Posted by: Dave in Texas at 04:43 PM | Comments (369)
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Pregame stuff is done, let's get to it.

Here's my pick. I might have beaten Lauraw on picks with this one. She's a closet Manning fan.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 02:22 PM | Comments (1003)
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Football, commercials, food, whatever's on your mind today.

Manning or Brees? Offense or defense?

Yes, you can haz cheerleader.

UPDATE: THE MOST HORRIFYING SUPERBOWL AD EVER! ELEVENTY!11!!

This is what pro-choice groups threw a goddamned hissy fit over?

Courage!

video tip via HotAir and Slublog the dad.

What's the dumbest pregame story so far? Plaxico?

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 09:09 AM | Comments (510)
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Its still the WEEKEND! And what do manly morons and adventurous wimmens do on weekends if they're not being couch potatoes or out shopping for shoes? They're hacking their their cribs, that's what they're doing.
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Posted by: Purple Avenger at 09:08 AM | Comments (372)
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Then

"The IPCC needs to regain credibility. Is that going to happen with Pachauri? I don't think so. We need someone held in high regard who has extremely good judgment and is seen by the global public as someone on their side."

Greenpeace is not calling for the resignation of the IPCC Chair nor do we believe that there are fundamental issues with the way the IPCC conducts its business.

"Greenpeace is not calling for Pachauri's resignation. We believe the
IPCC is an open and transparent organization, and we trust it to
manage itself."

Q. Was John Sauven / Greenpeace UK calling for Dr Pachauri to resign?

A. John's remarks were made at a reception and were part of a much
longer conversation. What was reported in the Times does not reflect
the totality of the conversation. The IPCC is an open and transparent
organization and Greenpeace trusts it to resolve these issues itself.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 07:01 AM | Comments (136)
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Hello, hello all M&Ms. Welcome to your weekly Saturday night ONT.

Oh and kudos to holger for bringing a little old english poetry to the ONT last night. He gets 2 MaetPoints for that. Collect enough and you can get the steak knife set!

The hottest women of Super Bowl media
Okay and based on this sampling I'm thinking the best way to watch the game is on a spanish channel with english audio.

Posted by: Maetenloch at 06:05 PM | Comments (923)
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Started a bit ago and it's on Fox now.

She's making fun of Sheriff Joe and Hope & Change. That's kind of fun.

Posted by: DrewM at 05:26 PM | Comments (262)
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I am remiss in remembering this day.

Here's his first inaugural address, as a commemoration.

"We are too great a nation, to limit ourselves to small dreams."

Goddamn right.

The man could deliver a speech, couldn't he?

thanks for the reminder beedubya. And the vid tip via H2.

More: A compilation of his humor. Laughter is sweet, isn't it?

My personal fav though was this

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 12:51 PM | Comments (227)
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An analysis by the numbers.

What's wrong with this picture?

Largely that it is politically motivated to provide cover for Capn Wonderful through year one.

What the CBPP did was take their least-favorite policies and add the the costs of those policies up until they matched the 2009 deficit. ThatÂ’s not a proper way to compute a deficit, as it will only be accurate for the calibration year: 2009.

The nugget in the story (read it all please) is that discouraging business growth exacerbates the problem. Business and industry react to conditions just like people do, i.e. self-preservation. They tighten their belts when the waves come crashing, to weather the storm. Anecdotally, my own company started reading the tea leaves in the early summer of 2008, and we adjusted our plan accordingly.

And by that I mean "down". Way down. We're sucking it up to ride it out.

This is why "job incentives" can't work. No fool is going to throw good money into the maw. We cannot take on long term obligations in the present situation, apart from funded initiatives. Cause we're not dumb.

Most people who manage the balance sheet are not fools.

Posted by: Dave in Texas at 12:33 PM | Comments (68)
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I hear it's snowing in parts of the country. Hope that's working out for everyone.

Consider this a Pre-Super Bowl thread. Make your predictions and talk smack if you got a dog in this fight.

Below the fold, something to balance the photos posted earlier by my esteemed colleague LauraW. more...

Posted by: DrewM at 11:58 AM | Comments (417)
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