Archive for March, 2009
Matt Taibbi, American Hero
Matt Taibbi responds to Jake DeSantis, the AIG exec who wrote the whiny GBCW letter last week in the NY Times: DeSantis has a few major points. They include: 1) I had nothing to do with my boss Joe Cassano’s toxic credit default swaps portfolio, and only a handful of people in our unit did; [...]
March 29, 2009
· 
John Cole · 
84 Comments
Posted in: Excellent Links, Outrage
The discreet charm of Newt Gingrich
You may have heard that Newt Gingrich is becoming a Catholic this weekend. I’ll let Chris Buckley do the honors on the absurdity of all this: He and Mother Church—from whose tender embrace I myself have regrettably lapsed—will both be made out to be appalling hypocrites. Who among us should throw stones? But Mr. Gingrich’s [...]
March 29, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 68 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Media
The Palin PUMA PAC
This is awesome on so many levels: A well-heeled personal injury lawyer, Coale has been a major Democratic donor. It was his suggestion that Palin create a PAC to pay for travel and avoid ethics complaints in Alaska. Coale told POLITICO he first met Palin during his wife’s taping of a September interview with the [...]
March 29, 2009
· John Cole · 31 Comments
Posted in: PUMA = Propping Up McCain's Ass, Republican Stupidity
Well, That Was Worth It
Once more, with feeling: When CIA officials subjected their first high-value captive, Abu Zubaida, to waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, they were convinced that they had in their custody an al-Qaeda leader who knew details of operations yet to be unleashed, and they were facing increasing pressure from the White House to get those [...]
March 29, 2009
· John Cole · 30 Comments
Posted in: Outrage, Republican Crime Syndicate - aka the Bush Admin., War on Terror aka GSAVE®
CBS Sunday Morning
Have at it.
March 29, 2009
· John Cole · 48 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Krugman R’lyeh wagn’nagl fhtagn! Aiiiiiii!!!
It’s worth revisiting the point in January 2002 when Paul Krugman predicted that Enron and the system that allowed it would have a more lasting impact on America than 9/11. Sept. 11 told us a lot about Wahhabism, but not much about Americanism. The Enron scandal, on the other hand, clearly was about us. It [...]
March 29, 2009
· Tim F. · 88 Comments
Tags: Add new tag · Posted in: Burkean bells, Domestic Affairs, General Stupidity, Site Maintenance, The Dirty F-ing Hippies Were Right
Open Thread
For whatever.
March 28, 2009
· John Cole · 60 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread
I Believe We Had a Saying For This
By now everyone has read the NY Times piece in which we are informed that the same Spanish judge who put out the warrant for Pinochet is looking into the possibility of bringing charges against six Bush administration officials. Go read the whole thing, but this part made me laugh: Mr. Feith, who was the [...]
March 28, 2009
· John Cole · 55 Comments
Posted in: Foreign Affairs
Tournament Open Thread
Laura W., thread moderator, has informed me that we need one.
March 28, 2009
· John Cole · 87 Comments
Posted in: Open Thread, Sports
A Nobel Prize in every pot
Apparently, Newsweek is going to put Krugman on the cover this week and include a letter from the editor saying: Every once a while, … a critic emerges who is more than a chatterer—a critic with credibility whose views seem more than a little plausible and who manages to rankle those in power in more [...]
March 28, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 160 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs, Media
The long con
Suppose that all of the money invested in S&P companies’ stock was in funds that charged a 1% management fee each year (this isn’t quite true but 1% is a pretty standard management fee). Now, suppose that the average price-to-earnings ratio at an S&P company was 20:1 (it’s usually slightly lower, but 20:1 is a [...]
March 28, 2009
· Angry DougJ · 51 Comments
Posted in: Outrage
Can We Get This In Writing?
Conservatives threaten to move to France Costa Rica: Dallas Morning News columnist Rod Dreher may have to fly to Costa Rica if he wants to see some of his friends. In one of his recent blogs, Dreher told of multiple people discussing potential moves to Costa Rica if things go downhill. These aren’t people who [...]
March 28, 2009
· John Cole · 112 Comments
Posted in: Clown Shoes, Republican Stupidity
Stoned or Just Plain Stupid?
I see there was a lot of pearl clutching and plaintive wails about Obama murdering someone’s unicorn regarding Obama’s response to marijuana the other day, and I would like to note a few things. First, though, his response: “…we took votes about which questions were going to be asked, and I think 3 million people [...]
March 28, 2009
· John Cole · 213 Comments
Posted in: Domestic Affairs, Politics
So Long, Mudflats
If you’re from Alaska, State Rep. Doogan wants you to call his office. Find his official website here. Doogan apparently does not realize that the list of anonymous shouters with “hoods and torches” includes three founders of the United States of America.
March 28, 2009
· Tim F. · 25 Comments
Posted in: Assholes, Democratic Stupidity
The Wisdom Of Honky-Hop
Want to have some fun? Try reading this post about the GOP “budget” while watching Memento with a friend who has never seen the movie. The movie is a mindfuck and there I am trying to snort quietly, which only makes my friend think I am laughing at her for missing something important. Thanks, Gavin, [...]
March 27, 2009
· Tim F. · 53 Comments
Posted in: Republican Stupidity
