"All will be forgiven if things turn out well. And it’s just possible, Donna, that the economy is not going down the drain. 94, 95 percent of all mortgages in this country are being paid off on time...
Author - Bob Cesca
Testing 1,2,3
by Stranahan Is the Mumbai attack going to be one of those foreign policy tests that Joe Biden talked about? It wasn't manufactured to test Obama and I know he's not even President yet but this could...
Big Monday
Taylor Marsh confirms: I've confirmed with a person close to Clinton that she will indeed be in Chicago tomorrow to be nominated for Secretary of State. It's a whole new world.
Sunday Night Thread In America
Open thread in America. Discuss anything you want, but I'll also give you a topic... Following the topic from yesterday, what are the last five shows your DVR or TiVO recorded? If you don't have...
Jindal
Adding to Stranahan's post from yesterday, the notion that Jindal is the 'Republican Obama' amplifies how truly ridiculous and desperate the Republicans are. They're making a huge mistake in assuming...
Cold War Gets Warmer
The India-Pakistan cold war, that is. WASHINGTON— As evidence mounts that last week’s attacks in Mumbai may have originated on Pakistani soil, American officials’ aggressive campaign to strike at...
Stop Worrying And Love the Deficit, Part II
Robert Kuttner tells us why: Previous Stop Worrying post. h/t Jed.
Bill Kristol…
...Just can't resist enabling and rewarding criminal behavior.
Morning Awesome
Darth Vader is a jerkass. Also, light blogging today. Traveling home -- but stopping through D.C. to take some pictures of the inaugural preparations.
Reconsidering Republican Religion
by Lee Stranahan This Washington Post article suggesting that Bobby Jindal is the Republican's answer to Obama has it exactly wrong. The piece makes it clear to me that Jindal is absolutely not the...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread! I'll give you a topic: hit 'shuffle' on your iPod and list the top 10 songs that come up. Or if you don't have an iPod, what are you listening to these days?
Leader-Elect
h/t Paddy
Hard Days at the Velodrome
As a cyclist, I'm lucky enough to live within quick driving (or riding) distance from one of the last remaining velodromes in America: the Lehigh Velodrome. Accompanying this bike racing track is a...
Valkyrie
In his new Nazi movie... Tom doesn't speak with a German accent. Seriously? That's odd. Not sure if you follow Entourage on HBO, and if you don't this won't make any sense, but this is sounding more...
Civilization
This has happened before, so why does Walmart keep running sales like this?
Matthews for Senate
So it looks like Chris Matthews is seriously considering a senate run here in Pennsylvania. Again, this obviously explains his "You know what? I want to do everything I can to make this thing work...
Rainbow Friday
Another plug for my wife's Etsy store. Vintage clothing!
Morning Awesome
MST3K Saturday! "Snow Thrills!"
Prime Time Thread
Friday night open thread. Did anyone get trampled today at Walmart?
Nobody Anticipated the Breach…
Krugman: A few months ago I found myself at a meeting of economists and finance officials, discussing — what else? — the crisis. There was a lot of soul-searching going on. One senior policy maker...