Wonkette
- There’s a hot new word for the crooks who screw investors out of their hard-earned millions: “financiopaths.” [Fortune]
- Russia’s state-run gas company, Gazprom, is in a tiff with Ukraine because it says Ukraine hasn’t paid its bills, and now Europe isn’t getting all the gas it needs, which is also Ukraine’s fault somehow. [AFP]
- Greek police continue to get no respect from their gun- and riot-happy citizens. [Reuters]
- Roland Burris says he’s the new senator from Illinois and he is of course “humbled” by his constituents’ support while he is also unable to think of a single human soul who would be better for the job. [Chicago Sun-Times]
- The Minnesota state Canvassing Board will meet today to certify Al Franken its new senator, but then there’s a week waiting period before the election certificate is completed. During that time, Norm Coleman will file seventeen billion lawsuits. [AP]
- Congratulations, our nation’s workers! President-elect has a juicy $500 tax credit for you, which will only slightly reduce the back rent you owe your landlord. [New York Times]
I sure hope that the IRS goes after these churches that are so into politics.
Even if Hopey himself politicked at them!
Unindicted Co-Conspirator: They can be as partisan as they want, so long as they’re paying their taxes. (ahem.) APPRAISE THE LORD!
I have already mentally spent the $500. Thanks, SKS!
But it’s possible to take a political stand on religious principles without being a partisan. A DC-area example, doing good work:
http://www.washingtontendai.blogspot.com
This will be the last earnest and non-snarky post from me today.
I should point out that “Gazprom” and “Georgia” both start with the letter “G”. Any other confluence of events is strictly coincidental.
$500? I know what I’m spending it on! How about a 32″ gold frame that goes around your LCD TV so everyone thinks its an Ad Reinhardt painting when it’s turned off.
Greece is the new Detroit.
Anyone who files seventeen billion lawsuits in a week is disqualified from working in government for being too industrious.
One good thing that has come out of this election debacle is that Al and Norm have been keeping themselves out of the news lately. They’re letting the lawyers suck up all that Minnesota Hate™.
I’d buy the Yes, we can cookies but I think maybe they would be racist or sexist or something
Eventually, though, Norm Coleman will lose, and he can spend political eternity writing his autobiography (Memoirs of a Weasel) and waiting for an invitation from George W. Bush to discuss the oil-for-children’s-food scandal over lunch at the presidential library. Paul Wellstone must be having a laughing fit in heaven.
Haha, ‘finianciopaths’. Once you label one, you’ll discover they’re *all* that way; that the market encourages to be that way; that those who aren’t ‘financiopaths’ are the rare exceptions.
So now we have teh Greek Bitters…must be Hopey’s fault somehow
If that’s not bad enough, they have an extension cord running over to Poland so they can keep their lights on.
Financiopaths?
Whatever. I prefer to call them assholes, motherfucking thieves or Boss/CEO.
As with any web site for a major American newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times comments section doesn’t disappoint:
“Only a self-centered and greedy corrupt polition such as Roland Burris would even accept anything from the disgraced Govenor. After going to church, a ceremony for God, and injecting pure politics into it, he’s finished. No way he gets the job now. He’ll be out shining shoes when all is said and done. I think we need a woman for the job, preferably Caucasian.”
a woman? preferably caucasian? how about HILARY CLINTON!?!
WadISay:
I believe the title should be Memoirs of a Gravy Sucking Weasel.
TGY: Now that it has a name the drug companies can medicalize the organized theft of millions from widows and orphans. Madoff and the rest will be able to cop a plea and be sentenced to taking happy pills every day.
The financiopaths of glory lead but to the grave.
Monsieur Grumpe: Greece isn’t quite in the same league yet although they are closing fast. Here in Motown we use hand grenades as fashion statements.
Roland Burris is already chiseling “senator” on his mausoleum.
Being from Chicago, I am starting to feel I need to watch the news with a paper bag over my head. I put one on before I read this story. Oh the shame of it all.
donner_froh: “Ees Kevlar, varrry nise!”
mrpuma2u:
What do you mean starting to wear a paper bag? I take it you’re not a Cubs fan then? Just kidding.
Nice to see Fortune carrying water for their unprecedented enormous fail. “Oh, the SEC could’ve never ever found these guys, that’s not what they do.”
Then what the fuck are they good for? Fortune doesn’t seem to ask that question. I say “seem” because I only read the headline.
This Russia v. Ukraine gas thing happens every new year. Yawn. They need to get a room, they are obviously so in love with each other.
I’m going to sit back and enjoy the Democrats showing all the spine they can muster against one of their own. That will tire them out for the year so they can comfortably roll over every time a Republican says “boo!” the rest of the year. Would someone please inform them that they won the last two elections? Seems like Cheney controls the flow of information to and from the congress so they still think Republicans control all branches of government.
Until Reid & Pelosi are at home, masturbating in his magic undies and counting her money, respectively, don’t expect much from this latest congressional incarnation. Spleen-less, spineless bunch of donkey fuckers the lot of them.
hobospacejungle: Good morning to you, too!
cal: I blame the Rice Chex. And the fact that I’m not usually up this early. Most of the time my comment is the last one in the thread. I couldn’t miss this chance to actually have a comment of mine read by actual people.
Let me get this straight, if I want to buy a gun to kill my spouse, I have to wait three days, but I can get it immediately if I go to a gun show…, But if I win an election in Minnesota, I have to wait seven days while anyone can file nuisance lawsuits to prevent me from taking office.
America! What a Country!
“Balls of Steel” may be overstating the man’s testicular fortitude.
Roland Burris has the balls of someone with absolutely nothing to lose. He either gets to be senator, or he goes back to the more lucrative lawyerin & lobbyin’. He’s cool with that; whatever.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: I see I’m going to have warn Mrs. Hutz to hide your credit cards again.
Lionel Hutz Esq.: so we need to watch Al and see if he heads for a gun show…Problem solved?