ‘Icky’ About It

As summer dwindles away, The Icky Blossoms’ drowsy, acid-rock filled gem called “Perfect Vision” is a great accompaniment.