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Friday, August 27, 2010
 
Afternoon Thread

enjoy

 
Progressive Price Indexing Is Really Bad

Someone please forward this to Earl Blumenauer's office.

 
The Danger Of Appointing GOP Daddies

I can understand why Obama reappointed Bernanke given the circumstances. I also hope people start acknowledging that it was a mistake.

 
Stay Classy

The greatest senator a few weeks ago.

Some things never change: Birds fly, waves pound the sand and cranky old men complain that everything was better in their own day.

Today's entrant is Jim Bunning who was, of course, a starting pitcher for 17 big-league seasons before becoming a Republican Senator from Kentucky. A reporter from Politico asked Bunning for his thoughts about Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg missing his start on Tuesday with shoulder soreness. Bunning grabbed his arm with a fake exclamation of pain and then decided to question Strasburg's manhood.

"Five-hundred twenty starts, I never refused the ball," Bunning said. "What a joke!"

What a joke.
Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo announced this morning that pitching phenom Stephen Strasburg will probably require "Tommy John" elbow ligament replacement surgery.


12-18 months recovery...

 
Though It Ultimately Was A Mistake

Obsessing too much about possible Republican attacks about "wasteful" spending has crippled some spending initiatives in the stimulus.

And the economy is where it is now.

 
Oh Well

So much for that.

U.S. economic growth slowed more sharply than initially thought in the second quarter, held back by the largest increase in imports in 26 years, a government report showed on Friday.

Gross domestic product expanded at a 1.6 percent annual rate, the Commerce Department said, instead of the 2.4 percent pace it had estimated last month.

 
We're The Greatest Nation In The History Of The Universe

But some things are just too expensive.
SAN DIEGO — Fire departments around the nation are cutting jobs, closing firehouses and increasingly resorting to “rolling brownoutsâ€? in which they shut different fire companies on different days as the economic downturn forces many cities and towns to make deep cuts that are slowing their responses to fires and other emergencies.

Philadelphia began rolling brownouts this month, joining cities from Baltimore to Sacramento that now shut some units every day. San Jose, Calif., laid off 49 firefighters last month. And Lawrence, Mass., north of Boston, has laid off firefighters and shut down half of its six firehouses, forcing the city to rely on help from neighboring departments each time a fire goes to a second alarm

 
Morning Thread

Looks like it's going to be a beautiful day, weather wise. So there's that.


Thursday, August 26, 2010
 
Shorter NYT

Hatred of deficit spending when done by Democrats has distracted Republicans who normally spend lots of time hating gay people.

 
Evening Thread

Rock on.


 
Even More Thread

Talk amongst yourselves.

 
Afternoon Thread

enjoy.

 
For Immediate Release

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called on President Obama to fire former Senator Alan Simpson from his position as Co-Chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform in light of Simpson’s recent remarks regarding Social Security. Nadler issued the following statement:

“We cannot trust the integrity of any product or recommendations of the Commission as long as former Senator Simpson is the Chairman. His insulting and outrageous comments reveal his own mistaken belief that Social Security is a) in crisis, b) about to collapse, and c) contributes to the deficit. None of this is true. In fact, the Social Security Trust Fund has a $2.5 trillion dollar surplus, and it will be able to pay 100 percent of benefits through 2037, according to the Social Security Board of Trustees. What’s more, Social Security has not contributed at all to the federal deficit. It is well known that Simpson has tried time and again over the years to raise the retirement age and cut Social Security benefits, and he makes no attempt to disguise his goals and attitude toward Social Security in his most recent comments.

“Furthermore, Simpson demonstrated a total disrespect for women and an unjustifiably contemptuous attitude toward Ashley Carson, Executive Director of the Older Women’s League. His comments were offensive, ignorant, and misleading, and he should be fired immediately.â€?


Though, admittedly, Simpson isn't the problem. The whole crew is.

 
Current Governor Haley Barbour Taking Paid Speaking Gigs

Speaking fees. Right.

Crazy even for Republicans.

 
Glenn Beck Has A Fever Dream

One would have thought that trying to appropriate the civil rights movement and the legacy of MLK, facts be damned, would be problematic. I guess not.

 
Hamp'd

Whatever you think the feds should have done (or not) to help homeowners, what happened is that they set up and endorsed a predatory lending program which has ended up completely screwing people. It's unconscionable.

 
Base Motivation

Doing it wrong.

 
Beck'd

The slightly interesting thing Beck is that he appears to be an insane megalomanic who is self-aware enough to be aware of that fact. It's what allows him to be a huckster clown on top of it.






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