Jessie Wong

Dec 4, 2012

Oh, and for all the seniors or near-seniors who voted Republican because you thought they would protect Medicare from that bad guy Obama: you’ve been had

It goes without saying that the Republican “counteroffer” is basically fake. It calls for $800 billion in revenue from closing loopholes, but doesn’t specify a single loophole to be closed; it calls for huge spending cuts, but aside from raising the Medicare age and cutting the Social Security inflation adjustment — moves worth only around $300 billion — it doesn’t specify how these cuts are to be achieved. So it’s basically the Paul Ryan method: scribble down some numbers and pretend that you’re a budget wonk with a Serious plan.

What I haven’t seen pointed out here is the longer arc of GOP strategy. Does anyone recall how the Bush tax cuts were passed? The 2001 cut was passed based on the claim that the government was running an excessive surplus; the 2003 cut on the claim that it would provide an economic boost. Then the surplus went away, and the economy did not, to say the least, perform very well. So now we face a substantial long-run deficit largely created by those tax cuts.

Krugman, speaking again for the Reality-based community.

Dec 4, 2012

adventuretime:

Adventure Time Heads to Sundance

Continuing to be the Adventure Time episode that keeps on giving, “Thank You” is one of just 65 short films that’ll be screened at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Utah next month, the Sundance Institute is announcing. There were a record 8,012 short film submissions this year so, yeah, Pen Ward and Tom Herpich deserve a mighty thumbs up. Congratulations, men. Now go buy some parkas.

Not only did Tom write and board the episode, he designed the title card, above, too. Martin Ansolabehere and Nick Jennings painted it.

(Source: adventuretime)

Dec 4, 2012

nevver:

Les juxtapositions

Nov 18, 2012

dionnesyl:

So I came home from school to see my 7 year old sister putting skittles with my antidepressants, I went up to her and asked “Hey what you doing?” She looked at me, smiled and said “Skittles make me happy so I put them with your medicine that makes you happy so you can be extra happy.” That was the cutest thing i’ve ever heard.

(via ibexofthefreemountain)

Nov 13, 2012