December 2010
8 posts
Is It Rape? It Depends on Who Is Asking →
According to a leaked police report, Swedish prosecutors want to question Mr. Assange on allegations of rape in only one of the two cases: The woman in question, a WikiLeaks groupie, let him spend the night at her apartment and had consensual sex with him at least once (reportedly with a condom). She only went to the police days afterward, when she discovered by talking to another woman with...
For anyone who's lived in Cleveland, →
datebynumbers:
or somewhere else you’re supposed to be embarrassed by, I understand.
I’m a little weird about “where are you from” and by weird I mean “rarely answer honestly.” Mainly because when you grow up in a small town outside of Cleveland, you don’t often feel compelled to holler it from the rooftops. It’s a part of my past that I share over cookies and tea with Wife, but no one...
Robert Reich: The President's Last Stand Is No... →
robertreich:
The deal the President struck with Republican leaders is an abomination.
It will cost $900 billion over the next two years — larger than the bailout of Wall Street, GM, and Chrysler put together, larger than the stimulus package, larger than anything that’s come out of Washington in years.
It…
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Five Years Ago
December 4, 2005: It will always be one of the best days of my life.