Robert Reich started a recent column by looking on the bright side: “Economic cheerleaders on Wall Street and in the White House are taking heart. The US has had three straight months of faster job growth…” He then inched his way down to the real lede of his piece: “The negative wealth effect of home values, combined with declining wages, makes it highly unlikely the US will enjoy a robust recovery any time soon.”
This just may be the best headline for the week. They can turn a phrase over in Birmingham! LOL!
Phil Ochs has been dead for decades, but he has Barack Obama's number
How much longer are Robert Reich and other commentators going to pretend to be stunned by this spineless purveyor of false hope and empty promises? Right up till the election, no doubt. More here.
[I posted this one again because I didn't link it correctly the first time. Sorry about that.]
…But are they grateful?
No, they’re spiteful and they’re hateful.
They don’t respect us,
So let’s surprise them,
We’ll drop the big one,
And pulverize them.
… goes to Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who criticized US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Martin Dempsey for urging Israel to postpone strikes against Iran. Netanyahu said Dempsey’s remarks “served the Iranians,” even though the U.S. has backed Israel in Middle East conflicts for well over a half-century. No word on Dempsey’s response to Netanyahu, although “Shut the fuck up,” would do nicely.
German academics have named “shitstorm” the best English loanword of 2011, because it “fills a gap in the German vocabulary that has become apparent through changes in the culture of public debate.”
Ben Franklin is believed to have said “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.”
If he had been alive today, he would have added “and Republican’s complete lack of foresight.” The Iraq War, for instance, was going to be over in weeks. OOOPS. Holding the debt ceiling hostage would make them look strong. OOOPS. Scott Walker was going to dominate Wisconsin. OOOOPS. The Tea Party was going to be their personal conservative army. OOOPS. Sarah Palin would rally the GOP. OOOPS. Impeaching a sitting president would work out swell. OOOOOPS.
In today’s Piggie of the Week, AP Ticker considers how the Citizens United decision backfired on the Republicans.
The problem is, people just don’t think about all the NICE things about coal!
I thought this Saturday Night Live skit was pretty funny, especially the credits (h/t Liss):
I knew John Glenn’s voyage was a great feat, all the more so because it was taking place on my birthday, February 20. More here.
AP Ticker solves the world’s sustainable food problem… and climbs out of his shame spiral.
You can learn a lot at Scrapple TV, where we’re all stars.
Ving Rhames in Pulp Fiction
A large contingent of yahoo Christians in the GOP still wants to “get medieval,” to paraphrase Ving Rhames in Pulp Fiction. More here.
Stephen Colbert recently explained the theological underpinnings of the Church’s opposition to contraception, and warned birth control users that their sin is a grave one:
The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God. You see, to Catholics, sex isn’t two drunk strangers getting their freak on at closing time. It is the mystical union of two people inspired to create new physical life while God adds a soul in a divine and ineffably beautiful three-way. So, when you use contraception, you are not only sinning, you are cock-blocking the Almighty.
More here.
On this oh-so-spayshul-day, AP Ticker shares a Valentine’s day reminisce with you.
Ain’t love grand?
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