Daily Archive: June 26, 2011

Jun 26 2011

Epic Rap Battles of History: Ben Franklin vs Billy Mays

I didn’t think I’d like the other stuff, after Einstein vs Hawking pretty much set the bar as high as it could go. Spoiler: when Billy Mays dies near the end, it’s about to get really epic. Hat tip to Clifton, who according to my blog statistics, despite not having posted in forever, is somehow …

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Jun 26 2011

Why are Republicans and media pundits really trying to eviscerate Social Security?

These accusations are interesting, plausible, and if true, potentially damaging to one of the greatest successes Democrats (and the beneficiaries of the program, of course) have had in the States. The few facts I know about Social Security are that a) it is not in danger of bankruptcy, the retirement age was raised from 62 …

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