The Neverending Story

• Perhaps Republicans believe senior citizens will all go out and get janitorial jobs.  (Down With Tyranny.)

  Bernie [Sanders] pointed out that the 0.3% increase announced yesterday amounts to an average of $4/month for the typical Social Security recipient. "Seniors and disabled veterans need more help than a few extra dollars in their monthly checks," he said. "These are the people who built this country-- our parents, our grandparents and our soldiers. At a time when senior poverty is going up and more than two-thirds of the elderly population rely on Social Security for more than half of their income, we must do everything we can to expand Social Security. Seniors and disabled veterans deserve a fair cost-of-living adjustment to keep up with the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs and health care. Unfortunately, the increase announced today doesn’t come close to doing that."

• Crooked Timber is going to moderated comments.  
• The Rude One dismisses Gary Johnson (and barely bothers with Jill Stein).
• Metaphor at Southern Beale.
• The verdict at Balloon Juice.  
• ETA:  Driftglass leaps in.

"I can't stop talking 'bout love."