1 First and sick as a dog

2 MUWahahahahahahaha!!!111!!!

3 I'm swimming in the tears of democrats.

4 Capitalist scum!!

5 ARTHUR PENN RIP (director of "Bonnie & Clyde). Not sure if Sean is related.

6 Do not worry. CNBC reports it as "GDP growth gets a bit better." We are living in the soviet union when it comes to the news media! Growth is 1.7% which is a disaster and the headline reads "gets better", when actually it has slowed since last QTR. LOL

7 This must be Bush's fault.

8 The fact that we're not currently in the black proves that the economy and every component of it is racist.

9 THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!

10 Hey there!  Miss me yet?

11

8 The fact that we're not currently in the black proves that the economy and every component of it is racist.

But we are in the red.  Co-inky-dink???

12 Check out this knob-jawing.

World markets rise on US jobs data, debt hopes

LONDON (AP) -- European and American markets rose Thursday after U.S. economic data came in stronger than expected and as investors ultimately welcomed Ireland's effort to detail the costs of its massive bank bailout.

Whereas European stocks opened lower on fears of a flare-up in the debt crisis -- before Ireland announced it would sink more billions into its failed banks, Spain's public debt rating had been downgraded -- U.S. jobs and growth figures reassured the market.

1.7% growth is strong? 

13 8 The fact that we're not currently in the black proves that the economy and every component of it is racist.

Posted by: Blue Hen at September 30, 2010 11:18 AM (R2fpr)

But the fact that we're in the red means we're even closer to being real, full-fledged Commies!  Hooray!  So quit whining.

14 I really wish runningrn wouldn't use her evil juju to prevent me from discarding my dirty socks. 

15 Buck up, economy.   All is well!

16 You fucked up... you trusted us!

17 Things just haven't been the same since Paula Abdul left American Idol.

18 It's more than a little below par, Mr. Obama. IT STINKS! It's the lowest on campus. It's the lowest in American history!

19 Take your Keynesian multiplier and shove it, I only respond to white guys.

20 Can I join the GDP conspiracy?  Do I sign up through Goldline, or is that just to get my membership badge to the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy?  Or... wait, are we all conspiring together now?  I knew I should have paid more attention at the Whacko Tea Party Fringe Mixer.  *is ashamed*

21 This vast right wing conspiracy is much vaster than I had previously been made aware of. As a charter member, I had thought I would have been apprised of the conspiracy's takeover of the GDP, gregorian calendar, unemployment rate, and consumer spending. Damned conspirators are so cliquish.

22 GOLD The prefix of all Joo names. Hmmm...

23 You know what this economy needs to help it? Barry in your backyard telling you how wonderful things are.

24 10 Hey there!  Miss me yet?

Posted by: The year 2007 at September 30, 2010 11:19 AM (4df7R)

Yes.

 

25 Their next batch of Kool-aid needs to have a longer time release. Anything under 2 years doesn't appear to work.

26 Told you so, bitches!

27 European and American markets rose Thursday after U.S. economic data came in stronger than expected and as investors ultimately welcomed Ireland's effort to detail the costs of its massive bank bailout

You mean 32% of GDP budget deficit Ireland?http://tinyurl.com/22l9ota

28 As a charter member, I had thought I would have been apprised

You have to be a Platinum Member to get the super-secret newsletter.

It's written in invisible ink made of Unfair Trade lemons and bitter tears written on paper exclusively from old-growth sequoias.

29 Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 30, 2010 11:25 AM (1Jaio) A garden troll (ha!) or a lawn jockey with a pre-recoreded message. GM and Chrysler will make them.

30 "The Worst Economy in the World" ^TM

31

A friend of mine's a Mason who promised me he'd let me know when they started their takeover of the world.

I should have known he was lying.

*sigh*

32

Meanwhile, back at the ranch madrassa, bammy's even dividing his own base.  He's so talented. 

After all, "even snooty progressives don't like being talked down to."

33 Typical white economy. 

34 23 You know what this economy needs to help it? Barry in your backyard telling you how wonderful things are.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at September 30, 2010 11:25 AM (1Jaio)

You know, I really do think the Democrats have become completely brainwashed by their own rhetoric.  They're so used to Orwellian doublespeak that they look at the polls and see how badly they're going to be beaten in November, but they're infantile little brains flip the data on its head to convince them that they're actually winning. In a landslide.  Same goes for the economy, public support for Obamacare, global warming climate change disruption, and on, and on, and on.

35 I wonder how all those McDonalds employees are lovin' their HOPE and CHANGE.  http://tinyurl.com/24be3r4

36 At long last, have you no sense of decency? Where is my Kobe steak?

37 You have to be a Platinum Member to get the super-secret newsletter.

It's written in invisible ink made of Unfair Trade lemons and bitter tears written on paper exclusively from old-growth sequoias.

Posted by: Waterhouse at September 30, 2010 11:27 AM (NwEKc)

Damn. I was trying to avoid the yearly fees of moonshine, guns, and guts, fox news viewship credits, church tithes and "jingoism".

38 32

Meanwhile, back at the ranch madrassa, bammy's even dividing his own base.  He's so talented. 

After all, "even snooty progressives don't like being talked down to."

Posted by: RushBabe at September 30, 2010 11:28 AM (a3Z62)

At some point, I'm going show you how to divide by zero. Then, watch out!

39 How long before the 1.7% is revised downward? If they are saying 1.7% growth that means that it is zero or negative.

I don't believe anything these serial liars say. We are in another depression with the economy zero, unemployment near 20% and a freaking communist making it worse.

At least this time we don't have a war to get the commie bastard reelected 4 times. This one will be lucky if he makes it through the first term w/o being impeached.

40 Do not worry. CNBC reports it as "GDP growth gets a bit better."

Wait for revisions.

41 Great. Now I have to worry about a McDonald's employee hocking a diseased lugee on my frappe.

42 Do not worry. CNBC reports it as "GDP growth gets a bit better." I guess you didn't know CNBC stands for "Commissariat for Never Betraying Collectivism."

43 I suspect that Barry will ultimately run out of squishy sobbing bastards to hug.

44

Great. Now I have to worry about a McDonald's employee hocking a diseased lugee on my frappe.

What do you mean, "now"?

45 Completely off topic but I just found video of Michelle Obama's mother! http://tinyurl.com/23jupuk

46 So glad the adults are back in charge of this economy.

47 Completely off topic but I found video of Michelle Obama's mother! http://tinyurl.com/23jupuk

48 Wait until Bernacke's QE2 happens on November 3rd. Wheeeee.... economic destruction will be complete!

49 So glad the adults are back in charge of this economy.

Who left the .50 cal on the kids' table?

50 LONDON (AP) -- European and American markets rose Thursday after U.S. economic data came in stronger than expected and as investors ultimately welcomed Ireland's effort to detail the costs of its massive bank bailout.

Whereas European stocks opened lower on fears of a flare-up in the debt crisis -- before Ireland announced it would sink more billions into its failed banks, Spain's public debt rating had been downgraded -- U.S. jobs and growth figures reassured the market.

1.7% growth is strong? 

Posted by: Barrack (Chip Diller) Obame

 

Please understand first that my heritage is 100% Irish, hence the sock I'm using. But can anyone tell me why investors would give, to use an Irish expression, a Tinker's damn about a nation of less than seven million with an economy to match? Even if they were worrying about repayment, it still has to be paltry compared to that of Britain or the US.

51 Is that the initial, optimistic figure or the unexpected correction?

52 Wait until Bernacke's QE2 happens on November 3rd.

The QE2?  I was hoping for something with a larger stateroom.

53 This fucking economy's fucking transmission fucking sucks!

54 Throw some Wagyu beef on the grill, bitches because I'm coming to a backyard near you!

55

It is racist to complain about losing your job, your home and your future.

"shut up and like it, you meanest country ever"!

56

Meh, at least Toonces fixed the oceans. I guess they were all broken and shit before he took the oath of office.

57 But can anyone tell me why investors would give, to use an Irish expression, a Tinker's damn about a nation of less than seven million with an economy to match?

Guiness, Jameson's, and those really cool tweed hats.  Nuff said.

58 What's the problem here? Insurance companies raise premiums? The voters will blame them. They set the prices. Laid-off? The voters will blame their boss. He laid them off, not me. See? Blameless. Half this country is too stupid to breathe, and I will profit by it. I can get them in a lather by waving a picture of Sarah Palin. One nice thing about my supporters is their unflagging cluelessness. So they talk about me like a dog? Half the nation is a pack of Pavlov dogs, and I've got the bell, baby.

59

It is illustrative in a "lessons of history" sort of way to see progressives lashing out at business and 'counterrevolutionaries,' even trying to snuff the speech of insurance companies forced into rate increases. 

If business and economics doesn't favor your ideology, make the business people and economists shut up.

-- Stuff Karl Marx Thought About Saying 

To say nothing of the Prog's outright contempt (John Kerry) for striving middle class people.   Idiots, the lot of them. 

-- Paraphrasing Stuff Marx Did Say

 

60 For all we know, the difference between socialism that begets more socialism; and socialism exposed as a destructive force that needs to be resisted and replaced by American values and free market solutions is places like this blog.  So....TO THE RAMPARTS.

61 This fucking economy's fucking transmission fucking sucks!

Posted by: Rahm Rahmbo Dead Fish Emanuel

Perhaps learning how to drive a manual transmission would be preferable to grinding the gears and burning out the clutch.

62 This comparison of Marx and Obama is completely out of hand.

Marx had actually met a farmer.

63
The official spin...........since the GDP was only expected to grow at 1.6% its better than expected.

Vic is absolutely right, though- this unicorn number will quietly be 'adjusted' down around 0% or worse in a couple of months.

64 Be interesting to see the percentage of Red states actually in the red vs. the percentage of Blue states in the red. On second thought, probably not ver: As they say, a lowering tide sinks all boats.

65

The raw data is so bad, Dianne Sawyer had to do a one-two liberal punch last night.

First Story - Meg Whitman is a racist for firing a a poor illegal immigrant and making her feel bad about being illegal.

Soundbite - weeping, sobbing illegal.
Soundbite - Gloria Allred - OUTRAGE!
Soundbite - Meg - I feel bad for her.  Clearly she's in a lot of trouble now that it's been found out thatshe's here illegally, and committing fraud...

Second Story - Did you hear?  Obama talks about how awesome it is to be a Christian!

Third Story - ^{*cough* stats on how nobody has the money to move *cough*} Americans are awesome and resillient!  _{*cough* record-setting foodstamps *cough*}

66 There is no way I'd put Obama's bullshit on my tomato plants.

67 This fucking economy's fucking transmission fucking sucks!

The fucking fucker's fucked!

68 Maybe Toonces thinks Marx was actually 'Mar X', a black socialist liberation ideology preacher?

69 After the break - Anthony Weiner is an awesome patriot that MAKES THINGS HAPPEN in Congress!

70 But can anyone tell me why investors would give, to use an Irish expression, a Tinker's damn about a nation of less than seven million with an economy to match? -- The concept is that getting Portugal and Ireland to act responsibly, even if futile, will encourage the Germans to support the eventual bailouts of the Spanish and Italians. If Portugal and Ireland were to act like Greece, the Germans might just pick-up their marks and go home.

71 My Mom predicted this Obama phase a month or so ago. She tld me on the phone, " If Obama's poll numbers go down enough, the sonofabitch might even go to church."

Moms, they are wise.

72 If Portugal and Ireland were to act like Greece, the Germans might just pick-up their marks and go home.

Through France.

73 I think that the democrats are surprised by the impact of their laws because they never met anyone they know who actually followed or consulted the law.

74 Crap. I turned on the TV just in time to hear Shannon Bream say "... and he said that after the Nov. election there is definitely going to be a Congressional inquiry..." I have no idea what she was talking about. I'm hoping it's the NBPP thing, but I'm not holding my breath. Anyone happen to be watching Fox 5 mins ago and know what the topic was?

75 The fucking fucker's fucked!

FuckFuckFuck!

76 But can anyone tell me why investors would give, to use an Irish expression, a Tinker's damn about a nation of less than seven million with an economy to match? -- The concept is that getting Portugal and Ireland to act responsibly, even if futile, will encourage the Germans to support the eventual bailouts of the Spanish and Italians. If Portugal and Ireland were to act like Greece, the Germans might just pick-up their marks and go home.

Posted by: Jean

Ah, now that makes more sense. Uncertainty about whether the biggest and best economy using the Euro will abandon it might be a topic of interest.

77 #52  Please understand first that my heritage is 100% Irish, hence the sock I'm using. But can anyone tell me why investors would give, to use an Irish expression, a Tinker's damn about a nation of less than seven million with an economy to match? Even if they were worrying about repayment, it still has to be paltry compared to that of Britain or the US.

Which is why the story is such bullshit.  The markets are jumping at any sign of good news, which means the underlying sentiment must be pretty low.

They're hoping that Ireland, part of the PIGS unholy quadripartite, will lead some sort of debt-alleviation trend.  They won't...and in the end, there will be only chaos. 

78 73 When something is fucked up, you can't un-fuck it by fucking with it.

79 There is this other economic problem now being called mortgage gate that is getting no news coverage:  from the highly paranoid yet very smart people at ZH:

Update: BN *JPMORGAN ASKS JUDGES TO DELAY RULINGS IN `PENDING MATTERS'

We predict that within a week, all banks will halt every foreclosure currently in process. Within a month, all foreclosures executed within the past 2-3 years will be retried, and millions of existing home sales will be put in jeopardy.

And like that, mortgage fraud goes global. JPM stock down on the news, as the American foreclosure process is now effectively shut down...

we discover that not only are servicers foreclosing on mortgages to which nobody apparently owns the title, but that servicers, representing such reputable firms as Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, are willing to counterfeit court summons in their pursuit of a clean and efficient foreclosure mill...

Apparently whatÂ’s happening is that private process servicer companies may not be serving people with summons, and are simply counterfeiting the documents so they can keep the fees without doing the work. That means that you could theoretically be foreclosed on without ever knowing there was even a foreclosure case against you

80 So who is paying for Allred? Clearly not the unemployed housekeeper.

Allred says she is going to release a copy of the letter from the SSA that was written to Whitman in 2003 (IIRC) saying that the SSN used by the housekeeper was problematic and that therefore Whitman knew the housekeeper was illegal, and somehow this has relevance...

81

Heard a guy on the radio this morning who is in intelligence. He suggested going to the CPUS (communist party US) website and reading their goals. He said they are out of order but are pretty much the same thing as the Obama's.

Still stunned that in our hurry to elect a black guy, we elected a islamofacist sympathizing communist. Even more stunned that he's sticking to it as the kool-aid wears off.

82 Damn. Tony Curtis died. Even though he was the most awkward part of Spartacus, he was a damn fine actor and a fine man by most accounts.

83

Perhaps learning how to drive a manual transmission would be preferable to grinding the gears and burning out the clutch.

And all the while, the Republicans and their fat-fuck friend are just standing there, laughing their asses off, because they know that, while you were inside the 7-11, buying their smokes and their Slurpees, they crawled under the car and put a big-ass zip-tie around the knuckle-joint, and that thing's under the car, slapping around and making a bunch of noise whenever the transmission is turning, just to scare the shit out of you.  So that thing's under there, making a bunch of noise, and you're freakin' out because you don't know what's going on, and you've never really driven a stick much anyway, and all the while this zip-tie is hampering our attempts to build a sustainable economy on sound progressive principles!  (applause)

84

F³

^{where F=fuck}

85 A white economy's greed runs a presidency in need.

86 The wonderful ways the Fed contributes to our lives, "New Yorkers outraged as bureaucrats order city to change lettering on every single street sign"

http://tinyurl.com/29banhp

87

Her whole point in life is to get her ugly mug on television.

I kinda dig that helmet she always wears.

88 You fucking businesses better get your shit together, your bullshit is starting to effect my golf game.

89 I just want it known right now, that I join with speaker Pelosi in demanding to know who is behind the funding of this economy.

90 Herr - "Through France" - naaa, the Germans don't have enough kids to use the land they've got. Straight to the spa's for an extra month off, then a new currency union of some sort, I suspect a mix of soft Euro's valid for small purchases and essentials; and hard Mark's for capital purchases and investments (maybe even an all electronic Mark). Play money and real money, with all of subsidies, etc issued in play money.

91

Double-dipping started?

The Associated Press now says:

"Unemployment — now at 9.6 percent — is expected to stay high or even rise in the coming months."

The AP now expects bad news, that is... well... unexpected.

 

92 Herr - "Through France" - naaa, the Germans don't have enough kids to use the land they've got

They'll use Ukrainians again.  Those guys are always looking for a little extra dough.

93

F³= 0

^{Where F=fuck and 0 = Obama}

94
Let's stop screaming and work together by giving Obama a chance to succeed.

95

College kid fucks one dude on camera, is embarrassed by it, and kills himself.

Obama fucks the whole country, is filmed every single day doing it, and the dumb fuck thinks we should thank him.

96 RACISTS!

97

So who is paying for Allred? Clearly not the unemployed housekeeper.

La Raza.  (dun-dun-DUNNNN)

98

I wish someone would think of the children.

Not you, Roman!

99 #103  They'll use Ukrainians again.  Those guys are always looking for a little extra dough.

Ukraine has a pro-Russian PM now.  They'll supply troops for Russian incursions into Georgia. 

100

^dx / _df as lim _America -> 0

101 Gloria Allred is to the legal profession as Dr. Joyce Brothers was to: A Psychological counseling B Grape Nuts Cereal c Orson Bean -OR- D All of the above

102 Rahm is out? Rahm is out, Rahm is out!

per AP.

103

O = £ · S_america

_{where O = Obama and S = squeakhole}

104

So who is paying for Allred? Clearly not the unemployed housekeeper.

La Raza.  (dun-dun-DUNNNN)

Posted by: reason, channeling iowahawk, at September 30, 2010 11:57 AM (wEYaf)

RAAAAACISSSSST!

105 113 ...of the closet?

106

"Rahm is out? Rahm is out, Rahm is out!"

Hawt.

107

Don't worry--Bernanke's got Obama's back with lots of quanitative easing and POMOs.

Remember, according to David Tepper at CNBS, if nothing bad happens, stocks go up.  If something bad happens, Helicopter Ben jumps in with QE and stocks go up.

Gotta disguise the fact that computers are doing 70% of the trading these days.

108

113 Out of the closet?

109 Lincolntf @82, I wasn't paying close attention, but I believe she had Todd Gaziano on, and yes, it was about DOJ-gate.

110 116 glad to see it's not just me.

111 Apparently Rahm to resign tomorrow.

112 Down goes Emmanuel! Down goes Emmanuel!

113 121 I blame the water in Durham.

114

Apparently Rahm to resign tomorrow.

He must subscribe to the theory 'get out while the getting is so fucked up, it can't be unfucked'.

115 and when 3Q comes out at  initially 2.2 (to be revised to 1.7 later, naturally) there'll be BREAKING NEWS about how the economy grew for the eleventyeth straight month!!

Recession is over, bitches, why you crying?

116 OT

Cute response to the Grayson ad. Has him as a kid hating, senior hating, satan worshiper, by taking quotes out of context.

117

I'm gonna go with Grape-Nuts for that SAT answer.

Grape-Nuts are neither grapes nor nuts.

Gloria Allred is not glorious, completely red in color, or an actual lawyer.  She doesn't even do a very good job of playing one on TV.

118 haven't read the mickey d's article but don't people take their jobs for the benefits?  like starbucks?  No one want sot dish out fries or latte's they do it for the benefits.

are they going to automate the entire process and just get rid of people....maybe just have the manager around....is that possible...

119 I guess I shouldn't have put the car in D with that tree right in front of us.

120

I helped the economy bamboozle you all!

Now I will run amok with my 'buddy' Zombie Duncan Grant.

  You can read all about our adventures in my Sex Diary.

121 100 I just want it known right now, that I join with speaker Pelosi in demanding to know who is behind the funding of this economy.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at September 30, 2010 11:51 AM (RkRxq)

The "funding of this economy" is about to drop off the table in 2011. Why? Because as employers continue to pay more and more employees on 1099s, you're going to see tax fraud on a massive scale.

Big corporations will have to play by the book, but smaller companies - the under 50 employees crowd - will start paying people under the table for some or all of their pay. No benefits, just "Take your money, have a good weekend, and we'll see you Monday."

I worked for a guy who did this at his business. He had about 25 employees, and about a quarter of his employees' compensation was paid using checks. He simply included them in his general ledger as miscellaneous expenses. The employees loved it. They actually negotiated with him how much they wanted paid over the table. Usually, just enough to keep them eligible for food stamps, section 8 housing, etc.

He liked it because it reduced drastically what he had to send to the IRS (he always had a cash flow problem).

One other thing. He regarded the IRS as evil and mean, but basically incompetent. He had no fear of getting caught. I predict a whole bunch of small businesses doing much the same thing in the future - especially if Obama somehow gets re-elected.

Things are going to get so interesting next year ...

122 OT QUESTION:

What are the odds that Obama, Pelosi, MSNBC, DNC, etc. were praying (selling their souls to the Devil) in exchange for Carter to die while in hospital?  Just imagine that October surprise: a straight 6 weeks of pro-Carter/pro-Dem coverage!

123 You know how to tell if things are really fucked? If you look out the rear-view mirror of your V-8 Interceptor and see Australian wasteland biker trash catching up to you on Segways.

124 127 OT

Cute response to the Grayson ad. Has him as a kid hating, senior hating, satan worshiper, by taking quotes out of context.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at September 30, 2010 12:07 PM (0q2P7)

OMG...that was fabulous...

125 Oops! Sock ate my brain.

126
Link to the Little Ballerina resignation story, if it hasn't been posted yet.

127

Ladies and gentlemen, I'll be brief. The issue here is not whether we broke a few rules, or took a few liberties with earmarks - we did.

But you can't hold a whole party responsible for the behavior of a few, sick twisted individuals. For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole legislative system? And if the whole legislative system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our government in general? I put it to you, voters - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society? Well, you can do whatever you want to us, but we're not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America.

Gentlemen!

128 Apparently Rahm to resign tomorrow.
And the rush to the lifeboats begin, it is so much better to be first in line rather than last.

129 134 I understand the segways don't handle cliffs very well.

130

OT:  I bet my office makes the national news today.

I'm pretty shocked.  He seemed like a good guy.  He was always perfectly fair to me.

131 More Rules and Regulations (and shear stupidity) and you are paying for it:

Federal copy editors are demanding the city change its 250,900 street signs -- such as these for Perry Avenue in The Bronx -- from the all-caps style used for more than a century to ones that capitalize only the first letters.

Changing BROADWAY to Broadway will save lives, the Federal Highway Administration contends in its updated Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, citing improved readability.
At $110 per sign, it will also cost the state $27.6 million, city officials said....Studies have shown that it is harder to read all-caps signs, and those extra milliseconds spent staring away from the road have been shown to increase the likelihood of accidents, particularly among older drivers, federal documents say. The new regulations also require a change in font from the standard highway typeface to Clearview, which was specially developed for this purpose. As a result, even numbered street signs will have to be replaced.

132
smaller companies - the under 50 employees crowd - will start paying people under the table for some or all of their pay.

IOW, following the Soviet Model as the dems have done will force the economy into gray and black.  Funny how that works, ain't it?

133 mike, didn't the ax quietly leave already?  and christina?  and larry? 

134 momma re: Carter and pro Dem. i dunno many people might still be alive to remember 15 % interest rates waiting in gas lines for hours. and Carter also asking everyone to suck it Up and wear sweaters.

135 So kerry kennedy, part of a political dynasty, raised to "just take the lumps as they come" is going to say anything but glowing stuff about her ex?"

136 Posted by: willow at September 30, 2010 12:14 PM (8fK1n)

he's come up a lot lately, it always starts with hostages....

137 willow:

But the media could have made Carter out to be the best thing ever!  Just watch any of their coverage about his book.  It is chock full of lies and half truths.  Plus, since our younger crowd has no clue about history, they actually think Carter was the savior of the era.  Ask anyone under 26 and they will tell you that Carter brought us peace.  That he saved hostages.  That he saved the Middle East (but then Reagan, Bush fucked it up).

I have also heard the defense: Carter raised our taxes and caused the oil crisis because he was soooo smart he knew that was the only way to bring peace/appease the Middle East.

138 momma re: Carter and pro Dem. i dunno many people might still be alive to remember 15 % interest rates waiting in gas lines for hours. and Carter also asking everyone to suck it Up and wear sweaters.

Posted by: willow at September 30, 2010 12:14 PM (8fK1n)

I remember it being over 20% for interest rates.

139 145 momma re: Carter and pro Dem. i dunno many people might still be alive to remember 15 % interest rates waiting in gas lines for hours. and Carter also asking everyone to suck it Up and wear sweaters.

Posted by: willow at September 30, 2010 12:14 PM (8fK1n)

I'm not dead yet!

140 O/T - Dems tell Worf to go pound carrot sticks.

141 mike, didn't the ax quietly leave already?  and christina?  and larry?

I have thought some we're quietly sneaking off the boat but I haven't been able to keep track. I would really like to know if Ax was kicked out or jumped ship, for certain.

142 148 willow:

But the media could have made Carter out to be the best thing ever!  Just watch any of their coverage about his book.  It is chock full of lies and half truths.  Plus, since our younger crowd has no clue about history, they actually think Carter was the savior of the era.  Ask anyone under 26 and they will tell you that Carter brought us peace.  That he saved hostages.  That he saved the Middle East (but then Reagan, Bush fucked it up).

I have also heard the defense: Carter raised our taxes and caused the oil crisis because he was soooo smart he knew that was the only way to bring peace/appease the Middle East.

Posted by: momma at September 30, 2010 12:19 PM (penCf)

Yep, all the Carter needs is a film by Oliver Stone to be lifted the pantheon of American leaders.

143 WHEAT HARVEST FAILS!

144 I guess you didn't know CNBC stands for "Commissariat for Never Betraying Collectivism."

Posted by: CNBC at September 30, 2010 11:33 AM (AZGON)

Can only hope* this will change* with the departure of Zucker, who will no doubt find a czar spot with Toonces.

145 Funny how that works, ain't it?

Posted by: Dang Straights at September 30, 2010 12:14 PM (fx8sm)

Prohibition taught a generation of Americans to break the law. This will do the same. When I first found out what my ex-employer did I was aghast. The really interesting part was how my fellow employees made it clear to me that I'd better cooperate - or else.

FWIW, I was the only employee who didn't take a part of my pay under the table. I think this is one reason why I was never accepted fully, and my ex-boss eventually pushed me out the door.

146

There is no way I'd put Obama's bullshit on my tomato plants.

Heh, your tomatoes would double triple in size overnight, but be inedible.

147 Damn, I really wanted to see Rahm stick his finger in Allen West's chest.

148

Heh, your tomatoes would double triple in size overnight, but be inedible.

They will start out very green and turn incredibly red for four years.

149

momma, I haven't watched news in months. You're right they will absolve him of every mess He made . I forgot , we have the media assisting a whole political party  in their lies, obsfuctions , and general malfeasance against our country.

150 WHEAT HARVEST FAILS!

Posted by: Oct 2011 headline: at September 30, 2010 12:20 PM (V7ZEW)

Doubleplusungood. Replace positive "Wheat ration increased".  Unmemory.

The wheat ration has been increased from 1.7 kilograms to 1.3 kilograms per person

151 152 mike, didn't the ax quietly leave already?  and christina?  and larry?

I have thought some we're quietly sneaking off the boat but I haven't been able to keep track. I would really like to know if Ax was kicked out or jumped ship, for certain.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose at September 30, 2010 12:19 PM (0q2P7)

I don't think the Ax is jumping ship, it's a planned sabbatical of sorts.

_{Thanks to the Drudge archives}

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The wheat ration has been increased from 1.7 kilograms to 1.3 kilograms per person

I'd like to announce a new product from Nabisco...Wheat Thinners!

153

The Fed's POMO purchases, taking place on Mondays, is the only thing left floating the S&P.  I think the last cardboard prop of vapor recovery falls over this month.  The liquidity pump will continue but Dow descent will only be punctuated by ledges.

Caveat:  I only play financial whiz in my day-dreams.

154 go short on refrigerator boxes and plastic tarp

155 If you want a pick-me-up as re today's numbers, just listen to today's NPR take on them.  Effusive, warm, glowing, and gushy.  Private-sector hiring is up, job creation is up, everything is getting even rosier.

Housing?  Just doing a little bumping along at the bottom, with nowhere to go but up.

Wait.  Do my taxes help pay for this reporting?

156 Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi in:

THE INCREDIBLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING YOUR WALLET

157 I just want it known right now, that I join with speaker Pelosi in demanding to know who is behind the funding of this economy.

Don't worry, you'll find out Nov. 2nd.

158

"Studies have shown that it is harder to read all-caps signs, and those extra milliseconds spent staring away from the road have been shown to increase the likelihood of accidents, particularly among older drivers, federal documents say. The new regulations also require a change in font from the standard highway typeface to Clearview, which was specially developed for this purpose. As a result, even numbered street signs will have to be replaced."

If this comes to pass, expect there to be another study in five-to-ten years about how we need to go back to CAPSLOCK signage because studies will show that it is harder to quickly interpret mixed-case signs involving lots of capital-i and lowercase-l letters.

159 @142 Momma,

Apparently someone at the Federal Highway Administration has a relative who makes traffic signs.

160

Many wealthy Democratic patrons, who in the past have played major roles financing outside groups to help elect the partyÂ’s candidates, are largely sitting out these crucial midterm elections.

Democratic donors like George Soros, the bête noire of the right, and his fellow billionaire Peter B. Lewis, who each gave more than $20 million to Democratic-oriented groups in the 2004 election, appear to be holding back so far.

“Mr. Soros believes that he can be most effective by funding groups that promote progressive policy outcomes in areas such as health care, the environment and foreign policy,” said an adviser, Michael Vachon. “So he has opted to fund those activities.”

The absence of these Democratic megadonors is contributing to a huge disparity in spending between pro-Republican and pro-Democratic groups. The groups wield huge influence in many House and Senate races because they can take in contributions of unlimited size.

 

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Oh fuck me runnin sideways with my dick caught in the car door......I'm tryin to drink coffee and read the comments at the same damn time......................thanks to you all, IT AIN'T WORKIN OUT TO WELL.

I hope you all get warts.

162 President Larfy Bowsdown

163 Speaking of the economy... someone finally took Obama up on his challenge to conservatives to suggest what they would do to fix the economy.  They're calling it an Open Letter to President Obama, looks like the first in a series...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfj4xzB4UEo

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Oh fuck me runnin sideways with my dick caught in the car door......

That sounds like it would be very difficult, but HILARIOUS.

165 9/11 was an Inside Job.