Sunday Reads

• A good, if thick, thick analysis showing that … surprise …  paying retail employees more can drive revenues instead of costs RETAIL’S HIDDEN POTENTIAL: HOW RAISING WAGES WOULD BENEFIT WORKERS, THE INDUSTRY AND THE OVERALL ECONOMY

• A look at the War on Coal There was no ‘war on coal,’ but there should be. Just not on the backs of miners. Delay is denial

• As of this post, Mitt Romney’s share of the popular vote is now 47.49% which nicely rounds down to … 47% Current Vote Count

• A neat little site that shows what happens to US costal areas as se levels rise Surging Seas

• Ross Douthat is still an idjit, here with a wonderfully convoluted argument against the payroll taxes for safety net programs

• In case you missed it, it is still funny as hell Top Georgia GOP Lawmakers Host Briefing on Secret Obama Mind-Control Plot

 

Won’t learn Won’t change

The republican leaders are staying with the same program they ran their presidential campaign on.

( except I think they realize they have to say nicer things,… in public anyway,…. about those useless, moocher 47% people. And African Americans. And Latinos. And women. And young people.)

Looks like Grover Norquist and Paul Ryan still run the show.

We’ll see how that works out.

 

COMICS!