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Sorry to leave you hanging.

Glorious Worker Distributes Knowledge to Nation of Comrades

Someone made a wikiFunny:

The reference links here.

Comrade Bush Nationalizes Financial Sector

Good afternoon, glorious working people of the United Socialist Republic of America.
That’s right, the party of “small government”, the party that calls us liberals “socialists”, the party that hates the idea of public schools, libraries, police, fire fighters, and will stop at nothing to prevent universal medical care will leave the White House in January [...]

John Kerry (D-2008) OWNZ Fox “News”’s O’Reilly

Someone get the Way-Back machine and send this guy back to 2004 so that he can run for President.

Is there a Crisis?

Yglesias:
This is hardly dispositive, but the economy doesn’t actually seem any more collapsed right at the moment than it did 45 minutes ago. Or, for that matter, than it did Friday afternoon.

Krugman to Pelosi: Your Bill is Dumb.

As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, the bailout bill failed in the house.
Paul Krugman, progressive economic genius, speculates as to what might happen:
I assume Pelosi calls a new vote; but if it fails, then what? I guess write a bill that is actually, you know, a good plan, and try to pass it — [...]

Barney Frank Owns “Mighty Mouse” McCain

Barney Frank calls out John McCain on playing politics with the bailout… and on generally being a douche bag:
“McCain is Andy Kaufman in his Mighty Mouse costume – ‘Here I Come to Save the Day,’” Frank said as he left a Thursday morning caucus meeting with House Democrats, saying the Republican presidential candidate’s decision to [...]

Now You’re Just Talking Crazy

As I was going to sleep last night, a profound thought occured to me.  ”If the federal government believes it’s an ‘emergency’ to rescue Bear Stearns, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and now AIG, what does this tell us about our priorities?”
Now, don’t get me wrong.  I actually think the feds got those right, particularly AIG. [...]