Dylan Ratigan, Michael Moore Slam Wall St. Over Latest Round Of Bonuses

You know, maybe I’m wrong about Dylan Ratigan. When they first gave him a show on MSNBC I just figured he’d be extra BS time for Scarborough-style stupidity. But I’ve been off the mark on that of late.

Here he is railing against exorbitant Wall Street bonuses with Michael Moore as the banks owe us billions and millions remain out of work.

And here he is the other day calling out the head of the Chambers of Commerce for “talking nonsense”.

He also had an informative HuffPo piece on the health insurance industry last week.

Speaking of earlier, Michael Moore had an equally thoughtful article on health care reform bills.

So, hopefully, another progressive-minded voice in the wilderness, at least on a few subjects.

Jon Stewart Takes On 30 Republicans Who Voted Against Franken Rape Amendment (VIDEO)

“I guess it’s an efficiency thing. You don’t want to waste tax-payer money giving it to someone who advises fake prostitutes how to commit imaginary crimes, you want to give it to Halliburton because they’re committing real gang rape.”

– John Stewart on the difference between ACORN and Halliburton

Comedy Central video link

American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains – Times Online

Not the best news to come out of that campaign, but unfortunately probably really close to home.

From those servicemen I know who have served in Afghanistan a similar tale rings true. Face it, the locals have been wrapped up in war for 30 years now. They probably don’t even give a damn who is occupying them anymore, much less want to lend a hand.

It is bound to affect those serving in the campaigns there. And to think there would be a plus side to serving in Iraq.

Sites I Like

I have no idea why I don’t try to create a blogroll kind of thing, but I’ll just use this list for now as a reference and add to it as necessary. I may even double post it on Wave or something since I now have an account.

I’ll linkify the list as I get around to it, just brainstorming right now.

News/Opinion
BBC
LV Sun

Politics
Bob Cesca
Huffington Post
Daily Kos
ThinkProgress

Technology
Lifehacker
Smarterware
Wired

Daily Checklist
GeekDad
SportsbyBrooks
Google Wave

Pictures
Big Picture

Arts/Culture
MetModern

Hobbies
GoodReads