Tom Tomorrow leaving Salon, finally?

http://thismodernworld.com/archives/5671

This is also encouraging -

I was approached by Markos Moulitsas with an intriguing offer — the chance to not only publish my own work on the Daily Kos, but to serve as the site’s Comics Editor, to help create an entirely new space online for political cartoons.

Something to check out - I wish them both the best and look forward to their work.

Well time to dump Jockey and look for new underwear - thanks to their CEO.

You'd think this idiot would've learned something from John Mackey from Whole Foods. When the CEO of a company starts spouting all sorts of crazy fucking batshit from the right-wing, that's really bad for your business because people will realize, you're an idiot AND a hypocrite.

I mean really  -

http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/03/10506/your-underwear-undermining-your-values-what-jockeys-ceo-doing-tea-partiers-conven

Ah The Onion ...

Love that commercial at the end.

American Dream Declared Dead As Final Believer Gives Up

Proof that men and women really are equal.

http://www.thestranger.com/binary/6ebf/click-1.jpg

Read more here.

Bonus quote -

" If you think it looks bad, imagine how it smelled."

RIP - Roger Abbott - 1946 - 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Abbott

I grew up listening, then watching his work on the Royal Canadian Air Farce. They were all very talented and a rare group. Very Canadian.

Roger in particular was one of those performers who was instantly and always funny, no matter the skit, or the impersonation. It was so natural. I always had the impression it never felt like work.

Thank you Roger.

Here's a pretty good montage of his work someone just put together today - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLXtpTN95Us

He will be missed.

Quote of the day - 03-26-2011

"Restoring justice thus has two parts—establishing individual responsibility within the company and redefining criminal liability for the corporation in ways that have real impact on corporate behavior."

Easier said than done. The first one is more like an impossibility. If there's any hope, I'd say it's in the second part. Unless there is any accountability in criminal law that extends beyond money, I'd say there's little hope.

Corporations don't think, they are an artificial instrument created for the primary purpose of driving profit back to its owners - nothing more.

Read more from William Greider here - http://www.thenation.com/article/159433/how-wall-street-crooks-get-out-jail-free

And maybe some folks in the US will get some sense too.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/vermont-moves-one-step-closer-single-payer

Under the proposed plan, Vermont would create a state-run insurance exchange which would then be converted to the single-payer model in 2013. Despite Republican efforts to exempt some businesses who self-insure their health benefits, the Democrats remained united and passed it without those exemptions.

Amazing what society can accomplish when the right-wing is put in its place - out of office and out of business.