What I learned from the apocalypse speech

I could only handle Cheney’s “I got my money, fuck you,” smirk for so long, but long enough to learn this: $500 billion for overseas war, funded by tax cuts for the rich? Good. Earmarks, Bad. ‘We need to trust Americans to own their own homes.’ If they can’t pay for them anymore, we need […]

It would be funny if it didn’t hurt so much

Best headline I’ve read all day: Warning signs missed on economy Only to people who WANTED to miss them (ahem; everyone in Washington DC). I’ve been reading and repeating for years that the housing market was in a huge freakin’ bubble, and that once gasoline passed $2 a gallon it would start to drag on […]