Ed Schultz has been booted to the weekends. Chris Hayes has been promoted to the 8 pm spot. There is something about Ed Schultz that I can only take in small doses. I can watch Rachel Maddow every night, but not Ed. The NRA’s Wayne LaPierre is still flapping his lips. I’m not really sure why, but… I guess money can buy you love. Some GOP congressmen ain’t liking the sequester after all.
From Reuters: The analysis found that inequality has risen not just in plutocratic hubs such as Wall Street and Silicon Valley, but also in virtually every corner of the world’s richest nation: Inequality has increased in 49 of 50 states since 1989. The poverty rate increased in 43 states, most sharply in Nevada, ravaged by the housing bust, and in Indiana, which saw a rise in low-paying jobs. Twenty-eight states saw all three metrics of socioeconomic well-being worsen. There, inequality and poverty rose and median income fell. In all 50 states, the richest 20 percent of households made far greater income
Video of slain reporter’s mother: The carnage in Syria continues. We know how this is going to end. We know how this is going to play out. It will take the world community several more weeks to muster the strength and willpower to forcibly put an end to the violence in Syria. Hundreds if not thousands of innocent lives will be lost while these “delicate negotiations” continue. Yet, we know that the world will soon decide: enough is enough. From Reuters: Western and Arab nations will demand on Friday that Syria allow aid to be delivered to desperate civilians in the
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