Palate Cleanser

Members of the House of Representatives have only occasionally been selected as running mates. The last one on a winning ticket was John Nance Garner, the speaker of the House, in 1932. The last time an ordinary member of the House was elected vice president, and the last Republican, was more than 100 years ago: in 1908, when William Howard Taft and James S. Sherman, a New York congressman, were chosen by voters. (Coincidentally, that fall was also the last time that the Chicago Cubs won the World Series.)

Besides being an engaging statistician, he is also a great wit.
Too good not to save

Moral Authority

Provide relief and succor to the affected families.

Counter-productive

The good,
the bad,
and the ugly

I will let you dig up your own bad.
There is enough of it around.

Bunker

Fucking Roubini is getting shrill.

Marx, end-o'-Capitalism kinda shrill.

Thus the title.

Oh,

and Roy.

Stop it, boy! Yer killin' me!

Be sure to make link clickie.

Since You Hinted

Dear Susan,
you didn't execute this beauty;

I read six articles and a report to refute these miserable four paragraphs

in the hope of "prevailing" against an "argument".
You did it because, it was the right thing to do.

Fuck!
(h/t tbogg, thers, Roy, Roger, Norbizness, Billmon's Commenters, ntodd, et alia)

C

Ft. Hood

A horrible tragedy.
Please remember all the folks touched by this.

It ain't about DFHs or NeoCons. It's about our
grieving nation.

Peace

C