If That's The Best You Got...

Krugman puts his foot squarely in Paul Ryan's ass over his understanding, or rather his lack thereof, of economics LOL.

I don’t even know where to start with this. What does Ryan think the fed funds rate is? (It’s the rate at which banks lend each other money overnight, usually to help meet reserve requirements.) He obviously doesn’t know the the Fed funds rate basically equals the return on federal paper, so that raising that rate would make banks more, not less, likely to stay with that federal paper. I’m sure someone will try to come up with a reason why Ryan is being smart here, but the truth is that he’s stone-cold ignorant.


Now, he wouldn’t be the only ignorant member of Congress. But wait — my colleague David Brooks tells me, this very morning, that

Paul Ryan, the most intellectually ambitious Republican in Congress, lavishly cites Brooks’s book. Over the past few years, Ryan has been promoting a roadmap to comprehensively reform the nation’s tax and welfare system.

So this is the smartest Republican Congress has to offer?

Dismantled

Rachel Maddow did the Lord's work tonight.  I imagine FoxNews is gonna be in full defensive mode tomorrow.

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Damn I need a cigarette!!!

Cenk DESTROYS Tweety And Barney Frank

This video should go viral just because Chris Matthews is the worst hack on TV right now and Barney Frank should be ashamed of himself for trying to not only claim that all of the people in that flotilla were "pro Hamas" but also trying to demonize Turkey, one of our NATO allies

This Ain't What You Want

Imma go wayyyyyyyyyy out on a limb and predict that Bernie Goldberg won't be picking another fight with Jon Stewart any time soon.

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Sorry, I Couldn't Resist

I know I said no posts about Sarah Palin and up till now I have held to that, but I just had to post this clip of President Obama treating any criticism from her exactly like it should be treated. Oh and George Stephanopolous is turning into one of the worst political hacks of our generation. Move over David Gregory!

He Don't Really Want It With Jane

Watch in wonder and awe as Jane Mayer systematically dismantle's Marc Theissen's pro torture arguments and serves his balls on a platter.

FLAWLESS VICTORY!!!

"You're Absolutely Motherfuckin Right"

Jon Stewart IS Glenn Beck

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Pointing And Laughing

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Soft on terror, eh?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Ezra Delivers An Elbow From The Sky

Ezra Klein's takedown of David Brooks entire column is a beauty to behold. I'll just leave you with the last two lines.

Brooks isn't wrong in the sense that "I disagree with him." He's wrong in the sense that the column requires a correction.

You Had Me At Your First Graff

My gut reaction on reading Marc Thiessen's new book, Courting Disaster, was: "Why is a speechwriter who's never served in the military or intelligence community acting as an expert on interrogation and national security?" Certainly, everyone is entitled to a voice in the debate over the lawfulness and efficacy of President Bush's abusive interrogation program, regardless of qualifications. But if you're not an expert on a subject, shouldn't you interview experts before expressing an opinion? Instead, Thiessen relies solely on the opinions of the CIA interrogators who used torture and abuse and are thus most vulnerable to prosecution for war crimes. That makes his book less a serious discussion of interrogation policy than a literary defense of war criminals. Nowhere in this book will you find the opinions of experienced military interrogators who successfully interrogated Islamic extremists. Not once does he cite Army Doctrine—which warns of the negative consequences of torture and abuse. Courting Disaster is nothing more than the defense's opening statement in a war crimes trial.

Former Senior Military Interrogator "Matthew Alexander"

Trust me, it only gets better from there. You will want to read it all the way through.

Double Whammy

First the Moony Times reports we have gotten such good intel from the underpants bomber WITHOUT torturing him that we are on a world wide manhunt going after english speaking Al Qaeda terrorists who are trying to attack America

Then we get a detailed breakdown of the underpants bomber's journey into FBI custody. Turns out he wasn't mirandized 50 minutes after he was detained but NINE HOURS after he was detained. And that was only after he had already been in surgery and come out and decided to stop talking anyway.

That sound you hear? Thats the sound of GOP credibility on fighting terrorism going over the side of a cliff.

May it never reappear anywhere but FoxNews ever again!

John Brennan Kicks The GOP In The Ass

David Gregory, the king of wingnut talking points, gets his whole approach destroyed by John Brennan when talking about the underpants bomber.

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President Obama Is On A Roll

President Obama has been calling folks out of late, and today he set his sights on the Birthers. He is about make it REAL hard on some folks, and I for one am loving it!

He's That Dude!

President Obama just spent a little time kicking Republicans, politely, in their teeth for the whole world to see on TV. That shit was FRAWESOME! And as SOON as its up on youtube or another site, I will embed it here. I wish it would have been done in primetime because it was much more enjoyable than the State of the Union address which was by itself pretty good. Make sure to pass it around so everybody can see!

Update: Here you go, its long but well worth it!

Update II: Evidently the CSPAN embed isn't working. Ill try to find a youtube version.

Update III: MSNBC to the rescue!

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James O'Keefe PWNAGE

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All That Needs To Be Said About Harold Ford Jr.

Paul Krugman does the honors.

Wow. Harold Ford’s op-ed in today’s Times has to set some kind of new standard for cluelessness.

If this cat wins an election for dog catcher in New York I am moving out to the hills and becoming one of those militia men because the Apocalypse is surely upon us.

If You Don't Know What The Hell You're Talkin Bout, Just Change The Subject!

Oh man this is classic John McCain. Caught getting it wrong on the facts of the Abdulmutallab case instead of admitting he was wrong he just angrily challenges Michael Leiter on some bullshit strawman shit. Just remember every time you criticize President Obama, that you could have had THAT asshole running the country.

Bob Barr Destroys All Of Bill O'Reilly's Fear Mongering Arguments

Facts really are pesky little things.

Memory Relapse

Rachel Maddow is simply the best TV pundit in the game right now and she made sure last night to tear Rudy Giuliani to shreds over his idiotic comments about there having been no terrorist attacks under Bush's watch. I and others have long not only pointed to the anthrax attacks but also the DC sniper attacks as at least two terrorist attacks that happened after 9-11 under Bush but until now you hardly if ever saw a TV journalist include the DC snipers in that context. Congressional Democrats as well as the White House should grab this bit of video and distribute i far and wide to discredit not just Giuliani, but the rest of the GOP/NeoCon fools who keep trying to have their own selective memory lapses about what really happened under President Bush with respect to terrorism.

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Ed Schultz And Eric Massa Just Went In On Dick Cheney

Will post video as soon as it comes available. Must see TV

Update: As promised. Enjoy