With Jonah The Answer Has Long Been Clear

While with many conservatives it's hard to tell whether they're stupid or just evil liars, though with Jonah we've always known the answer. Not that they're necessarily mutually exclusive of course.

Calling Out Luntz

I think it's quite good when politicians acknowledge and describe how the Republican puke funnel works.

Righteous Causes

It is true that if you believe a group of people is "intent upon destroying Western Civilization" then it's perfectly logical, if not necessarily efficient, to go to a place where some of them might happen to be and start killing them.

Creepy

Glenn Beck really does get creepier every day.

Republicans

Always wrong about everything.

Though that's just what they are. I'm more annoyed by media who bought into that hissy fit and the Obama administration which backed down in the face of it.

$100/Sq. Ft.

New York real estate is not what it used to be....

A Little More

A Bit Of Light Shines Through The Alternate Reality

This Is Going To Be Excellent News For Republicans

It always is.

The Obama Effect

I didn't catch who was speaking on the phone to MSNBC, but he said this kind of violence can be attributed to what he called "the Obama effect," basically racist nutjobs being driven insane by President Obama.

I'm somewhat optimistic that there are fewer of these people than one might fear, but...

Holocaust Museum Attacks

That's pretty awful, though I do hope people resist usual game of predicting just which kind of political nut the shooter is...

...MSNBC says shooter is almost 90.


...connection to white supremacist groups...

Does It Matter?

The neocons and our media will make whoever wins the Iranian elections the next Hitler of the Week regardless.

Bus Blogging

Whenever I bring up transit commenters inevitably point out that most Americans have tremendous class bias against public transit, especially buses, and that's large reason that people won't use it. I actually don't think this is as true as people think, but in any case in places which have decent high frequency service the stereotype just isn't true. I'm on the bus right now and as is the case normally there's a mix of age, race, and apparent class.

The bus will deliver me to Chinatown, where I will have a most excellent lunch.

BRT

I certainly think that a comprehensive mass transit system needs to have both bus and rail, but it should always be remembered that bus systems, and especially BRT systems which are explicitly sold as "cheaper" alternative to rail, are not a substitute for rail systems. One reason is that they're much easier to modify or kill than fixed rail systems, making them inferior as a mode of transportation and even more inferior as a catalyst for transit-friendly development.

Secretary Of State Palin

I think it's quite funny that Republicans and the media keep pushing people that no one actually cares about. Palin/Gingrich '08!

Meanwhile

Over there.

BAGHDAD -- A car bomb ripped through a market district today in a mainly Shiite area in southern Iraq, killing at least 28 people and wounding dozens, officials said.

Rollback

While I certainly knew an unsustainable housing bubble was going on, I didn't know whether it would pop or just slowly fizzle out because I was unaware of how crappy lending standards had become. I really don't think most policymakers understand the overall impact of wealth evaporation. To put it politely, Gullvornya is kinda screwed for awhile.

Builders And CRE

This article is about one local bank having some wee problems because of loans to homebuilders. The wave of CRE and homebuilder defaults, which will impact smaller local and regional banks, hasn't really hit yet...

Don't forget the option ARM recasts!

Tainted Victory

I guess the AP is probably right.

Deconstucting Douthat

Douthat's rambling, oblique and incoherent column on abortion was very hard to read. Evidence was alluded to, but not offered. Arguments were referred to, but not actually made. Hilzoy explicates the nonsense.