• “Excellent post, and I agree with pretty much all of it. I'm a 99'er who exhausted his benefits since April.”
      Posted on THE 99ers September 1, 2010 12:59 PM
    • “That, in my opinion is the driving force for these uber-extreme righties making headway. Our complacent part of society has”
      Posted on Societies Fail: We Might Have to Get Over It September 1, 2010 12:37 PM
    • “You are obviously taking my comment out of context. I'm referring to the level of complaints associated between users of”
      Posted on A History of TPM Cafe--according to Bwakfat August 29, 2010 6:57 PM
    • “Bluebell, I agree with you on the national reporting. No reporting -- not even with local interns -- outside of”
      Posted on A History of TPM Cafe--according to Bwakfat August 29, 2010 6:18 PM
    • “In my opinion, he should look for a solid Operations Manager with experience in dot.com's. It might cost Josh in”
      Posted on A History of TPM Cafe--according to Bwakfat August 29, 2010 5:47 PM
    • “I don't disagree with you, oleeb. I do believe that if TPM wants to continue growing as a national-stage news/reporting”
      Posted on A History of TPM Cafe--according to Bwakfat August 29, 2010 5:25 PM
    • “Either he doesn't have the staff and resources, or he has the wrong staff and resources. Or some combination in”
      Posted on A History of TPM Cafe--according to Bwakfat August 29, 2010 5:18 PM
    • “My complaints have never been about the changes, or the loss of blogs, or the problems with sign-ins. My complaints”
      Posted on A History of TPM Cafe--according to Bwakfat August 29, 2010 5:02 PM
    • “Drink naught from the Elitism stream, for a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...”
      Posted on The Same Old Thing August 28, 2010 3:52 PM
    • “Right but where's the cutoff? I've been away from the site for 2 years because of the LAST loss if”
      Posted on Customer Disservice (Yes, it's another WTFTPMGYST blog) August 28, 2010 12:48 PM
    • “Ok, just to be clear... I take NO responsibility for this FUBAR. I mean, I only asked if it COULD”
      Posted on Complaint with TPM's communication. August 27, 2010 11:36 PM
    • “Wish I had kept Project Lucidity up a little longer. The technical issues have plagued this site since they first”
      Posted on Amateur Hour on the Internets August 27, 2010 10:24 PM
    • “Ooops. Even though I'm able to log in through the comments section here, I still get error messages that I'm”
      Posted on Complaint with TPM's communication. August 27, 2010 6:00 PM
    • “Oh, and I'm able to comment because I logged in through the Comments Section (the Login prompt at the blank”
      Posted on Complaint with TPM's communication. August 27, 2010 5:55 PM
    • “I just tried using my Gmail account, granted access to auth.talkingpointsmemo.com, etc. Nothing has ported over by using my Gmail.”
      Posted on Complaint with TPM's communication. August 27, 2010 5:52 PM
    • “Hey AA, nice to see a familiar username. I don't know if it's the "same ol' same ol'", but it”
      Posted on Complaint with TPM's communication. August 27, 2010 5:13 PM
    • “My complaint wasn't about integration. I was just curious if it could be done, and like clearthinker says, it's probably”
      Posted on Complaint with TPM's communication. August 27, 2010 5:12 PM
    • “I sent an e-mail to TALK with a screenshot of the new login screen. Granted, they probably won't respond, but”
      Posted on Complaint with TPM's communication. August 27, 2010 5:09 PM
    • “Wow. Two years away, and my first post back gets over 60 comments. Thanks for the interesting conversations everyone.”
      Posted on A Non-Christian's View of Park51 August 23, 2010 11:02 PM
    • “Agreed.”
      Posted on A Non-Christian's View of Park51 August 23, 2010 11:00 PM
    • “We three, it seems.”
      Posted on A Non-Christian's View of Park51 August 23, 2010 10:23 PM
    • “Jason, thanks for the comment. I would be fine if civil unions were the national norm for benefits, as long”
      Posted on A Non-Christian's View of Park51 August 23, 2010 4:36 PM
    • “Thank you for exemplifying the bigotry and close-mindedness of which I posted. I have read your comments on other threads”
      Posted on A Non-Christian's View of Park51 August 23, 2010 2:37 PM
    • “In a way, I'm glad the Imam picked that location. It's forcing us to buck up and really pick a”
      Posted on We Are A Nation of Pinheads August 22, 2010 11:13 PM
    • “More than likely the Republican leadership would try to have his head for misappropriating war funds allocated by Congress.”
      Posted on Flood August 22, 2010 10:31 PM
    • “Dan K, it's too bad there isn't a Recommend function for comments. You've articulated my thoughts on this whole ordeal”
      Posted on We Are A Nation of Pinheads August 22, 2010 10:28 PM
    • “If you do not answer this question directly and without your usual smart ass remarks I will no longer reply”
      Posted on The End of My Ramadan Winning Streak August 22, 2010 3:22 PM
    • “I like this: "shortsightedness is a disease of politics." First: Interesting point. Would it be fair to say, then, that”
      Posted on 99ers on the Street August 18, 2010 4:50 PM
    • “Yes, in Bhutan. To preserve their Buddhist culture, they have forced their non-Buddhist residents (mostly Muslim and ethnic Nepalese) to”
      Posted on The great churchless lie about Islam August 17, 2010 10:56 PM

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A former corporate sarariman who is fascinated by politics, international affairs, global economics, and early childhood education. Full time student, full time dad (of 2), full time husband. I'm back in university working towards my Doctorate in Economics, and will hopefully work for Giant World Order Liberal Think Tank, Inc. with an emphasis on development and institutional economics. I have a wonderful partner-in-crime who teaches music to little kids and is starting a photography career.

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