Steve Brodner is an artist and illustrator. This is his official website.
The great Sydney Poitier turns 85 today. One of the great film actors of all time; perhaps the most groundbreaking. With Jim Crow still viciously alive in the 50′s and 60′s he stood for black power, integrity and equality in art and life. And with this one cinematic slap, nothing was ever the same again. From in the Heat of the Night. Happy Birthday, Mr. Tibbs.
Sponge Bob Tea Party Crank of the Day.
In the amazing Sunday piece in the Times we meet Tea Party hawks who believe in cutting taxes and spending across the board, but can’t IMAGINE losing these benefits themselves. We see how 1 of 4 dollars in middle class income now comes from government aid of various kinds. Also that red states, the ones who vote Republican most reliably, get more than they pay. Blue states paradoxically give more than they get. The best part of this is that when they are asked about how they could be for cutting and for taking they break down and cry. Their brains overload and they can no longer compute! Maybe what they really mean to say, but just cannot find the words, is that they want benefits for those who are good like them, but oppose it for OTHERS. And then we could ask them what they mean. Looking at some of the Tea Party posters of Obama we can take a good guess.
Enjoy:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=911624
This Valentine’s Day considering the true romances flourishing in politics. Opening a new animated series for the brand new Washington Spectator site, washingtonspectator.org. Also running now on the Huffington Post. Many thanks to Lou Dubose, Hamilton Fish, Emily Gordon, Betty Russell, Alissa Levin, Edel Rodriguez and everyone who made this new site possible. This is just beginning; happy for all feedback.
Powerful Dem Chuck Schumer (NY) has as yet not taken a stand on the Keystone XL Pipeline project which the GOP has now made into the latest Rollerball game in the Conservadrome. The Senate will vote this week and he will influence the outcome. Today green activists are gathering in NY to protest. If you are near Dag Hammarskjo
http://www.facebook.com/events/356459914379056/
Separate this Big Mother and Child.
Warbucks’ Winter Mitten of the Day. Greg Palast asks the interesting question: why did Romney superpac support fall off in recent mid western states when Santorum posed a threat to his candidacy? He posits in this piece Truthout
http://www.truth-out.org/billionaires-brokered-convention/1328809810
that the “owners” don’t believe in Romney in any real way. They want, Palast, suggests, a muddled field where Romney arrives at the convention so disabled and delegate-light, that a deadlocked convention could then nominate someone else. A more perfect Annie for Daddy Warbucks.
