RJ Eskow and Stuart Zechman discussed the question, "What needs to happen in order to make a working health care system - for 99% of us - out of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)?" on Virtually Speaking Sundays.
Oh, yeah, it's that time of year again, and you know what that means - "Carol of the Bells" and Advent calendars from North Pole, St. Margaret and Mary, Project Britain, Busted Halo, Electric December - oh, and I really enjoyed this from last year. And have some Christmas lights.
The MMT Coloring Book would make a great little stocking stuffer!
Podcast: Stephanie Kelton talks to Bill Black and Randy Wray.
The argument between Americans isn't about whether the minimum wage should be raised, it's about whether it should be raised to $9.00 an hour or $10.10 an hour (or more). (Apparently, they didn't ask about $12.00 or $21.00.) This is true across political parties and income groups. Jay Ackroyd linked this poll at Eschaton, saying, "When reading articles about the resurgent left, it's interesting to mentally substitute 'popular' for 'populist.' " (The "neutral" tone of the "related article" got infuriating fast: "Food stamps have been cut for some, and many were stung by the payroll tax increase. Even their own companies have set up food drives to aid low-paid employees at individual stores or created help lines advising them how to stretch their food dollars and apply for public assistance." Makes it sound like the poverty of their workers has some outside, unrelated cause and has nothing to do with the fact that these companies have made enormous profit from going out of their way to impoverish their workers.)
Atrios declared them The Worst People In The World: The Third Way. Not surprising when you see who they are.
"U.S. Student Homelessness Up 10% Since Last Year"
"Bishops sued over hospital abortion policies: The American Civil Liberties Union announced on Monday that it had filed a lawsuit against the nation's Roman Catholic bishops, arguing that their anti-abortion directives to Catholic hospitals hamper proper care of pregnant women in medical distress, leading to medical negligence."
Boris Johnson declared that the gulf between rich and poor is inevitable because millions of people are too stupid to get on in life. (Digby's post also features a neat little video about wealth distribution.) The cab driver Thomas Friedman never seems to get (but, in a just world, someday will) posted a response on YouTube.
Patent troll wins first round - but it will be appealed.
"The Making of the Three Strikes Laws - video at the NYT site on rethinking a stupid, costly policy.
"Norfolk police warn of alarming clown epidemic"
Take a bus ride up Tianmen Mountain.
Renaissance Steampunk
"Bianca Beauchamp would make a fantastic Jessica Rabbit."
Recipe: Apple pie pumpkin
Roy Zimmerman's Austerity Beatles. It's not brilliant, and he missed a better angle on "Birthday", but....
Cool Photo: The Day the Earth Smiled
Tony Joe White, "Robbin' My Honeycomb"
It's shocking that liberalism today means raising the minimum wage to where it was in 1960
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