McHoover On Wall Street Meltdown: We’ll Study It

Sarah Palin holding Trig, while Willow and Piper keep mom upright. First, a little context. When our self-proclaimed CEO president, George W. Bush took office the week of January 22, 2001, the Dow Jones Industrial average was 10,659. Yesterday, it closed 50 points under that. Bill Clinton left a budget surplus of over $250 billion. Bush will leave office with …

Suppose McCain Gave An Orgy And Nobody Came

At rally yesterday in Jacksonville, FL., Rachel Madow reports that without his trusty sidekick Sarah Barracuda at his side, John McSame was able to fill less than 25% of the arena. She also comments on a rally in Nevada, where a local pol asked the crowd: Is this what 10,000 people look like? Er, probably not. The venue only holds …

McNoccio’s Crooked Talk Express (Updates: I, II,III)

Trying to keep score on the amount of outright lies being spewed forth from the McSame campaign is getting problematic. I was originally going to list same, with examples of some much needed pushback from the corporatist media, but it soon became an overwhelming task. I will only note this analysis from MSNBC: The Washington Post gave “four Pinnochios” to …

Sailin’ Palin: Bush Doctrine— What Bush Doctrine?

YeeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwww!!!!!Kill’em all and let God sort’em out!!!!

Palin To Sell Bridge To Nowhere & Wolf Legs On Ebay

DEADMOOSE, Alaska (C.U.News) Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin said she told Congress “No thanks” to The Bridge To Nowhere, and plans to sell it and other items on Ebay. Returning from a short hunting trip to the Alaskan wilderness, Palin spoke to a handful of respectful and deferential reporters at a small airfield in this isolated Alaskan township. “Along …

The Difference Between Palin and Bush? UPDATE I

Seems like Sarah Palin‘s lipstick joke is becoming something of a joke itself, undergoing a number of remixes and used against her (as in my own blog yesterday). Check out this version by Juan Cole in today’s Salon titled: “What’s the difference between Palin and Muslim fundamentalists? Lipstick” It begins thusly: Sept. 9, 2008 | John McCain announced that he …