The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

Turbo-Tax Tim Does 3 Sunday Shows UPDATE: Geithner Praises Obama’s ‘Incredibly Effective’ Economic Policies

The Treasury Secretary is ubiquitous on Tax Day: ABC This Week: Timothy Geithner. NBC Meet the Press: Timothy Geithner; Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y. CBS Face the Nation: Timothy Geithner; Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. CNN State of the Union: Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee; Reps. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Cathy […]

Santelli To Liesman: You Can’t Drink Yourself To Sobriety

by Smitty The title is a summary of Santelli’s point here: Santelli points out that there is no way to keep Zimbabwe Ben from quaffing away at his bottle of Jethro’s 120 Proof Market Fixer-Upper And Hinge Lubricant. Liesman asks, metaphorically, what else Zimbabwe Ben should drink, and Santelli repeats that the market is going […]

The Con Science Of A Liberal

by Smitty Easter Sunday is probably inappropriate to use Paul Krugman as a punching bag. But it’s not a sin if Krugman does it himself, and this blog merely provides a communications path, is it? Here, Krugman attempts to go after Paul Ryan: In my next life I want to be a conservative policy scammer. […]

Check Your Water Wings

by Smitty The National Debt Road Trip is about to get underway, in the nautical sense: Update: linked at

Don’t Blame The Class, Blame The School Of Thought

by Smitty Insty links Mark Steyn’s latest lamentation: But these comparisons tend to understate the insolvency of America, failing as they do to take into account state and municipal debts and public pension liabilities. When Morgan Stanley ran those numbers in 2009, the debt-to-revenue ratio in Greece was 312 percent; in the United States it […]

You’re Darn Right I Bought A VW TDI Diesel Jetta

by Smitty The TDI diesel is reliable, gets great gas mileage, has decent power, and is available in a manual transmission. Automatic transmissions are as exciting as government entitlements to me. Your mileage may vary. Also, I would certainly have preferred to buy a Ford, except that Ford doesn’t seem to care fig #1 about […]

The End, Of Course, Will Arrive As A Reptilian Monster

by Smitty via Zero Hedge, this looks like the most boring, real-world, fantastic disaster flick ever: End of the Road Documentary Trailer from Tim Delmastro on Vimeo. I, for one, demand a rockin’ soundtrack:

They Told Me If I Voted For McCain, Politicized Economists Would Engage In Class Warfare Instead Of Speaking Truth To Power, And They Were Right!

by Smitty Robert Reich: But the rise in gas prices has almost nothing to do with energy policy. It has everything to do with America’s continuing failure to adequately regulate Wall Street. But don’t hold your breath waiting for Republicans to tell the truth. As I’ve noted before, oil supplies aren’t being squeezed. Over 80 […]

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