Monthly Archives: January 2010
I am sure gutting the CFPA will attract votes and make Coakley more electable
What, if anything, is left in the “financial reform” agenda? According to the Wall Street Journal, Senator Chris Dodd, a Democrat from Connecticut, has offered to abandon the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) proposal in exchange for Republican support on … Continue reading
Scott Brown (Nude Dude-MA) has an awesome wingnut platform #HCR #p2
Good job wasting time passing HCR so Olympia Snowe could say no for a year and endlessly compromising so the base could be alienated: According to an op-ed he wrote in the Boston Globe yesterday, his platform is this: Oppose … Continue reading
Filed under Batshit crazy, GOP Buffoons, HCR, Wingnut
Cheating on your wife is a deal breaker for Republican voters — but only if you’re a Democrat.
Imagine what would happen if they gheys get married! The new survey of Nevada by Public Policy Polling (D) has a startling result about Republican Sen. John Ensign: Despite the sex scandal that obliterated his presidential ambitions last year, and … Continue reading
Filed under Hypocrites, Moral Majority
Books We Lost to History
Cracked Via Fimoculous: 7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the WorldWhy we’ll never read the “rarest books” section at the the Grand Library of Baghdad: Goddamn Mongolians. The Mongols, fueled by their hatred for the cosmopolitan … Continue reading
Filed under Batshit crazy, Religious whackjobs, Right-wing nutjobs
I wonder if Scott Brown (Nude Guy-MA) and Michael Steele (Loon-MD) support tax cuts for bankers?
Atrios: It’s astonishing that Scott Brown would go out of his way to protect the banks that received TARP from paying back into the system. But loyalty to Wall Street is a core Republican value. Here’s what Michael Steele said … Continue reading
Filed under Financial regulations, GOP Buffoons, Tax cuts
Rick Perry Takes Texas Out Of Federal Grant Program
Is our children learning? Not in TX, they isn’t: Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) has announced that Texas will not participate in the federal “Race to the Top” program, which gives grant money to states in exchange for school reform efforts … Continue reading
Filed under GOP Buffoons, Morons, Rick Perry
December sales fall short of expectations
Who the zuck was expecting awesome sales? Has anybody looked at the unemployment numbers? The number of weeks it takes to find a job? WTF: U.S. retail sales fell 0.3 percent in December versus November, while analysts polled by Reuters … Continue reading
Filed under Analysts, Consumer spending, Retail sales, Retail woes
Jay is in the closet
Letterman’s top 10 messages on Jeff Zucker’s voice mail: Dave is enjoying this
Filed under David Letterman
