Nevertheless, I am aware that it is a right-wing organization. What it did to add to the misery of Julian Assange and Wikileaks was a real exercise in suppression of freedom of speech and a capitulation to our right wing government hellbent on secrecy.

So, what can I say?
I haven't resolved this as yet.

But the last straw might be what I see every time I go to log in:
That "Paypal is the most LOVED way to pay..."

Every time you read someone extolling the dynamism of the modern economy, the virtues of risk-taking, declaring that everyone has to expect to have multiple jobs in his or her life and that you can never stop learning, etc,, etc., bear in mind that this is a portrait of an economy with no stability, no guarantees that hard work will provide a consistent living, and a constant possibility of being thrown aside simply because you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

And nothing people can do in their personal lives or behavior can change this. Your church and your traditional marriage won't guarantee the value of your 401(k), or make insurance affordable on the individual market.

Election officials missed a deadline on Sunday to report results of a two-day recount in Representative Allen B. West's bid to remain in Congress, apparently sealing unofficial results giving the victory to his Democratic opponent, Patrick Murphy.

St. Lucie County did not meet a noon cutoff to finish processing 37,379 ballots that were cast early in the 18th Congressional District race, but it eventually released the results, which showed Mr. Murphy gaining votes in the recount. Regardless, under Florida law, previously submitted results favoring Mr. Murphy will be certified unless an emergency exemption is granted by the state.

"It puts an end to it as far as we're concerned," said Eric Johnson, an adviser to the Murphy campaign. "It puts an end to it as far as the state's concerned."

"It's a sad, sad commentary on the attitudes of the day that a nearly 60-year-old Christmas tradition is now having to hunt for a home, something like our savior had to hunt for a place to be born because the world was not interested," Hunter Jameson, head of the nonprofit Santa Monica Nativity Scene Committee, said in advance of the hearing.

Hostess Brands Inc. and its striking union agreed on Monday to mediation to avoid the immediate liquidation of the baker of Ho Hos, Twinkies and Wonder Bread.

Judge Robert Drain of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, N.Y., said attorneys representing Hostess and the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union will participate in mediation Tuesday in a bid to avoid the loss of more than 18,000 jobs.

"My desire to do this is prompted primarily by the potential loss of over 18,000 jobs as well as my belief that there is a possibility to resolve this matter notwithstanding the losses that the debtors have incurred over the last week or so and the difficulty of reorganizing this company in the first place," the judge said.

He will preside over a mediation session Tuesday afternoon. If it isn't successful, then Hostess will return to court Wednesday morning to seek to move forward with its liquidation.