America’s top union official delivered a verbal slap to President Obama today, saying Obama has hopped aboard the Tea Party bandwagon while throwing jobs under the bus, reports Talking Points Memo. So it’s decision time, says the AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka: Obama can buckle down on unemployment, or he can “continue…
Continue reading …Americans’ views on the economy have dimmed this summer. But so far, the growing pessimism doesn’t seem to be taking a toll on President Obama’s re-election prospects. More people now believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, a new AP-GfK poll shows, and confidence in Obama’s handling of…
Continue reading …Yes, he sliced off part of a man’s penis—but he also saved the guy’s life, said a jury in an unusual Kentucky court battle. Philip Seaton, 64, sued Dr. John Patterson for “loss of service, love and affection” over a circumcision that took off more than Seaton would have…
Continue reading …It’s time to “get over” our squeamishness of talking frankly about religion in public life, especially when so many Republicans running for their party’s presidential nomination have such unusual and strong religious beliefs, says Bill Keller in the New York Times . Two are Mormons, and three others are associated with…
Continue reading …Tim Cook wasted no time today reassuring Apple workers that they were in good hands. In a letter to employees acquired by Ars Technica , Cook noted that the departing Steve Jobs had been his “leader and mentor” for 13 years, and would still be involved. “I want you to be…
Continue reading …You may never feel the same way about buying cheap furniture again: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad was a member of Svensk Socialistisk Samling, a new book reveals. Swedish journalist Elisabeth Åsbrink reveals a 1943 file opened on Kamprad by the secret service, which concluded Kamprad must have held “some sort…
Continue reading …In a town-hall kerfuffle caught on tape, Mitt Romney trades heated words with a questioner in discussing a balanced-budget amendment he supports, notes Mediaite . When the questioner suggests that Romney is telling his audience “what (it) wants to hear,” adding that it’s “shameful” to pretend we don’t “benefit” from government…
Continue reading …Did Moammar Gadhafi have a thing for Condoleezza Rice? It sure looks that way: Rebel looters found a photo album in Gadhafi’s compound filled with page after page of photos of Rice, MSNBC reports. Rice visited Libya in 2008 to celebrate what was supposed to be a new stage in…
Continue reading …Slate co-founder Jack Shafer, who has been with the online magazine since before its official launch in 1996, is being laid off, it was announced yesterday. The media critic is one of four staff members being let go; Timothy Noah , June Thomas , and Juliet Lapidos are the others, reports the…
Continue reading …Lots of countries have laws preventing criminals from profiting from their crimes. “By rather stark contrast, Dick Cheney will prance around the next several weeks in the nation’s largest media venues,” touting his new book and debating “whether he was right to invade other countries, torture, and illegally spy on…
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