Pacific Views

Wednesday Reading

James Benjamin continues a discussion on the effects of long-term alcohol abuse on the brain.

The Slacktivist documents a couple of the Bush EPA's Friday bombshells.

Orcinus makes a well supported case for why everytime the 'he gassed his own people' line is brought up by a conservative, they should be soundly thumped back with human rights abuses in China. And he draws our attention to Pandagon's similar thinking and pithy commentary on the same topic: "If you argue against this war, you are objectively pro-Chinese Communist and objectively anti-human rights."

Nathan Newman continues his series on the sensible aspects of raising the minimum wage, a real liberal issue, unlike endless hand-wringing over the membership rosters of golf clubs for the ultra-rich. Brief point:

...Labor is the one commodity that in turn consumes itself-- ie. workers go home and buy other goods which in turns drives demand for more labor. So raising the minimum wage puts money in the pockets of consumers living in low-wage communities, thereby driving employment through worker consumption, a kind of localized Keynesian expansion of jobs in the low-wage sector. ...

Fred at Rantavation talks about the subversive racism of the public dialogue on welfare.

Dohiyi Mir on Islamic reaction to Iraq's governing council, and below that he links to an Asia Times article on Taliban recruitment.

The Talent Show on a great prank that hugely embarassed a Seattle area Clear Channel affiliate station. Heh.

At Not Geniuses, a post on irresponsibility, and another continuing a discussion on universal health care with Max Sawicky.

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