Reuters says we’re in the money! U.S. bank earnings reached a more than four-year high in the third quarter, but regulators are warning that the industry faces challenges that include the risk of the European debt crisis washing up on U.S. shores…On Tuesday, the FDIC released its latest quarterly report, which showed that the industry […]
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Bachmann Iowa Campaign Co-Chair: Gay Marriage Will Lead to Women Marrying the Eiffel Tower
Michele Bachmann has finally found someone crazier than she is to co-chair her Iowa campaign. Her name is Tamara Scott, and Right Wing Watch has video of her trying to come up with some legitimate reason to argue against gay marriage. She fails, of course, but she manages to rail against “poly-uh-MOR-ee” sex, which will […]
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Mitt Romney’s New Ad Quotes Obama Saying Something He Didn’t Actually Say
Well, he said it, but he was quoting an opponent, as the ad fails to mention. Here, watch. New York Times: The ad shows Mr. Obama saying, “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” But the line, which is perhaps the spot’s most devastating moment, is also the one that seems […]
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Oh, Dear: Rush Limbaugh Accuses Michelle Obama of “Uppity-ism.”
Man of the people Rush Limbaugh knows why Michelle Obama was booed at that NASCAR race this weekend. It’s because she dares suggest that Americans should try to eat better. And one other thing… “Bottom line: We don’t like being told what to eat,” Limbaugh said. “We don’t like being told how much to exercise. […]
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The Newt Gingrich Jobs Plan
Newt Gingrich, at the Republican forum yesterday afternoon, on Occupy Wall Street: Transcript from the Huffington Post: They take over a public park they didn’t pay for, to go nearby to use bathrooms they didn’t pay for, to beg for food from places they don’t want to pay for, to obstruct those who are going […]
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Here’s Herman Cain, Dumbing It Down
You really should watch Herman Cain talking about how it’s okay to be dumb: Is it any wonder that Republicans are now flocking to Newt Gingrich? The general consensus is that Newt Gingrich is smart. He uses big words. He’s got the condescending, huffy air of a college professor who just signed his first book […]
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Here Comes an Amazon Smartphone?
TechCrunch, which is the site that broke the news about Amazon’s tablet, seems to think another gadget is in the works: Amazon just entered the tablet market this week with its Kindle Fire. But this time next year, it could be introducing its own smartphone. A research report put out this morning by Citi analysts […]
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Herman Cain Doesn’t Want to Be Recorded
Huffington Post says: If Herman Cain stumbles on a foreign policy question during Thursday’s scheduled meeting with New Hampshire’s influential Union Leader newspaper — as he did earlier this week when asked about President Obama’s handling of Libya — don’t expect to see the clip on an endless cable news loop. That’s because Cain’s campaign […]
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The Occupy Wall Street Library Is Not Destroyed, Apparently
According to Jacket Copy, the New York City mayor’s office Tweeted this afternoon that the Occupy Wall Street Library, which many feared was destroyed last night, is in fact all together and unmolested at a sanitation garage on 57th Street. The library reportedly “can be picked up Weds.” They included a photograph of the books. […]
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Rick Perry Is a Strict Constitutionalist
In a desperate speech, Rick Perry is calling to “uproot, tear down and rebuild” the federal government: Perry’s already up with a new web video highlighting another plank of his new platform: jailing members of Congress who cut stock deals based on insider information…In addition to his proposed changes to Congress, Perry would also institute […]
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Frank Miller Doesn’t Know Much of Anything
Over the weekend, sci-fi author David Brin responded to comics artist Frank Miller’s dumb rant against Occupy Wall Street. Brin tears Miller apart by proving that one of his best-loved comics, 300, is founded on lies and a willfully ignorant reading of history. It’s titled “Move over, Frank Miller: or why the Occupy Wall Street […]
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The Quotable Herman Cain: What Kind of Pizza Doth a Man Eat?
Herman Cain was interviewed about manhood and pizza in this month’s GQ. Because I don’t read GQ, I learned about this from Mike Allen at Politico: “The more toppings a man has on his pizza, I believe the more manly he is. … Because the more manly man is not afraid of abundance. [laughs] … […]