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Some dissent on the bailout
Devilstower makes a case that the money needed to cover mortgages in default is far less than they've asked for... and not that much more than Wall Street has paid out in bonuses between 2000 and 2006. The rest of the money would go to buy their made up little swaps which were always a scam.
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On the lighter side...
A Democratic candidate for state rep (Kansas) with a brilliant webpage. (Link shamelessly stolen from photosinensisI'm not saying give him money... unfortunately he does seem to be making up his immigration position as he goes, and I don't have any independent information about him... but the page is still funny ( Read more... ) -
that sucking sound you hear is a black hole forming in Switzerland
Some dudes are suing some physicists over a particle accelerator they say might destroy the world.
But Walter L. Wagner and Luis Sancho contend that scientists at the European Center for Nuclear Research, or CERN, have played down the chances that the collider could produce, among other horrors, a tiny black hole, which, they say, could eat the ( Read more... ) -
Busted.
The leader of a megachurch has been arrested on perjury charges.
The felony perjury charge against Paulk stems from a lawsuit against him, his brother Don and the church by Mona Brewer, a former church employee. The lawsuit alleges that Earl Paulk manipulated Brewer into an affair from 1989 to 2003 by telling her it was her only path to salvation.
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Heh.
From I Can Has Cheezburger: ( I Can Has Al Gore? ) -
Brilliant campaign ad parodies
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Sunday Morning Funnies
Bill Maher lists the Dickheads of the Year. (Thanks to ww1614 for that link.)
#6 is College Republicans:
The place where cutthroat, amoral putzes like Karl Rove cut their teeth. They're all staunchly for the Iraq War, although none have volunteered to go, even though they're the same age as the grunts doing the fighting they say is so important. Doughy ( Read more... )