At a Tea Party Express lawn concert, the credit downgrade was announced and the concert-goers cheered the news. Yes, she said "objectivizing." And, yes, if there's another recession the people...
Tea Party Crowd Cheers Credit Downgrade
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Author - Bob Cesca
Sell, Sell, Sell!
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Doof Quote of the Day
"I'm too new to do justice in 140, but there is blame to go around. Trying to tag the Rs with ALL the blame is thus pretty t-t-m." Mark Halperin on Twitter Mark Halperin never disappoints. We all...
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Nirvana - "All Apologies" Unplugged
Why Weren't They Bronzed?
SEAL Team 6 should have been immortalized and honorably removed from service. Instead... KABUL, Afghanistan -- Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan...
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Gerry Rafferty - "Baker Street"
'A Blast at Republicans'
The National Journal is hopefully establishing some common wisdom here that will permeate the DC media. Their assessment of the S&P downgrade? It’s hard to read the S&P analysis as anything...
The Bush Tax Cuts Continue to Haunt Us
Regarding the Bush tax cuts: Standard & Poors indicates that they could improve their rating for the U.S. if “the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts for high earners lapse from 2013 onwards, as the...
Quote of the Day
"The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America’s governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously...
Debt and Grabassery
Read the entire S&P press release here. Couple of items that jumped off the page: – The downgrade reflects our opinion that the fiscal consolidation plan that Congress and the Administration...
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MST3K Saturday - "Boggy Creek II"
The Bubble Genius Bob & Chez Show, 8/5/11
Exhausted from the Stupid; The Debt Ceiling; Mitch McConnell and Terrorism; Wall Street Crash; Conservatives vs Liberals; Message Discipline; Primarying President Obama; Republican War Against...
S&P Downgrades American Credit Rating
This is very, very bad. NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States lost its top-notch AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Friday in an unprecedented reversal of fortune for the world's...
Summer Fundraiser, Day Six
We're almost to the end of our Summer Fundraising drive. If you haven't already, feel free to contribute a couple of dollars to the house using the oh-so-tempting jolly candy-like PayPal button below...
Another Happy Saboteur
Michele Bachmann loves her some economic shitstorms. Appearing on CNBC this morning, presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was asked about this morning’s dismal jobs report and whether...
Who Will Fix the Next Recession?
I meant to bring this up during the podcast this week. What happens if we do, in fact, slip into another deep recession? Where will the stimulus come from? It's clearly not going to come from...
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“A woman’s health decisions are between her priest and her husband.” Stephen Colbert And you know, there are millions of women who agree with what Colbert is satirizing here -- including the "hickory...
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Metallica - "Turn the Page" Live
Summer Fundraiser, Day Five
Our Summer 2011 fundraiser rolls on. Your contributions are invaluable and we can't thank you enough for your continued support. If you love this place and would like to be a part of the action, just...
The Far-right is Attacking Cartoons Again
Glenn Beck thinks the new multiracial Spider-Man is a conspiracy by the First Lady. And Fox News Channel thinks SpongeBob SquarePants is spreading global warming propaganda. Shh! Don't tell them that...
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