Wonkette
- The British government now has an ownership stake in many of its largest banks, just like the US government will soon own most American banks. Huzzah for free markets! [Guardian]
- If you were asked, “Which New York Times columnist is most likely to win the Nobel Prize?” you would probably answer, “Maureen Dowd, for Comedy!” but no, it is Paul Krugman, for Economics. [Bloomberg]
- Senator Hillary Clinton — remember her? — says Barack Obama is handling the economic crisis well, and that she’s still a little sad she isn’t the nominee. [AP]
- Widesweeping international measures to thaw frozen credit markets appear to be working today, insofar as stocks are up in Asia and Europe this morning. (By 4pm Eastern the Dow will crash another 600 points.) [AP]
- Dudes can’t afford their car payments anymore, so they are just cold settin’ their Jettas on fire. [Washington Post]
- The power-sharing agreement in Zimbabwe is going to hell in a handbasket as Robert Mugabe wants to assign members of his party to various key ministries. [Voice of America]
DAILY BRIEFING
Having been, until recently, a Jetta owner, I can emphatically state that fire is really too good for the damn things unless accompanied by some smashing and breaking and stuff.
If it’s an ‘88 Jetta with a dodgy electrical system, it’ll just set itself on fire.
I had fifty bucks on Tom Friedman for Distinguished Achievement in Catchphrase Creation.
She haz a sad about the Jettas:
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I am sure Bill Orally will send Friedman a fruit basket and a copy of his new book A Big Bold Fresh Piece of Roger Ailes Polyp Sucking.
RE: Krugman - The Nobel Prize Selection Committee is in the tank for Obama.
Off topic, but have you read Dowd’s most recent column?
Latin?
Today, we are all Jetta owners.
Billy Kristol is a shoe-in for the Nobel Prize in douchebaggery.
David Brooks gets the Nobel for the “ORLY? No shit?” category for his discovery that the Republican base are all basically white trash Neanderthals.
My Jetta ownership seems to have been highly unusual. I had a 2000 VR6 with a manual trans and had only one minor problem that was fixed at no cost, even though it was past it’s warranty. I missed that car. I had to trade it in for the winter capabilities of a Subaru when I moved to upstate New York.
Jettas are for elitists.
If you were asked, “Which New York Times columnist is most likely to win the Nobel Prize?” you would probably answer, “Maureen Dowd, for Comedy!” but no, it is Paul Krugman, for Economics.
I would have thought Maureen Dowd for Terrifying Belief in Her Own Sex Appeal. Kristol’s obviously the Comedy winner.
Republicans are closely monitoring the situation in Zimbabwe, hoping there’s a thing or two they can learn from Mr. Mugabe.
John McCain is afraid to go to Zimbabe, because he thinks Mugabe will put him in a pot and cook him.
Isn’t there a Nobel prize in Neoconacity? I’d think Kristol would be a shoo-in for that one.
FMA: I think she just wanted to write cum a lot.
Hooray for insurance fraud! The ultimate triple whammy would be being owning a Jetta then finding yourself so in debt that torching it is the only to get out of debt and then remembering that you have AIG auto insurance.
Hilsbot haz sad and I haz tiny sad for her (not much though) and I HUGE LOLz on PUMAs. Who’s inadequate now, beeyotches!
Yep Hillz is “still a little sad”, but not quite well enough to tell the Bitters that it is OK to vote for the black terrorist.
Also this weekend, Austria’s Joerg Haider suddenly lunged to the right for the very last time - in his Volkswagen, which also burst into flames. And so his death, like his career, was a car crash.
Today we are all bankers. Hah! I’m going to give myself easy terms. Also, when can we literally burn money? Maybe rolled like a cigar or something.
Hillary who? Ferraro?
Mad props to the elitist Nobel econ prize posse, who totally showed the Bush regime who’s the bitch today. Still and all, you know this isn’t a “real” Nobel prize, right? It’s only the Nobel “Memorial” Prize in Econ, or somesuch. The $1.2 million in prize money was once real–time to check the markets and see if it still is.
Awesome article on CNN:
“What the Great Depression Taught Us
iReporters recall family stories of stealing food and eating wild hogs or squirrels”
cal: Guess who owns a Jetta? That’s right: shortsshortsshorts. He is an elitist.
I, on the other hand, own a black GTI, so I am a “regular.”
Why do they always give the big awards to the smart people who know what’s going on? This is elitism.
Has democracy failed?
Cal Umney: Are you kidding, all these foreigners are in the tank for Obama.
They hate us for all our freedoms!
Johnny Zhivago: How many electoral votes do the Foreigns have? Should we be worried?
I know I am. J.K. Rowling endorsed Barack Obama for president, and she knows magic, so if he doesn’t win, she’s going to turn America into a salamander or something.
Cal Umney: But What Do We Really Know About Paul Krugman?
Servo: I had an ‘01 VR6 also manual that was a joy to drive, but after the mileage hit 100k, it became an agonizing and mechanic baffling money pit. I consider my move to a Subaru an upgrade. And also elitist.
tiny mexican: Once more the Nobel prize committee has overlooked Tom’s contributuion to modern metrics thru his invention of the Friedman Unit. Damn. Next year, Tom.
Larry Fine:
McCain would be way to tough & stringy to eat.
Palin wouldn’t.
Let’s send her to Zimbabwe!
I am so thankful I own my car outright. I KNEW there was a good reason I went with a cheap-ass formerly leased Hyundai Elantra back in ‘04! Suck it, Hummer owners who can’t make your payments!
FMA: I know people say it every week, but MoDo has truly lost it…also, wasn’t their a resurgence of interest in Latin in the late 80s for the Risky Business/worried about their SATs set?
If wee totally own all the banks, then, like, they’re be no ATM fees. Post-apocalyptic score!
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