Category Archives: crossposted on TADA

Taxes Don’t Drive (Many) Millionaires Out Of High-Tax States

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Ampersand

In comments, Brandon Berg wrote: Which, really, is why leftists aren’t so big on federalism. The left-wing program can’t work without the ability to bleed high-yield taxpayers. And if said taxpayers are free to just pack up and move to … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like | 6 Comments

You can’t talk about the debt without talking about rising medical costs

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Ampersand

Via Andrew Sullivan, I read this article by Anne Lowrey trying to make the deficit understandable by putting it in terms of a household budget. For our purposes, let’s use $60,000 as the government’s income and $85,000 as its expenses. … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Economics and the like, Health Care and Related Issues | 18 Comments

Quote: Make It More Ethnic

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Ampersand

I have been on sets before when a director says ‘can you make it more ethnic?’ I always say ‘can you demonstrate to me how you want it done?’ That usually ends it. –Yvette Nicole Brown Reading this article by … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Media criticism, Race, racism and related issues | 10 Comments

Women Writers Are Underrepresented In Literary Magazines

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Ampersand

Vida published pie graphs showing the state of women in literary magazines in 2010 — how many of the writers they publish are female, how many of the books reviewed are by female authors, and so forth. The charts don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Feminism, sexism, etc, literature | 4 Comments

The FBI Says Men Can’t Be Raped

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Ampersand

Colorlines highlights this terrible quote from an FBI FAQ about the Uniform Crime Reporting system, the nation’s leading source of crime statistics. (Which is unfortunate, because the UCR is a lousy source of statistics.) The FAQ also discusses the National … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues, Sexism hurts men | 14 Comments

Link Farm and Open Thread: Testing Elephants edition

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Ampersand

Post what you will. Self-linking is swell! It continues to be Fat People Art Week! Help the DoJ Regulate Against Prison Rape 3 Interesting Infographics: Interracial Marriage, Surnames, and Slavery Maybe the Supreme Court won’t decide on Health Care Reform. … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Link farms | 6 Comments

Link Farm and Open Thread: Sandwich Making 101 edition

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Ampersand

Post what you want, because it’s what you want when you want it, that’s what I want to be about. I want you to want to self-promote what you want. Let us not be left wanting. (Drawing by Vera Brosgol). … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Link farms | 35 Comments

The Government's Cruel War On Pain Medication

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Ampersand

Several years ago, Mark Kleiman wrote a long, well-researched article on drug policy which was so overflowing with being sensible that it has no chance of being paid any attention to in legislative circles. Most of the article was focused … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Health Care and Related Issues | 47 Comments

More Americans Are For Expanding Than Repealing Health Care Reform

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Ampersand

A new poll by Kaiser and Harvard shows the problem the Republicans have: the only thing as unpopular as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would be to repeal the Affordable Care Act. 28% of Americans want to expand the ACA; … Continue reading →

Posted in crossposted on TADA, Health Care and Related Issues | 7 Comments

Microaggressions

Posted on January 23, 2011 by Myca

My wife pointed me to an excellent, if infuriating, blog last night, and I was up until 2 AM reading through it. Microaggressions is a blog about the little daily fuck-yous that populate the world if your race, gender, ethnicity, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Colonialism, crossposted on TADA, Disabled Rights & Issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Links, Race, racism and related issues, Whatever | 11 Comments