Rolling Stone has a great piece that will help you defeat your GOP friends when they start talking crap about Obama.

Ted Cruz seen here.

The great 20th-century economist John Maynard Keynes has been widely quoted as saying, “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” Sadly, in their quest to concentrate economic and political power in the hands of the wealthiest members of society, today’s Republicans have held the opposite position – as the evidence has piled up against them, they continue spreading the same myths. Here are six simple facts about the economy that Republicans just can’t seem to accept: 1. The Minimum Wage Doesn’t Kill Jobs. The Republican story on the minimum wage takes the inordinately […]

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society.”

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Good morning! Today marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society.” The 200 pieces of legislation that passed over the following four years would transform our nation — they were greater than the sum of their parts…

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Kim bit into a madeleine cookie and was transported into remembrances of buff shots past…

Remember that scene in Bridesmaids where Rose Byrne’s character throws a Paris-themed bridal shower party for Maya Rudolph? There was French food and swans and an Eiffel Tower and it’s just all so très chic . Well, Kim Kardashian’s bachelorette party is basically that concept come to life, except actually in Paris, at night, and — perhaps sadly — there’s no Kristen Wiig meltdown to behold.  I bet Kris Jenner got mad at some point, though; I’m not saying she trashed a giant cookie but she could have definitely stomped on a macaron. So there’s that. (There may not […]

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Newsflash: Not everything you read on the Internet is true!  Okay, so that’s not surprising. But maybe this is: When it comes to some of the most commonly diagnosed health conditions in the U.S.—heart disease, diabetes, lung cancer—Wikipedia’s entries contain many errors, concludes a new study in the The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association .   Probably more shocking: “Most physicians use Wikipedia from time to time,” says lead study author Robert Hasty, DO, of Campbell University in North Carolina. “Physicians are taught not to use the site, but they still do.”   While most of the errors […]

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Comedian Kath Barbadoro, who does stand-up in Austin, has a joke she tells about craving Whataburger. She recounts stopping by the Texas fast-food chain and bringing a burger home late at night. Then, realizing her roommate can see in through her bedroom window, she kills the lights and eats it in the dark. Late-night shame-eating is totally standard stand-up fodder. But a few times when she’s told it, instead of laughing at Barbadoro’s self-deprecating humor, the audience responds with a pitying “Awwwww.” Barbadoro, as you might have guessed, is fat. When last week’s episode of Louie concluded with a […]

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In the winter of 1928, John Maynard Keynes composed a short essay that took the long view. It was titled “Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren,” and in it Keynes imagined what the world would look like a century hence. By 2028, he predicted, the “standard of life” in Europe and the United States would be so improved that no one would need to worry about making money. “Our grandchildren,” Keynes reckoned, would work about three hours a day, and even this reduced schedule would represent more labor than was actually necessary. Keynes delivered an early version of “Economic Possibilities” […]

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