Election 2012

[infinite monkey]

Damn unicorns are always kvetching about something, aren't they? Sure, the media paints them as a gentle ethereal creature but once you've spent some time among them you know better!

[Ibby]

I think it's important to understand what society thinks is "fair", even if we don't necessarily do anything to force it to be. It's definitely politically relevant I believe.

[classicman]

I like that its changed so much in the last few years.
Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

[classicman]

Kinda funny. Great comeback.

[infinite monkey]

[Ibby]

Tony Soprano explains Bain Capital.
I assume it's mostly tongue-in-cheek rather than a serious accusation, but.

[classicman]

I must have missed the Tony part... I couldn't see through all the bullshit.

[Clodfobble]

We've been watching Downton Abbey, the main theme of which is the breakdown of the stark class system in Europe around WWI. It's fascinating to compare to now. Back then, the uber-rich were very uber-rich indeed--though I'm not sure how the distribution of wealth would compare to now--but they also were expected to support the poor beneath them. Pretty much the whole village is Lord Grantham's responsibility, including things like singlehanded funding of the local hospital.

[DanaC]

Waitafuckingminutetheresunshine!

How comes Infi gets to be a unicorn? Why is it the hobo-killer gets to play horny ponies?

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Waitafuckingminutetheresunshine!

How comes Infi gets to be a unicorn? Why is it the hobo-killer gets to play horny ponies?

I've never been called sunshine before.

Infi gets to be a unicorn because she needs the horn to skewer hobos.

[infinite monkey]

And also because I'm ethereal and lovely and different. And I asked first.

Thanks Spexx!

[DanaC]

I must admit, I hadn't considered the practical application of the horn with regards hobokilling.

[Lamplighter]

Do you have a student loan ?
Do you or your children plan to go to graduate school ?

If so, watch the news on Thursday...

NY Times
6/29/12
Editorial
The Deal on Student Loans

<snip>
The eventual compromise, brokered by Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader,
requires companies to pay higher premiums for federal pension insurance.
It would also loosen requirements on how much companies would have to contribute to pension funds,
which would mean companies would take fewer tax deductions on those contributions.
Republicans won a provision that would limit the loan subsidies to six years for students pursuing bachelor’s degrees.
<snip>
This deal only lasts a year, which will mean another showdown next summer.
As it is, college students are already the victims of two other Republican-imposed cuts from last year.
They must now start paying interest as soon as they graduate,
instead of six months later, despite the rugged job market.
And, starting Sunday, subsidized loans will not be available to graduate students.
<snip>

We may see Medical Schools offering the B.A. instead of M.D.'s

[Griff]

Is it just me or has the "likeability" factor of both candidates completely tanked in the last month? Imma looking at a Bull Moose moment.

[Lamplighter]

Now Griff, Mitt understands that people don't like him, but his wife, Ann, is very likable.
He sends her out to "explain" to us the some of the more difficult aspects the campaign.

On Thursday morning's ABC Good Morning America,
Ann Romney explained her and her husband's refusal to make their
tax returns public for any other years than 2010 and 2011, by saying:

We've given all [that] you people need to know and understand
about our financial situation and about how we live our life,
and so the election will not be decided on that. It will be decided on who
will turn the economy around, and how will jobs come back to America.