* American Evangelicals stirring up violent homophobia in Uganda:
( Embed: )* Re Debt Ceiling hostage Crisis: The last time the Republican Congress toyed with default, it cost the government 1.3 billion dollars. If Republicans are so worried about the debt, why is wasting this sort of money by flirting with default? An actual default is vastly more expensive. In 1979, Congress cut it too close because they said they were worried about the debt, it cost us 12 billion dollars. How is running up all this debt for no reason and getting nothing for it fiscally responsible? If Republicans think wasting so much money for no reason is a good idea, why don't they take the money they plan to waste on their tantrum and actually do something that would help the economy. Imagine if they took the billions they want to waste and buy infrastructure or rehire people hired because of the sequester or gave everyone free health care or created a scholarship fund for hard working students with it? Hell, they could hold a lottery and parcel it out and that would still be vastly better for the economy then running up debt in an argument over whether or not we should pay our bills.
The Republicans have been the party of wild irresponsibility since at least Reagan. Wouldn't it be nice if they decided to do something good for the economy instead for once?
* Why replacing the government with Billionaire pet projects is a bad idea:
( Embed: )* Advocates of the Government Shutdown were out Protesting the Consequences of Shutting Down the Government, now with bonus racism:
( Embed: )* Racism, the Southern Veto, the Southern Strategy, and the Shutdown:
( Embed: )* Debunking GOP Claims about the Debt Ceiling:
( Embed: )Short version: The computer program that controls intake and disbursement for the US Treasury is the most complicated financial program in the world. The computer programs for the VA and Health Care exchanges are way more simple and programmers had years to write them and there was money appropriated to pay for all that. Republicans are insisting that between now and Wednesday morning we can replace the entire Treasury disbursement program to completely change the way money is disbursed, with no money appropriated to write that program, and look at how buggy those are. Even if it were possible to write a replacement program and test it with no programers to do the work, which it isn't, there is some question as to its legality.
* The Missing Middle: Stereotypes of Black Women in the Media:
( Embed: )* I last saw the original Tomorrow People... I guessing early '80's, so my memories are a bit dim. Still the reboot feels like them pissing from a great height on the show I remember. I don't like the chosen one cliche. I am so sick of straight white male saviors. The reboot pilot was so boring I kept forgetting I was watching it and I had to watch some scenes three times as I'd have wandered off and missed things. I don not like the set up or where they seem to be going. Screw this, I'm out.
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