Today on the Occupy Wall Street facebook page, I saw a posting with the following ugly image and the caption “(H) The poison must be smashed, each and every way.” Thankfully, most of the comments were critical of the violence: … Occupy beware of infiltrators and figures of lesser inteligence 2 hours ago · Like…

December Surprise? From Rubin to Pelosi, Wall Street & DC Dems Push Post-Election Austerity “On a recent Meet the Press face-off between Democrats and Republicans, a politician claimed we urgently need to cut government spending. He embraced a plan to slash vital government programs and gut retirement security, while actually cutting taxes for the rich.…

The Other 98% joined with Working Washington and Bill Moyer’s Backbone Campaign to protest Amazon. The activists won: Amazon agreed to stop supporting ALEC.

The News Tribune is reporting: “In a ruling this morning that is certain to lead to a Supreme Court review, King County Superior Court Judge Bruce Heller found that tax increases including the closure of loopholes need only a simple majority.”

Via Paul Richmond:  A Secret War in 120 Countries: The Pentagon’s New Power Elite Last year, Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe of the Washington Post reported that U.S. Special Operations forces were deployed in 75 countries, up from 60 at the end of the Bush presidency. By the end of this year, U.S. Special Operations…

In this hilarious, crude, and politically astute 6 minute video, Bill Maher destroys Republican claims that Obama is a Socialist and ends by saying, “Can anyone tell me what the Democrats want to do? The best I can come up with is: ‘Elect us. We’re lame, but the other guys are nuts.’”

Koch Industries has pattern of violating ethics, environmental laws

Think Progress is reporting: Democrat To Offer A ‘Lifeline’ For Single-Payer Health Care. “Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) will soon introduce legislation that would allow states to use federal funds they’re receiving through Medicare, Medicaid, and other health care programs to build a universal single-payer system. Advocates are describing the bill as a ‘lifeline’ for advocates.…

WSJ’s Market Watch reports: Obama spending binge never happened Commentary: Government outlays rising at slowest pace since 1950s  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Of all the falsehoods told about President Barack Obama, the biggest whopper is the one about his reckless spending spree. As would-be president Mitt Romney tells it: “I will lead us out of this…