Archive for July, 2009
The Bigger Fool Theory
This cartoon by Bruce Beattie, in The Daytona Beach News-Journal, appeared last Monday, well before Sarah Palin‘s surprise announcement. Otherwise it might have ended “or resign midway through your term for no apparent reason…” The fact remains that Palin (or her spokesmen) has given no coherent reason for her resignation, and nobody has any idea [...]
Breaking News
From Dan Balz and his WaPo headline writers: Find new careers, morons. Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
This is Who You Voted For
Advocacy Groups Should Halt Attacks on Moderate Democrats, Obama Says – WaPo (7/4/09) President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought to drop their attacks on Democratic lawmakers and devote their energy to promoting passage of comprehensive legislation. In a pre-holiday call with half a dozen top [...]
Taking Bets
I’m looking for a finish to the following sentence: “If there’s not another big shoe to drop in the Sarah Palin resignation story, I’ll…” Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postShare on Facebookshare via RedditShare with StumblersTweet about itBookmark in BrowserTell a friend
Depends on the Definition of Refreshing
I spotted this sign in SF’s Financial District this week, and had to laugh: 2% on a $100,000 minimum balance. Talk about punishing savers. I walked around for a couple of days, half irritated about the whole thing, half relieved that I’m getting about twice that on a couple of CDs I bought a couple [...]
Welcome Aboard, Chief!
Yglesias: Now I think the Obama administration is going to pay a price for not having acknowledged the problems with the stimulus bill they signed in January…If the administration felt that was the best they could get, then fine—you sign the bill and take what you can get. But they should have clearly and publicly [...]
More Madoff Case Embarrassment For The SEC
You may have thought that the SEC couldn’t possibly look any worse than it has already been looking over its handling (or non-handling, actually) of the Madoff case. Shame on you for underestimating the SEC! An investigator at the Securities and Exchange Commission warned superiors as far back as 2004 about irregularities at Bernard L. [...]
Even Faster Than I Thought
Me, yesterday: Still, I’m sure we’ll soon hear Obama and Reid explaining that even 60 votes doesn’t mean anything in the Senate. Reid’s spokesman Jim Manley about 5 minutes later: While this is, of course, good news to the people of Minnesota, President Obama, and the Senate Democratic, Franken’s mere presence alone will not mean [...]
ThinkProgress Embarrasses Itself Over Bachmann’s Embarrassing Error
Michele Bachmann outdid herself yesterday. In one breathless burst of anti-Census senselessness, she managed to make two equal and opposite statements: Twenty-eight pages. Sean, you know the one question they don’t ask? They ask, “are you an American citizen?” They don’t ask if you’re here on a visa or when it expires. We have no [...]
A Pathetic Politico Hit Job
Politico, which seems determined to turn into more of a discredited rag with each passing day put out a story yesterday (written by Kenneth P. Vogel, in case you’re scoring this at home) about Mark Sanford. The first paragraph reads: In a written message to supporters Monday, Mark Sanford asserted that God’s plan for him [...]