October 2008
September 2008
ok, let's see how good I am at this game
prediction: tomorrow, Dow up 275.
I will either be way off, like in the wrong direction, OR TOTALLY NOSTRAFUCKINGDAMUS.
hey guys, my flight just landed. did I miss...
no place like home
liana:
spiegelman:
It’s the last week of September and it’s 93 degrees. There’s an old man in front of you wearing only a baggy sweatshirt and black spandex tights, and his nuts are flapping around while he stretches on the sidewalk of a major thoroughfare. All this while you’re trying to enjoy a cup of coffee.
You know where you are? You’re in the Valley, baby. You’re gonna die.
You...
In 1983 there were these girls, high school girls,...
no place like home
It’s the last week of September and it’s 93 degrees. There’s an old man in front of you wearing only a baggy sweatshirt and black spandex tights, and his nuts are flapping around while he stretches on the sidewalk of a major thoroughfare. All this while you’re trying to enjoy a cup of coffee.
You know where you are? You’re in the Valley, baby. You’re gonna...
what's with this assumption that whatever...
mikehudack:
(via spiegelman)
We’ll get rid of it as soon as the winds blow in the other direction. Everyone knows this, but no one wants to admit it. Why you screwing with us? Why you gotta say it?
The hazards of trying to tumbl from your iPhone while sitting at Starbucks waiting for a store to open: you might accidentally click “post” after typing only a headline, and before...
what's with this assumption that whatever...
I hate to say this, but Obama is to debates what Shaq is to free throws.
JOHN McCAIN IS NOT WEARING A FLAG PIN!!!
Jim Lehrer is behaving less like a moderator and more like a marriage counselor. “John, why don’t you say that to Barack. Barack, do you hear what John is saying?”
Sarah Palin's double oops
RedState, one of several right-wing pundits cringing openly about how Sarah Palin couldn’t name a single instance of John McCain supporting any form of regulation, points out that McCain voted in favor of Sarbanes-Oxley. One, Palin doesn’t know anything about the candidate she’s running with, and even the stalwart conservatives are starting to jump ship because of it. Two, at...
“Reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and...”
– the wisdom of Sarah Palin
“Ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the...”
– the wisdom of Sarah Palin
“It’s not based on any particular data point. We just wanted to choose a...”
– unnamed Treasury spokesperson to Forbes magazine, explaining how they came up with the $700 billion figure. Just keeps getting better, doesn’t it?
By The Time I Get To Arizona. Dedicated to John...
“The guy who a week ago said the fundamentals of our economy remain strong...”
– Josh Marshall
Conservative blog RedState thinks that the McCain debate dodging gambit will only be successful if he is doing it because “McCain believes he has something valuable - leadership, bipartisanship, ideas, experience, etc. - to offer in the Congressional effort to resolve this crisis.”
Please see previous post.
BTW, if that doesn’t pan out quite as hoped, I believe the phrase used...
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“The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should....”
– — John McCain, December 2007.
Just a new reminder of an old classic, made even more enjoyable by the blame levied on Greenspan for this economic disaster we’re in.
God, I sure hope some pointy-headed professor type Ivy League elitist doesn’t get elected to navigate this Wall Street bailout. What we need right now are some good, small town values!
how John McCain is like a spoiled little girl
He’s always pulling some kind of stunt to get attention. A review below, with the spoiled little girlspeak equivalent:
Calls off half the GOP convention — “I am NOT cancelling my party! I don’t CARE if mommy is sick!”
Names Sarah Palin as running mate — “Everyone, look at my new shiny object!”
Calls to fire head of the SEC — “Daddy,...
Bailout legislation can't pass without McCain's... →
See previous post.
“We do not support government bailouts of private institutions. Government...”
– 2008 Republican Party Platform. ( via politcalwire: andrewsullivan )
The 12 Lies of Sarah Palin →
maybe she needs a 12 step program
by the way, I was just looking at that map again, and with its 55 electoral votes, I’m reminded of how, generally, California totally kicks ass.
Email spam from Henry Paulson →
When Hamid Met Sarah
marklisanti:
When Gov. Sarah Palin sat down with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon, the polite preliminaries to their conversation centered around children, as Mr. Karzai spoke of the birth of his first child last year. Gov. Sarah Palin met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday in New York.
“What is his name?” Ms. Palin was heard to ask, as she met with Mr....
Biden is right. →
“Cheney said Congress gave the president “prior approval” to make war...”
– — Barton Gellman, Angler.
This is an oddly compelling argument, especially given that the Founders never intended there to be a standing army.
Counter argument: since the Founders didn’t anticipate the necessity of a standing army, then it’s up to Congress to figure out how to...
another lovely workplace conversation: pass the...
“This script is all about battered women.”
“You mean, like beer-battered?”
“Movies: now less risky than stocks!”
– my new slogan to encourage investment in motion pictures. film industry, do what you will with it.
Wall Street’s new theme song.
New Bond theme. Oh, I’m in.
( via...
