Eschaton

Morning Thread

attaturk2004@gmail.com (Attaturk) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:57:00 +0000

Oh teabaggers, you never fail to come through for us when we DFH bloggers need material.

Late Night Thread

noreply@blogger.com (sardine) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:21:00 +0000

digby

noreply@blogger.com (Jay Ackroyd) — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:12:00 +0000

Just shoot me.

EATED

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:21:00 +0000

Commerce Bank of Southwest Florida, Fort Myers, FL gets EATED.

Just a little nibble.

Oh Dear

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:00 +0000

It's been awhile since I've had to put anything on the Friedman Unit calendar. 3 more F.U.'s in Afghanistan, according to McCain, if Obama sends more troops.

Of course six fucking years (12 F.U.s) ago he advocated the "muddle through" strategy.

Villagers Agree: Public Option Supporters Clueless

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:57:00 +0000

Luke Russert.

And Chuck Toddler:

# The real game is the actual legislation itself; btw, the disconnect among the public option fighters is vast. 4 minutes ago from Ping.fm
# Current Senate #hcr drama is being WAY over-hyped. Seems silly that we're even doubting that the bill won't get to floor. 4 minutes ago from Ping.fm

Happy Hour Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:28:00 +0000

Bit early, but it's Friday and I just took the SUPERTRAIN to the airport.

Travel weekend for me, so intermittent posting...

Of Course It's The Economy

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:00 +0000

And barring some sort weird noise in the data, unemployment will be even higher in the next release.

Perhaps someone should do something about this?

Afternoon Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:54:00 +0000

enjoy

Unhappy Palinites

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:06:00 +0000

The tragedy...

The War On Cyclists

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:44:00 +0000

City going to step up enforcement of usually ignored bike laws.

I think a bit of increased enforcement, or at least threat of increased enforcement, is a good idea, though I will say that it isn't as if cops are generally concerned about motor vehicle violations in the city...

Mavericky

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:04:00 +0000

John McCain shifts to the right on his once big issue: climate. How does Chuck Todd respond?

There seems to be a communication breakdown between the two and while some say it's a one-way McCain problem, has Obama reached out enuff?

Yes, obviously, it's Obama's fault that McCain's flipflopping on issues.

In the Village, nothing is ever McCain's fault.

Suing The Ratings Agencies

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:02:00 +0000

As with just about everyone else involved in this mess, they seem to have avoided any accountability or, what was that word? Oh yes, change.

Unemployment Is Bad

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:20:00 +0000

State level unemployment numbers were released.

I really wish the administration would signal that they understand that no jobs = unhappy voters.

Hoover Nation

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:27:00 +0000

Depressing CNN poll results just arrived in my inbox.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

5. Which of the following comes closer to your view of the budget deficit -- the government should run a deficit if necessary when the country is in a recession and is at war, or the government should balance the budget even when the country is in a recession and is at war?

Nov. 13-15 Jan 12-15

2009 2009

Run a deficit 30% 33%

Balance the budget 67% 65%

No opinion 4% 1%

It's A Policy

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:00 +0000

But I don't think propping up home prices is a good policy...

In its efforts to prop up a shattered housing market, the government is greatly extending its traditional support of real estate, including guaranteeing the mortgages of middle-class and even upper-class buyers against default.

In 2007, the government did not insure a single mortgage in this city, one of the most expensive in the country. Buyers here, as well as in Manhattan, Santa Monica and every other wealthy area, were presumed to be able to handle the steep prices and correspondingly hefty down payments on their own.

Now the government is guaranteeing an average of six mortgages a week here. Real estate agents say the insurance is such a good deal that there will soon be many more.

PTSD

noreply@blogger.com (Jay Ackroyd) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:56:00 +0000

The General on PTSD.

Monsters.

Thursday Night Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:48:00 +0000

enjoy

Boyd

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:43:00 +0000

Back during the great Social Security battle of aught 5, part of the strategy was to go absolutely nuclear on any Democrat who made too many noises about supporting Bush or coming up with their own "plan." The reasoning being that if Dems introduced a competing plan, then it would be inevitable that something would pass and that something would be, of course, the eventual destruction of Social Security. I was going to do my small part by permanently listing their names and numbers up top of the page of this humble blog so that the shit list would always be front and center. Boyd was the only one who ever made it up there.

Hopefully he will be gone...

We've All Been Subprime For Quite Some Time

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:39:00 +0000

How long is this going to go on before reporters stop being surprised that people other than shifty poor people are in trouble.

The latest evidence was a report Thursday that a rising proportion of fixed-rate home loans made to people with good credit are sinking into foreclosure. That's a shift from last year, when riskier subprime loans drove the housing crisis.

Happy Hour Thread

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:26:00 +0000

I am, appropriately, at a happy hour.

I promise not to get arrested for drunk driving on the way home.

Terminated

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:24:00 +0000

California's long be a pretty high cost place to live, even before the housing bubble (and still), but it offered some goodies to residents including the promise of inexpensive quality college education for their kids. Oh well.

Do Something

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:11:00 +0000

I know I'm repeating myself here, but 10.2% and rising unemployment is not acceptable. If I traveled back in time to January 2009 and managed to convince Larry and Timmeh that I was not insane, and informed them that whatever they planned to do would still cause unemployment to be at 10.2% in October, they probably would have panicked and convinced their boss to do more (or different). But now we're at 10.2% it's like it isn't really happening. What would have been unthinkable back then is now a non-panic inducing status quo.

I don't know why that is.

Run, Rudy, Run!

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:05:00 +0000

I hope he runs for president every 4 years. Such fun!

Wanker of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (Atrios) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:59:00 +0000

Evan Bayh.