One lap around the net

“Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” Mark Twain

Rick Perry is a thug. Digby discusses.

The Great Prosperity vs the Great Regression and Why Inequality is the Real Cause of Our Ongoing Terrible Economy by Robert Reich.

10 Things Conservatives Don’t Want You To Know About Ronald Reagan

By Alex Seitz-Wald

Apocalyptic GOP Is Dragging Us Into a Civil War

by Matt Taibbi

The All-Time 10 Worst Military Contracting Boondoggles
By Adam Weinstein