Krugman's new column is a must-read. Here's a blurb to keep handy: Next, write off anyone who asserts that it’s always better to cut taxes than to increase government spending because taxpayers, not...
Debunking the Ruprechts
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Rubber Gate
Drudge is awful: You know what, Matt? Birth control would solve most of the world's problems -- economic or otherwise. How many children in America are born into poverty every day? 2,583. That's one...
Bring Your Shoes
Un-freakin'-believable. Beleaguered Citigroup is upgrading its mile-high club with a brand-new $50 million corporate jet - only this time, it's the taxpayers who are getting screwed. Even though the...
Banging Their Pots
Headline: GOP Leaders, Including McCain, Reject Stimulus Plan Two responses to this: 1) Good! Keep them the hell away from the economy. Especially McBush. They have zero credibility on this thing. 2)...
Taint All Over the Place
Blagojevich is insane: ...in an NBC interview broadcast on The Today Show Sunday compared himself to human rights heros Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. Remember John...
A Good Day for the Planet
President Obama will sign an executive order today reversing Bush administration policy on emissions standards. 14 states will be allowed to move forward with stricter emissions rules: Once they act...
Morning Awesome
Rheostatics - "Bad Time To Be Poor"
John Boehner Has No Boner
Posted by JumpyPants Apparently, John Boehner doesn't understand the basics of human reproduction OR the sex drive that has made us the dominant organism on the planet. “We expressed our concerns...
Arnold Hearts The President
Posted by JumpyPants The Governator is getting his wish. No, not the wish about a line of 14,000 bottoms to grope. The wish about being allowed to set rigorous emission standards for his state. But...
Sunday Night Thread in America
Open thread for your Sunday night blogotubing in America.
Afternoon Awesome
From Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
The CBO Report Flimflam
All of the Sunday morning shows discussed the (totally nonexistent) CBO report and, naturally, Republican panelists like Monica Crowley on McLaughlin were the loudest critics of the (totally...
WTF?
On Meet the Press just now, Stretch asked Larry Summers about that crazy CBO report. The report that doesn't exist. It's been more than 36 hours since this ridiculous Republican lie about the...
The White House Has a Tubes Problem
I agree that the WhiteHouse.gov website has been a disappointment so far. The updates have been insanely slow. The Blog can barely be called a blog, especially compared with the old campaign website...
Morning Awesome
The Liquid Now - "See You On the Other Side" Directed by Anton Bogaty
Super Stupid
The National Republican Congressional Committee website issues page: Thanks to Republican economic policies, the U.S. economy is robust and job creation is strong. Republican tax cuts are creating...
Saturday Night Thread
Open thread for your Saturday night commenting.
The Recovery Bill
I don't have time right now to read this, but just skimming through it I see things like a transparency and accountability board; a section on nutrition; rural broadband; $2 billion for advanced...
Bad Idea
Okay, so I think William Lynn is a mistake and should probably be asked to step off. But the hitch is that he's was probably part of a quid pro quo of some sort. In other words, if you want X, you're...
Oh Look. The Republicans Are Wrong Again.
You may have seen a Republican shmendrick on Hardball yesterday screaming about a CBO report indicating that a large portion of the $825 billion economic recovery plan won't be available to spend...