How the Surveillance State Protects the Interests Of the Ultra-Rich | | AlterNet

Dangers of a 'Submissive' Wife in Chief: Is a Vote for Michele Bachmann Really a Vote for Her Husband? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

9/11: Ten Years Later, Americans Still Stupid and Vulnerable | Common Dreams

Welfare as They Know It | Common Dreams

Raising taxes on the wealthy does not slow the economy

Nude Pics of Republican Politician Found on Grindr

This week in the War on Women

The fruits of elite immunity

Bachmann admits doing things to help people is popular, so it has to stop

A Cooperative Economy: The Time Is Now | Common Dreams

The Lewis Powell Memo – Corporate Blueprint to Dominate Democracy | Common Dreams

Idiot Wind: The Eternal Return of the Politics of the1970s | Common Dreams

Don Lemon Foiled Again by the Transgender Thing

The Lightning Bug's Lair: Starship Troopers (1997): To Fight the Bugg, You Have to Understand the Bugg. (Would You Like To Know More?)

8 Ways Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Show More Leadership Than Our “Leaders” | | AlterNet

The Founding Fathers Believed in Redistributing Wealth — Why Do Tea Party Heroes Like Perry and Bachmann Vilify It? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Is Rolling Stone Magazine Dead? A Cover Story Nets Just 2000 New Fans – hypebot

Obama Blog: A revealing chart:  The chart below shows the gross internal debt in the U.S. from 1920 to 2010. It is one of many indicators that show the economic predicamen…

The Military Industrial Complex at 50 | War Is A Crime .org

Donald Trump shows how bad off the wealthy have it

Guess What? Most “Buttons” You Push Only Exist to Make You Feel Like You Have Control Over Your Life | | AlterNet

The History of The Right's Religious War | Crooks and Liars

Freakonomics Poll: Should Being a Parent Require a License?

How Much Money Could The Defense Department Save If It Stopped Trying To Save Souls? | War Is A Crime .org

Open thread for night owls

Why 'Constitutional Conservatives' Like Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry Have No Respect for the Constitution | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Rick Perry has a funny definition of 'miracle'