Hockey game tonight. And I’m all out of hooch.
A Rare Moment of Clarity
David Leonhardt completely destroys the nonsense about only 47% of households paying taxes.
Early Morning Open Thread
Okay, I got nothing, except this still makes me laugh.
Irish Alzheimers: When you forget everything but your grievances.
Reflections on Our Awesome Meritocracy
The recent McMegan outbursts and the promotion of Scott Brown’s daughter to a slot on CBS had me wondering about our obviously successful meritocracy when it occurred to me- does Tom Friedman have children, and how old are they?
One of Those Days
Just having an epic annoying day. The weather stinks, all the political news is pissing me off, I didn’t sleep well last night, and Tunch shit in the closet in the guest bedroom because he somehow got in there while I was putting holiday decorations in the closet for storage and then was closed in. Awesome.
Also, I think Tunch is farther along in his plot to kill me and eat me than I realized. The other day I woke up and he was 2 inches from my face staring at me. Last night, I was napping on the couch, and woke up to him licking my fingers. Then, last night, during one of the 40 times I woke up in my restless sleep, I went to the bathroom, and Tunch was sitting in the shower staring at me when I turned the light on. I’m afraid that is where he is going to dispose of the body.
Should this blog suddenly go silent, you can use this post as evidence of motive in the trial.
Open Thread
Apparently we do not put these up often enough.
If You Have A Free Minute
Now would be a good time to phone your Senators’ offices and ask for real oversight in the financial reform bill. Republicans will oppose whatever comes to the floor, of course, because they fear giving Obama a victory, and their nutball base, more than they fear ads making them look chummy with banksters. Since they will vote against the bill anyway, we might as well forget their stupid bad-faith complaints and make the bill as effective as possible.
I don’t understand the issue well enough to tell you exactly what to say. Ezra Klein has some good ideas about derivatives that you can read about here. If any of you have informed advice that can make calls more effective, please (seriously, please) share it in the comments. Your Republican Senators will always appreciate hearing how you feel about their party teabagging the smug pricks who wrecked America.
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