If December 22 really was the end of the world -

would you spend the time remaining partying/meeting with friends and relatives/engaging in a favorite activity

or tidying up the house and cleaning the closets?

Student Loan holiday - what is it?

I heard the phrase last night as something proposed to stimulate the economy. What is meant by this - temporary deferral of payments, drop in interest rates, write-offs?

Here is a list of potential Democratic presidential candidates for 2016:

Hillary Clinton

Elizabeth Warren

Kirsten Gillibrand

Debbie Wasserman Schultz


Do I detect a pattern?



On edit: another triumph for McGovern's 1972 reforms. It's taken a while to bear fruit, but he made us the party that wasn't solely about white men!

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-03-11/news/9101220573_1_democratic-party-democratic-national-chairman-nomination

Budget diagrams - why are Social Security and Medicare ever shown on diagrams of the Federal

Budget?



These are off-budget, self-financed programs, just like the Post Office!

This is a more accurate image of the federal Budget!

Open letter to internet advertisers:

You already caught my interest when I saw your ad and clicked your link. Why do you have to spoil things by demanding I sign in with my e-mail, my e-mail again to confirm I got it right, a password, my password again and a hint for the password before letting me see the product? Trust me, I'm long gone by then!

"Editorial: Ordination of women would correct an injustice" NCR Editorial Staff

Creepiest Christmas ad - ever!

The one where the man is giving a diamond pendent to the young daughter of the woman he is planning to marry.......

It's not "entitlement reform", it's a default on Social Security!

Recent photos of Romney suggest he isn't trying any more -

Anyone have any idea whatever happened to that crane that collapsed during Sandy?