We're fucked until November.

Correction- The lame duck session is where the fucking starts.

We're fucked until November.

Correction- The lame duck session is where the fucking starts.

Posted by: gdonovan at July 05, 2010 02:56 PM (PRPba)

How YOU doin'?

Posted by: Kemp at July 05, 2010 02:58 PM (2+9Yx)

Posted by: Kemp at July 05, 2010 02:55 PM (2+9Yx)

The Indonesian Imbecile will still be running the Executive after November, so I'm not sure that November is going to provide any great relief for our nation's existential problem.  Congress may change hands but that won't stop asinine, America-hating policy from being implemented by the White House.  They have lots of overstepping of their Constitutional limits to warp and destroy America, foreign policy to screw up worse than anyone could imagine, wars to fuck up, allies to push away, enemies to give our stuff to, and a stack of blank Executive orders up the wazoo that will keep this nation spinning even if Congress went 100% GOP.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 03:00 PM (9hSKh)

We can estimate it based on what the Nikkei and NASDAQ have done:

Nikkei Dec 1989: 39,000

Nikkei Jul 2010: 9,300

20 years.  -76% return

NASDAQ Mar 2000: 5,000

NASDAQ Jul 2010: 2,090

10 years. -60% return

The Dow should be returning a similar sort of performance, which puts the bottom down around 4,000.

We are all so fucked.

And the kicker? We're not even getting a sammich after the fact.

November isn't going to magically fix everything.  At best it will cause enough gridlock to but the brakes on the Obama / Pelosi economy-destroying agenda, but don't expect the fuckups already in place to be reversed.

It's going to take a long time to recover from 9.5% (closer to double that in reality) unemployment.  The only thing we'll be able to do after November is to stem the bleeding a little bit.

It will be interesting to see how the thin skinned manchild that is Obama deals with a Republican controlled House.  Clinton was skilled enough to play the accomplishments of a Republican Congress to advantage; I don't see Obama having the ability to do more than whine and lash out.

We are all so fucked.

And the kicker? We're not even getting a sammich after the fact.

Would you like some Malaise on your shit sammich

We are all so fucked.

And the kicker? We're not even getting a sammich after the fact.

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 05, 2010 03:23 PM (IIQIM)

We've moved on from the fucked part and our now moving on to the Golden Shower and Cleveland Steamer part of the tape.

Trillion dollars on stimulus and we don't even get so much as a poncho or umbrella.

BTW...past performance of the market is NOT indicative of future performance.

Those charts are NOT predictive.

I can predict one thing though....B+arry is here to un-save the day.

I, for one, welcome our new masters from Goldman Sachs.

Oh and did everyone else's gas prices drop....on the Fourth of July weekend?!?!?!

Hello deflation!

We're fucked until November.

What year?

Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 03:25 PM (t72+4)

Cleveland Steamer???? Never heard of it. Next  please! There..you bent over there in the back.

Crystal ball says Barry will revel in playing the victim of Heartless Republicans™ and the MFM will howl in sympathetic unison.

I just had a vision of Boehner cracking Pelosi over the head with that giant gavel and muttering, "I'll give you something to bitch about. Bitch."

I just had a vision of Boehner cracking Pelosi over the head with that giant gavel and muttering, "I'll give you something to bitch about. Bitch."

Posted by: ErikW at July 05, 2010 03:37 PM (UQ9jL)

_{Is it possible to get unfucked?...I hope so}

Yes.

Posted by: BikerFox at July 05, 2010 03:34 PM (eMjOY)

I thought we got rid of your fag ass some time ago?  What are you, a glutton for punishment?  Stop molesting children asshole.

*slaps Nancy on the ass*

I highly doubt John or his Boehner wants to slap ol Nan on the backside. Just a suspicion.

The good news is that we might start to pull out of this Great Recession if conservatives can make big gains in Congress this November.

The bad news is we all know that The Vapid One® and Ol' Slow Joe will take credit for it.

Either way, let the F.U.N. begin!

One "story" the MSM, and many economists, seem to miss...

One reason the "Great" Depresion lasted so long was that the Fed Government kept changing the rules.  There was constant legislation coming down the pike which changed the rules that business runs by... thus, like now, people were afraid to invest because the Government was involved in EVERYTHING.

Posted by: sTevo at July 05, 2010 03:49 PM (Rcg6i)

Where do you hide your wallet from a Britisher?

Under the toothpaste!!!! Bwahahhaaaaa!

*slaps Nancy on the ass*

I highly doubt John or his Boehner wants to slap ol Nan on the backside. Just a suspicion.

She wont feel a thing. Botox

Again, the problem isn't Captain Thin Skin. It's the fucking electorate that willingly duped itself into believing all the bullshit the media was putting out about this clown. They wanted the fairy tale.

The fact that the motherfucker beat an honest to goodness war hero (however pandery he is) is a goddamned shame. It says so much about the state of our populace.

One "story" the MSM, and many economists, seem to miss...

One reason the "Great" Depresion lasted so long was that the Fed Government kept changing the rules.  There was constant legislation coming down the pike which changed the rules that business runs by... thus, like now, people were afraid to invest because the Government was involved in EVERYTHING.

You sir are a genius.  Nobody will invest their hard earned money while government is changing or debating the rules every single day.  There are already risks involved with investing.  Nobody wants to deal with additional "risks" imposed by the government.

They wanted the fairy tale.

Are the unicorns still on back order?

Posted by: Michael Scott at July 05, 2010 03:56 PM (IhQuA)

She's also my only pick, but she did marry a PhD liberal professor, so she probably no longer swallows?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 04:00 PM (9hSKh)

--Sweet action!

He was entertaining when posting song lyrics, but the rest of the time just a garden variety, broken-record troll.

Are the unicorns still on back order?

Yep, we've got a bigger problem facing us than the next two (or six) years.

Sooner or later, amnesty will be granted. More people are being born in urban cities now than other places. Almost all of these kids will be indoctrinated nicely by their parents and a dismal public school system.

Fucked with a Garden Weasel™.

Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 04:01 PM (132iP)

I love you Fish.

That's just creepy.

BikerFox?

(stick with it!)

Now even MSNBC is saying we should nuke the well. They know this is the end for Obama.

I look forward to the day when the Barack "Barry" Hussein Obama prezidential library opens. They'll have a giant oil fountain outside in the courtyard running 24/7...

Posted by: eman at July 05, 2010 04:13 PM (132iP)

LMAO

I'm looking forward to the day where the oil flow in the Gulf decreases by 3000%.

Damn it! Biden got his nuts caught in the ball washer again...

139 Well that's good. But while I was there I noticed that 'Jizz in my Pants' has nearly 88 million hits on youtube. Even more evidence we're collectively fucked.

_{Posted by: Blazer at July 05, 2010 04:22 PM (t72+4)}

Next time he'll wash the Peanut Butter out of his Ass crack before hitting up Chat Roulette!

Next time he'll wash the Peanut Butter out of his Ass crack before hitting up Chat Roulette!

Posted by: Elena Kagan at July 05, 2010 04:28 PM (3nsLG)

...and my liberal friends cannot figure out how Republicans are looking better in November?

Just as it STANDS the GOP has a +3.25 edge in the generic ballot- when you average Gallup (REGISTERED Voters not that awful Adults poll), Pew, DemCorp, Ipsos and Rasmussen.

Republicans have a 15-25pt enthusiasm edge.

How anyone can doubt the wave is coming astounds me. Even the eeyores who think it all dries up- peoples opinions are solidifying- which is good- 4 months ahead. The economy is not going to be sunshine and kittens and tits in 1/3 of a year.

Now its a matter of how BIG the wave is.

Republicans are within MOE or leading in ELEVEN states held by Democrats in the US Senate race: 1 more ahead of what they need to flip.

Republicans are currently getting about 32 seats per that Dem ostrich, Charlie Cook. Democrats have to defend SEVENTY seats in the House to just 4 that the GOP needs to defend.

The ugliest sign are the gubernatorial races. Republicans are likely to lose Connecticut, Rhode Island (to an Indy- Lincoln Chaffee no less), Hawaii...possibly California.

Democrats are facing losses now in Oregon,Wyoming,Colorado, New Mexico, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, MARYLAND (!), Pennsylvania, and Maine.

We are likely to wake up after Election day to a country where Republicans out-Gov Democrats by 2-1 in governors mansions.

These numbers can go in only 2 directions- up, and down. With the economy and conservative/libertarian voter enthusiasm- who really wants to bet its all down from here for us?

_{You owe me a monitor cleaning.}

You'll get nothing and like it!

Posted by: Fish at July 05, 2010 04:28 PM (v1gw3)

OT :

Anyone else watching the Tour de Crash this week?

Posted by: laceyunderalls at July 05, 2010 04:18 PM (IIQIM)

.....................

easy now........ i was a biker for years and Little Racefan's Mom was a biker chick. she was good looking enough tobe in Biker Magazine in 1984........ and no she didnt have any tatoos. they just happened to take a pic of her at the 84 Sand Drags in......... Ponce inlet Fa. during the 84 Daytona Bike Week ,and thought enough of it to put it in their mag.

We are likely to wake up after Election day to a country where Republicans out-Gov Democrats by 2-1 in governors mansions.

I sure hope so. RCP has the Ohio's Goverrnor's race as a toss up which is a far cry from the 12 points Kasich was down a few months ago.

Y'all better plant a garden and get a few chickens... Stuffs going south quick !!!!

Anyone else watching the Tour de Crash this week?

Of course they're not. Pretty sure besides our friend Gabe, most guys here are straight.

Yes, that chart is sloping toward the neckline, but when do we get to see its tits?

_{Of course they're not. Pretty sure besides our friend Gabe, most guys here are straight.}

Oh, my.

_{**Well Played, Ms. Underoos.**}

Posted by: ErikW at July 05, 2010 04:33 PM (UQ9jL)

Twitch Strickland is such a worthless cocksucker.  All of his ads rag on Kasich for his "Wall Street dealings" as if during the last four years some anonymous fuckhead was running the state.  He's running as far away from his pathetic record as he did about being for the glacier in pantsuits during the 2008 primaries.

If Strickland wins in November the fix is definitely in.

Is it possible to be a good American and simply fart in Obama's direction

NO! We've decided farting is bad for the environment and are passing new rules that ban farts. You feel like cutting the cheese? You better squeeze your asscheeks together and hold that motherfucker in for the rest of your life.

Posted by: Fish at July 05, 2010 04:43 PM (v1gw3)

Yes.  In fact, I would declare that fart patriotic.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at July 05, 2010 04:23 PM (NxMpL)

I agree.  I like to compare chartists to astrologers because, back in the day, astrologers were actually collecting important scientific data.  It was just their interpretation of the data that was divorced from any observable connection to reality (though there are clear seasonal patterns to most things and the tide does have a huge effect on lots of behavior ...).  I think, even in addition to the self-fulfilling power of chart technicals (or anything else that many were convinced had an impact) there is something to be gleaned from the price dynamics.  I just think that "straight lines and channels" are vastly too simplistic and linear to be of value.

#158

RCP is pissing me off because it fails to show CA as a tossup yet shows other states as up in the air.

Shows MN Gov as lean Dem takeover when poll after poll shows 2 of 3 contenders beat the Dem by 7.

INCLUDED A POLL OF "ADULTS" FOR GENERIC BALLOT!

wtf?

I have averaged the latest polling and factored in the GOP generic margin advantage AND enthusiasm.

US SENATE- DEM: OR,HI,CT,VT,NYA,NYB,MD- 7 SAFE.

TOSSUP-CA,WA,WI,FL

GOP-ND,DE,IN,AR,PA,CO,NV,IL

You factor in the generic ballot and add that to the polling and it shows the spread of the wave- had people on the right done that in the last week before 2008 they wouldn't have been so laisse-faire or sadly hopeful for a bradley effect- Dems had a +9 generic preference and that tipped nearly every swing state over the top for O (besides Missouri and Montana).

US GOV RACES-

DEM: HI,NH,NY,CT,AR

IND: RI

TOSSUP-CO,CA,NM,MA,MD

GOP (list is long, forgive me)- OR,NV,WY,UT,ID,SD,TX,KS,OK,NE,IA,MN,AL,GA,SC,FL,TN,IL,WI,

OH,PA,ME,VT,AK,AZ

FOR A BALANCE OF R-32 D-12 I-1 Tossup-5

so much for that HUGE bump in Democratic support after Health Care, hunh?

I can't WAIT for the HUGE BUMPS they get after Immigration and C&T start up...

We are not necessarily screwed until November.

The Democrats are now starting to panic and cannibalize themselves.

Republicans slowly did this 2008 but by then it was far too late.

But there are JUST enough Democrats scared shitless still- not the full blown go-down-with-the-ship-Marxists but rather the I-will-vote-to-stick-around-opportunists  that will end up dragging out the rest of O's agenda so much it will collide with their campaign schedules, and by then they will be too preoccupied with the vote outside to vote inside.

Or so I hope..

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 05, 2010 04:28 PM (9hSKh)

Shit

I don't think Head and Shoulders Shampoo will fix this case of falling dandruff.

Seriously, do pay attention to the fundamentals and not the chart.  Unfortunately, they agree - we're well and truly fucked.

Seriously, do pay attention to the fundamentals and not the chart.  Unfortunately, they agree - we're well and truly fucked.

182  Every Democrat and some Republicans (although, they can perhaps be kept in line long enough to not make the job insurmountable, by sweeping them all away at once).

America can weather this -- but there will be hard times and tough choices -- can the American people quit being such pantywaist sheep and man up to hte task?  That is a very big question.