Steps to fix the economy

1.   Make Giant Trillion Dollar Plaintinum Coin.

2.   Make it hollow.

3.   Tell Koch Brothers, Obama's Kenyan Birth Certificate inside.

4.   Tell Walton family and Papa John same thing.

5.     Accept bids starting at $1 trillion and one dollars, no reserve AND no backsies.

6.     Treat whole country to one Nacho Cheese Dorito Taco each with profit.

7.     Compare shell of Taco to Boehner fleshtone.

8.     Laugh


9.     Spend rest of money on fixing plumbing infrastructure in wake of everyone eating one of those shit awful tacos.

America's Concern Troll

Richard Cohen, who if you dislike those who leer or ogle should be known to you as "ACTION BRENT MUSBURGER!" manages to start off his defense of Chuck Hegel (who I think deserves some defense) with the worst possible way for Richard Cohen to start anything short of "Hey, who's that sexy young intern we just hired?":

Before they were girls, they were women. Before that, they were girls. I am not talking here of the chronology of females but of acceptable usage. Back in the 1970s, for instance, the use of “girl” could trigger a stinging rebuke and the damning charge of male-chauvinist piggism — or why else would a man call a woman a girl? This was the Golden Age of political correctness, which now, it seems, has its last redoubt on, of all places, the opinion pages of the robustly anti-PC Wall Street Journal.

For Richard Cohen to ever start out a column this way is a bit like having Clarence Thomas do the forward for a history of interracial porn called "Chocolate Thunder Down Under" --

But there is it anyway.

Six figures in salary annually for that.

Republicans, bringing people together

The other kind of Citizens' United:

President Barack Obama won a majority of support for his handling of the crisis, as 52 percent of Americans approved of his approach, while 37 percent disapproved. John Boehner, by contrast, saw a 20-point net negative rating, with 31 percent approving and 51 percent disapproving of his handling of the deal.

To be fair with Congressional approval in the single digits this may the the highest rating Boehner gets apart from the Florida Citrus Growers Association.

I have to say

This crazy conspiracy asshole Piers Morgan toyed with last night certainly has a logical hatred for this:

"The number one cause of death in America is suicide, because the they give people suicide mass murder pills!" (He's talking about Prozac.)

Somebody clearly has an aversion to stuff he should get a prescription for.

Hard to believe

That a movement full of crazy people paid to be crazy could be really unpopular once they have a  chance to be crazy on you.

Tell it who's number one!

Oh dear.

Samsung unveils gesture-control TVs at gadget show

The extended middle-finger will take you to FoxNews.

This austerity thing has worked out so well...

It can only be solved by calling for more austerity:

Concerns the UK is “triple-dipping” back into recession rose on Friday, as a closely-watched gauge of the services sector showed output fell for the first time in two years. Markit’s purchasing managers’ index (PMI) threw up a reading of 48.9 for December, where anything below 50 signals activity in the sector contracted. Nick Beecroft, an analyst at Saxo Capital Markets, called it a “pretty disastrous” result.

And what of the architect of "Fleeced in our time", George Osborne?

Well he's be busy belittling people needing assistance...by trying to reduce the same.

My own research has found benefit claimants desperate to work, whose persistent efforts to find employment clashes with Osborne’s characterisation of those on welfare “sleeping off a life on benefits”.

He's like a pasty non-tearful John Boehner.

By all means let's do that here, triple dip recessions are clearly awesome.


[cross-posted at Firedoglake]

Reasons to cheer for a giant meteor, continued

For those who thought Penn State was "worst football story ever"

Meet the program at Steubenville, Ohio.

In a league of their own

When the right-wing's worst ideas spread to their closest friends. When you are borrowing from the intellectual residue of Steve King it is a problem.

Israel is to build a huge steel fence along the boundary between the Golan Heights and Syria amid fears that the civil war could spill over or create an influx of refugees. The pledge from the prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, came a few days after the defence ministry announced the near-completion of a 150-mile fence along the southern border with Egypt, aimed mainly at keeping out illegal migrants.

Yeah, that'll work. When are they eliminating their socialist health care system?

 [cross-posted at Firedoglake]

Iowa's Shame

Funny for about four months before November Steve King did his best appearance to appear non-insane and he bamboozled enough central Iowans to keep his seat in Crazytown. Too bad.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution expressly provides that nearly anyone born in the United States is a citizen, regardless of the immigration status of their parents. Yet, despite the Constitution’s clear command, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) wants to ignore our founding document and prevent the children of undocumented immigrants from becoming citizens

Yes, wasting time on unconstitutional laws to attack "anchor babies".

No word on what Michelle Malkin thinks of that.

I thought in the States this is simply known as

Getting to Brunch early:

The first comedian-founded atheist church in England is set to hold its first monthly service tomorrow. Pippa Evans (a "musical improv comedian") and Sanderson Jones (just a regular talking comedian) came up with the idea together.

Another "triumph" for only reading half an Amendment

Wayne LaPierre just got another erection of blood being spilled for the only Amendment he gives a shit about.

Four people including a gunman were killed inside an Aurora, Colo., townhouse Saturday morning following what police say was a hostage situation, 9News reports.

Meanwhile, it's been a while since we've heard of people being taken hostage by a guy wielding a club with nails on it, or a bow and arrow.

Another "free enterprise" darling

About to be exposed as more than a bit of a fraud?

Student standardized-test scores at an award-winning D.C. school dropped dramatically in 2011 after the principal tightened security out of concern about possible cheating, according to a new “Frontline” television documentary to be broadcast Tuesday. The hour-long program raises questions about whether District officials have adequately investigated persistent suspicions that public school employees may have tampered with tests during the tenure of former Chancellor Michelle Rhee.

Ree has become the darling of the media in educational reform on the basis of those inflated scores and an undying ability to self promote. She's the Rudy Giuliani of education-reform bloviators. And, naturally, her actual achievements are tissue-thin.

I'd watch this

Who would not want to watch this fine bit of silver beefcake?

Can’t get enough of Vice President Joe Biden? A petition on the White House website calls for a weekly reality TV featuring Biden at his finest moments... The petition comes one day after Biden’s swearing-in of senators went viral, where he hugged senators’ mothers, doled out dating advice and made an awkward joke about being frisked. If the petition receives 25,000 signatures in one month, the White House will respond to the request.

It would certainly beat 'The Mitch McConnell Show' which is just footage of McConnell sitting in shallow water and eating small fish that get too close to him.

Falafeled of shit

Sometimes the stupidity that forms modern conservatism leaves you with nothing to do but put your head in your hands.

"Asian People Are Not Liberal, You Know, By Nature. They're Usually More Industrious And Hard-Working"

Bill-O forgot to add "inscrutable".

In case you were wondering whether you should cheer for a giant meteorite to hit

This should help tilt the scales to ..."Oh please".

A Court Ruling Todd Akin could love

Congratulations California Supreme Court, really, just sterling 19th century logic. Apparently if you have sex with sleeping married woman who thinks it is her husband...it isn't rape. Really.

And now two years of suck

Ah the first day of a new congress. Full of hope like the first day of school, except the immaturity starts leading to devolution immediately. Still there are some awesome things. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis, first openly gay Senator. Some moving things, like Senator Mark Kirk, R-Ill being returning to the Senate from a major stroke. Of course, there were tears, but there are always tears. [cross-posted at Firedoglake]

Was wondering what Ben Shapiro was up to

Still no word on when "America" can get a restraining order against the Palin family.