Monday, April 27, 2009

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Still Clueless

Here'a another economist with his view on the latest unemployment numbers released thius morning. It's a good example of the kind of emptiness these guys usually display.

“After the unexpected Easter-related drop in claims last week we expected a bigger rebound, taking claims back to their highs of around 670K. The failure to rise that high suggests either that the trend in claims is peaking or that the data are still affected by seasonal problems related to the holiday,” writes Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist at High Frequency Economics."

Shorter Ian Sheperdson: I have no idea what these figures mean, but I'm sure they mean something!

http://blogs.wsj.com/marketbeat/2009/04/23/never-mind-the-economy-killer-apps/

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Sludge Rising

In the early 90s, I listened regularly to a short-wave radio station called WWCR (World Wide Christian Radio)—500,000 watts from Nashville. They carried programs like Radio Free America and The Hour of the Time, farragoes of black helicopter, FEMA, New World Order-fueled paranoia that managed to be hilarious and terrifying. But this was short wave, fringe broadcasting that few people ever heard. Now, I hear the same stuff on Fox News. It’s mainstreamed and even in some quarters acceptable. I once heard Chris Matthews mention “the wonderful Michael Savage” on Hardball. Now that’s scary, and it’s not hilarious any more.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Spitzer Rehab

Over at Talking Points Memo, David Kurtz writes "Spitzer is so good on financial issues that I alternate between sadness and anger for his stupidity." This is exactly the wrong response. The correct response is anger at the idiocy of a system and at the hypocrisy of a media that would banish this guy while allowing David Vitter (and other sleazy wingnuts) to continue their careers as though nothing happened.

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/04/spitzer_rehab_tour_continues.php

Friday, April 3, 2009

Voting Rights

It's a gosh darn shame the crummy bond markets prevented Mayor Leppert from starting his hotel project before the taxpayers had a chance to voice their opinion of it.

Naming Rights

Let' s start calling this the Bush Depression. Every reference. Every time.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Can't Dance, Can't Sing . . .

I found this clip on You Tube. It's a must see for lameness fans.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPiamDHia1s

When two sixty year-old guys have better dance moves than you do, it is time perhaps to dance no more.