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Friday, July 30, 2010
 
Shorter ADL

Since the existence of Muslims might hurt some bigots' fee fees, they should just go away.

 
Morning Thread

Busy with some stuff.

 
International Adoption Hell

This article is about friends of mine. They were in Kazakhstan for about 6 months, and one of them is still there hoping to finally prevail and be able to take their baby.

 
Good Enough For Politico

And because they are Politico, good enough for you.


...and just after I posted they corrected.

 
Morning Thread



Thursday, July 29, 2010
 
Evening Thread

Enjoy.

 
Suburban Hellholes

I think (as in imagine, I do not know) there's a lot more property crimes out in the burbs than people are aware of.

ARDMORE, Pa. - July 29, 2010 (WPVI) -- Over the past six weeks, there's been over 23 residential burglaries in Cheltenham and 32 in Lower Merion over the past 2 months.


It's an avalanche of suburban crime that has frustrated the police and rattled residents.

When crimes happen in "Philadelphia" they're happening in a big area with 1.5 million people that people have some awareness of. When they happen in "Lower Merion" they don't really register.

 
Wanker of the Day

Joe Scarborough.

 
Getting Results

No it doesn't make any sense.

 
Critics

I don't know what the best pressure point in the administration is, but glad Congress is making some noises about finally exerting some pressure.

 
Paging Paul Krugman

My econ is a bit rusty and I was never much of a macro guy, but is there any way in which this reasoning makes any sense at all?
“I think the fear of deflation in and of itself is probably overblown, from my perspective,” Charles I. Plosser, president of the Philadelphia Fed, said last week in an interview. He said that inflation expectations were “well anchored” and noted that $1 trillion in bank reserves was sitting at the Fed. “It’s hard to imagine with that much money sitting around, you would have a prolonged period of deflation,” he said.

The...money...is...sitting...around.

 
At Least From Pesky Bloggers

Interesting that while they're defending their overall efforts, no one really defends HAMP.

Criticism of the Obama Administration's mortgage bailout, the Home Affordable Modification Program, is reaching a fever pitch, and I know this because, among other things, the Administration itself appears to be mounting a defense.

Recently, reporters who cover housing were called to the Treasury Department for a "background briefing" by Administration officials, who tried to focus attention on the many, varied Administration efforts to stabilize housing; the message was...it's not all about our modification program.


The thing is they're sitting on $70+ billion dolllars...they could do something with it.

 
Lunch Thread

enjoy.

 
We Are The World's Daddy

The obvious logical flaw in Rick Stengel's WAR FOREVER cover is that abuse of women and children by Taliban-minded folk is... happening. Also happening, freedom bombs. Dead and maimed innocent civilians. Strange inscrutable Afghans who get upset when people bust into their homes in the middle of the night with guns and dogs. Dead US troops.

But nothing good happens without our presence. So stay we will, perhaps until the war machine kicks the soccer ball somewhere else and Stengel dutifully follows it. Obviously the country won't fall for the stealing babies from incubators story again, though you never know...

 
Your Hopey Changey Moment Of The Day

Sigh.

As for the immigration issue, I heard an NPR report yesterday which suggested that they think if they round up and deport enough people some Republicans might fall in love with them and support a compromise immigration bill. Right.

 
Even The Homeless Have Cell Phones!!!

There's definitely a strong strain of thinking among elites in this country that the biggest problem this country faces is that our poor people have it just a bit too good. I don't know if this is driving current policy inaction or not, but it's definitely there.

 
Time Magazine Can't Die Soon Enough

This week's cover is of a girl who had her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban. The cover title is "What Happens If We Leave Afghanistan." Underneath it reads, "Aisha, 18, had her nose and ears cut off last year on orders from the Taliban because she fled abusive in-laws." I leave the logic of this to you, dear readers, as an exercise.

It then has an article agreeing with Limbaugh that the gulf spill is a no big deal.

 
Thursday Is New Jobless Day

457K new lucky duckies. Sill high!






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