Now-fired Rand Paul campaign worker Tim Proffitt wants an apology from the woman whose head he was forced to stomp yesterday. His point being, she's a professional activist. You know, just like ACORN, or the NAACP, or "Americans for Prosperity," or "FreedomWorks," or Congress. Other people's points being that Lauren Valle is an UNHINGED ATTACKER PAID ACTIVIST. (Calling her an attacker is an extreme distortion, of course, of what happened.) But it's actually fascinating that the agitated right is now going after this woman, because her line of work is... mounting opposition to corporate fat cats. I mean, isn't that at heart the Tea Party line? Except I guess when your Tea Party is funded by the Koch brothers. It's all very confusing, except when it isn't.

A revolution conducted by people who have only a group identity can only replace one monolith of power with another, one misery with another, perpetuating the cycle of domination and oppression. In solitude, the individual becomes most human, which is to say, most spiritual. -Curtis White, 'The Spirit of Disobedience: An Invitation,' Harper's Magazine, April 2006. READ MORE

Yes, I am totally obsessed with the G20! I mean, how amazing, on all sorts of levels. And what I love about the protests in this country is that there are fun places where the right and the left meet. Although: the anarchists make the birthers and the truthers look like wusses, honestly, because when was the last time a birther had to breathe teargas? (Just picturing Orly Taitz getting riot-copped is making my whole morning, honestly.) But both sides are strongly anti-bailout, and anti-big government. Also, both sides love their favorite TV shows. But both sides share even more. READ MORE