I do not know whether Troy Davis's last words to Mark MacPhail's family were true. I do not know whether a possibly credible witness claiming Coles confessed to shooting MacPhail is speaking the truth. But neither does the criminal-justice system. Which is why this is such a travesty.
Susie Madrak - The quality of mercy
Violet Socks - Elizabeth Warren for Senate
Gary Farber - Amygdala
Arthur Silber - Power of Narrative
Amanda Marcotte - The death penalty and our corrupted justice system
Lindsay Beyerstein - Troy Davis and Arguments Against the Death Penalty
Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Utterly Relevant NAACP
Jelani Cobb - The Night They Killed Troy Davis
Ta-Nehisi Coates - Death Penalty Activism
Obama UN address
Wonkblog (Sarah Kliff) - Medicaid quietly dodges deficit-reduction battle
Matthew Yglesias - Today Is A Good Day To Guarantee Loans
Matthew Yglesias - Fantasy Central Banker Draft
Matthew Yglesias - No Stop Till (Full-Employment In) Brooklyn
Andrew Tobias - Israel
GOLD
George E.: “On TV and radio I run across a good number of commercials by companies wanting to help protect me from the coming economic collapse by offering to sell gold (or silver, or other precious metals) in exchange for my soon-to-be worthless money. However, if these companies truly believe that an economic Armageddon is about to occur, why are they so eager to sell their gold at this time?”
I do think that one opporutunity for progressives to make up some ground on the tea party will come from the collapse of the gold bubble.
HP's ousted CEO will take home $25 million
Coming To America:
King Jaffe Joffer: Semmi, you have disgraced yourself, and you must be punished. Confine yourself to our royal suite at the Waldorf-Astoria.
[to Oha]
King Jaffe Joffer: And see that he puts on some decent attire.
[to the rose bearers]
King Jaffe Joffer: And I want you to bathe him thoroughly.
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