So You'll Be Removing Yourself Then?

The stupidest fucking person on the face of the planet is still at it.

George Osborne to chair growth committee

Chancellor's cabinet sub-committee will be dedicated to removal of perceived obstacles to economic recovery

Morning Thread

Here's a link to Michelle's speech. Love the dress.

You're Just Old Now

I've thought quite a bit about the "waaaah this campaign isn't giving me a warm feeling up my leg" stuff. I finally concluded that it's basically just another generation of political journalists (early to mid Bush era) who are a bit older and a bit more entitled now. It's just not fun like it used to be.

Which would be fine, except many of the people we're talking about get paid obscene amounts of money. Do your job or move on.

Angry Black Woman On The Teevee

This is the whitey tape we've been waiting for.

More Thread

Thread away.

Convention Thread

LIVE BLOG IT FOR AMERICA

Probably Made Right Choice

I guessed that the chance of getting half decent accommodation anywhere near the convention would be pretty small.

Happy Hour Thread

Enjoy.

Early Bird Specials

This is a good development.

While airlines and hotels have figured out how to vary prices to fill flights and rooms, restaurants’ methods have largely remained in the icebox age. Now, some restaurants are borrowing a tactic from other hospitality businesses and charging different prices for meals at different times.

It isn't all good. I think complicating pricing systems has a cost - consumer confusion and uncertainty - but as the article outlines you can do it in ways that minimize this issue.

My Rights Versus Yours

Um, WTF?

and this:

He started with a bruising harangue against Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee Chairman, that made even his hosts on “Morning Joe” wince.

Why wouldn't it make them wince? Mika, as far as I can tell, has basic Villager politics, and Joe Scarborough is a conservative Republican.

GYWO

It's back!!!


And there was much rejoicing throughout the land.

Give People Free Money

Yes I've said it a million times, but there is a very easy and simple solution to our economic woes: give people free money. Helicopter Ben just needs live up to his nickname, and fly around the country dropping bags of money around. This type of things sounds crazy to people, even though dropping bags of money on banks does not for some reason.

The Answer Is Pretty Simple

Increase Social Security benefits.

Well Okay Then

The phrases they reach for.

Barbour offered a brief assessment of the Republican National Convention. “While I would love for [Chris] Christie to put a hot poker to Obama’s butt,” said Barbour of the RNC keynote speaker, “I thought he did what he was supposed to do.”

Or The Hostage Gets It

Yes there really is no other choice but to surrender to perpetual Republican one party rule.

And like it!!

Dire

Obviously there's no perfect way to make these comparisons, but I'm not really sure the situation in Spain is "not as dire" as the situation in Greece, as the teaser paragraph for this article says.

Unemployment in Greece is 23.1% Unemployment in Spain is 24.6%.

It's pretty fucking dire.

Gambling Our Way To Prosperity

A lovely little story.

It's as if Chris Christie runs everything in that state.

Mr. Bernanke's Prior Task

The free money bazooka should have been pointed at the rest of us long ago. He's a miserable failure.

Shreds

Hells yeah.

Late Night

Rock on.