Month: April 2011

  • Past Coworker of Waukesha Clerk Kathy Nickolaus Sounds off

    She was not only incompetent, but also a fierce right-to-lifer and archconservative. If you said to her, ‘I really like hot fudge sundaes’, her reply would be, ‘We really have to stop abortions.’ Her testifying in the caucus scandal notwithstanding, this casts considerable doubt on her integrity. She knew damn well that what she was […]

  • Idaho Rejects Rape Exception In Abortion Bill Because ‘The Hand Of The Almighty’ Was At Work

    Whittle, whittle: Marching in step with the GOP’s nationwide war on a woman’s right to choose, the Idaho legislature gave final approval to a bill that would outlaw abortions after 20 weeks…. But this year during Sexual Assault Awareness Month, state Republican lawmakers found plenty of reasons to advocate for it. State Rep. Shannon McMillan (R) […]

  • Lenin Cat

    Trending meme: Lenin Cat | Know Your Meme.

  • Reddit Creepy

    That's enough freaking myself out browsing http://www.reddit.com/r/creepy and http://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep – time for the gym. Reddit Creepy

  • Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Reap $22 Billion in 2010

    From the Times: Last year was very lucrative for some of the biggest and best-performing hedge funds’ chiefs. Wealth was so concentrated that a mere 25 people pocketed a total of $22.07 billion, according to this year’s annual ranking by AR Magazine, which tracks the hedge fund industry. At $50,000 a year, it would take […]

  • CEO Pay Up 27%, Everybody Else 2%

    It’s not a recession if you don’t feel it, right? Waiting for that trickle down. Surely this will mean more business investment and job creation instead of greedy hoarding: At a time most employees can barely remember their last substantial raise, median CEO pay jumped 27% in 2010 as the executives’ compensation started working its […]