Paul Krugman is scared. I’ve been ruminating over economic prospects for next year, and I’m getting scared. This post covers why. In short, the economy continues to tank with, as we witnessed today...
Here's Something Real to Fear
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Author - Bob Cesca
Why Hasn't Obama Fixed Everything Yet?
Are you hearing it? That familiar Democratic griping and hand-wringing we heard ad nauseum in early September. "Obama needs to [insert frantic unsolicited advice here] or else we're all doomed!" The...
Freebasing Fear
Did you see Bob Graham on Colbert last night? Some very valid and realistic points about Pakistan and how the Bush policies have have made us less safe. But then... COLBERT: "How scared should I be...
You Bastard!
President Bush, that is. Among the Bush administration's final environmental legacies will be a decision to exempt perchlorate, a known neurotoxin found at unsafe levels in the drinking water of...
Morning Awesome
The Police - "Synchronicity II" Live This is quite possibly one of the top ten greatest rock songs ever recorded.
Chez Bush
by Stranahan Although it really couldn't be fast enough, George W. Bush will be moving to Dallas, Texas in a few weeks. As a public service, here's a map with directions from the new Bush digs to the...
60
As Yglesias points out, the next most expedient path to a filibuster proof majority is D.C. statehood. Adding... The 51 star flag.
My Vote For Quote Of The Day
by Lee Stranahan I was thinking about a post saying that if we're considering mandating a pause in foreclosures, how about considering one on a lot of these f-cking layoffs? Then I found this quote...
Great Expectations? Or Impossible Ones?
Stranahan Maybe the level of criticism of Obama by some people in the media and even politicians like Barney Frank are just because it's a slow news period or something. But my question on a lot of...
Very Serious Question
How many votes have Lizard People gained in Minnesota?
Prime Time Thread
Open thread for documenting your favorite cable news hackery or whatever you want to write about. Tonight! What the hell -- let's do it again. Hit 'shuffle' on your iPod and list the first 10 songs...
Crazy-Strength
It takes a special brand of crazy -- crazy-strength -- to haul a widely and thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory to the Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Friday whether to take up...
The Other Page
CESCA'S TAKE: Five totally predictable news items Mark Halperin will tell us to "watch for" in tomorrow's PageCast: 1. Watch for the stock market to be closed in the morning and open all day until 4...
Afternoon Awesome
44 Presidents in 4 Minutes
Further Reading About Barbie, Sorta
by Lee Stranahan The issues of intellectual property rights and how corporations use government power to make money that I hinted at in my Barbie / Bratz post have been on my mind a lot lately. If...
The Chambliss Myth
1) Saxby Chambliss was always expected to win in Georgia. 2) The fact that he won on Tuesday only proves that he was always favored to win. 3) It doesn't prove anything else about the status of the...
The Clean Coal Myth
h/t dday
Corporate America Screws Little Girls
by Lee Stranahan I have a nine year old daughter. She loves Barbie. I've ended up shopping for fashion doll accessories a lot more than any 43 year old man should have. So I also know all about the...
Their Best Thing
By now, I'm sure you've heard about this: "[T]here's an ongoing Bush legacy project that's been meeting in the White House, really, with senior advisers, Karl Rove, Karen Hughes has been involved...
Avast!
They're still in business? The private security firm Blackwater is planning to offer a new service to make money: protection from the pirate-infested waters off the coast of East Africa. Yeah, teams...