Bailout Passes

House passes bailout plan making the Prez a happy camper (...though still 14 cards shy of a full deck).

Tonight... Tomorrow

Tonight's the night!... Media pundits keep building up tonight's (9 pm.) Vice-Presidential debate unlike any other in previous history --- indeed some are even predicting it will get a higher national rating than any prior debate ever. Judging from clips of Palin's past performances in debate it's hard to imagine how she can do anything but fall flat on her face in this circumstance... on-the-other-hand, even Republicans are setting the expectations for her so abysmally low, that just surviving the encounter may appear a victory.

Far more entertaining should be tomorrow's opening of "Religulous," satirist Bill Maher's hysterical (or heathenous, depending on your perspective) look at that which passes for organized religion :

Senate Votes Thumbs-Up

As expected Senate votes overwhelmingly for bailout package that still faces some uncertainty in a House vote scheduled for Friday.

Here are the 25 "No' votes from the Senate (an interesting mix of folks):

Allard (R-CO) Barrasso (R-WY) Brownback (R-KS) Bunning (R-KY) Cantwell (D-WA) Cochran (R-MS) Crapo (R-ID) DeMint (R-SC) Dole (R-NC)

Dorgan (D-ND) Enzi (R-WY) Feingold (D-WI) Inhofe (R-OK) Johnson (D-SD) Landrieu (D-LA) Nelson (D-FL) Roberts (R-KS) Sanders (I-VT)

Sessions (R-AL) Shelby (R-AL) Stabenow (D-MI) Tester (D-MT) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS) Wyden (D-OR)

Letter From Michael Moore

Here.

Look, We're Doing Something

In a move based more on psychology than substance the Senate is set to vote late today on a rescue package for the US financial system, becuz' afterall the sky is falling, the sky is falling.

Wanna Party!

If you're gonna be around NY city on Oct. 16, and have at least $500 to spare, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel are uniting for the first time to perform a joint concert on behalf of the Obama campaign. BaROCK ON!

Palin Failin'

Fareed Zakaria adds his voice to the chorus on the Palin disaster here. Others have already called for her removal from the ticket, though it is now probably too late for that.

Meanwhile, word is that President Hoover-Bush is going to speak to the nation yet again this morning on matters about which he evokes neither sincerity nor intelligence --- shut your %#$*&!! doofus face you fool --- what part of every-time-you-speak-you-make-matters-worse don't you comprehend. When will the Republicans put a muzzle on the chowder-brain, lest he do yet more harm? Just let the real thinkers and doers do their job, and cast the boneheaded Prez rhetoric far far aside.

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Computer Ballot-Rigging Redux

More on 2004 election tampering here.

Que Pasa

Que pasa everyone... Don't panic folks, stay calm; our lameduck hippy-dippy Doofus-and Chief is right on top of things (...surely that there instills a blissful sense of confidence and security in you?). A deal will get done; a deal better than the swill so far put on the table.

BTW, Dennis Kucinich's take on things here.

Bush-Bin Laden Team

Quite the tag team: one works to destroy America from within, while the other seeks to destroy America from the outside.
Meanwhile, some Congressmen actually showed a backbone today (refusing to cave to Republican bribes or blackmail) and rebuked the so-called "plan" put forth by the Administration as an emergency measure... HAAAAAA!! Stiiiill awaitin' to see brokers/bankers jumping off rooftops... with or without their golden parachutes. Maybe now powers-that-be will take the required time to fashion details of a real emergency plan, instead of a rush to momentary judgment.
And again this morning the deceitful Prez was on the airwaves begging for support --- will the Repubs ever wake up and realize this man has NO credibility whatsoever; everytime he blathers scripted words on the economy he causes MORE harm, and turns MORE people against any prospective plan --- the man should be put in a straightjacket, handcuffed to a chair in a White House dungeon, and force-fed a liquid diet until mid-January (...when he ought be hauled off to prison) --- what a joke-of-a-spokesperson in emergency times; just crap; indeed buried in his actions of the last two months must be another half-dozen reasons for impeachment, on top of the dozen or so already put on record. "Depression: Bring it ON" --- is that his motto?
Ohhh, and Wachovia, 'nuther itty-bitty-shitty bank, going under today... and the Dow drops another 750+ smidgen points... yeah, bring it on. . . .

Anyone Having Fun Yet?

The Bush-Paulson window-dressing plan for the economy is finalized and passed on to Congress for a vote commencing today. Meanwhile the worldwide markets remain shaky this morning...
More here.

Tina Fey 2nd Go Around

Sarah Palin: God's gift to SNL. Live from the Big Apple here it is:

Bill Maher

New rules from Bill Maher here:

Who's Talkin'

Line-up for the Sunday morning talking heads shows here.

One Heartbeat Away...

Has it sunk in yet....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/26/....html

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/.....html

Jes' Speckulatin'

Could the October surprise be... hmmmm, Marshall Law? :

http://www.lastreporter.com/?p=1385

http://blog.danielraeder.com/2008/09/......html

Nobelists Endorse

ehhhh, what do a bunch of science geeks know that the thumb-sucking bubbas of the NRA don't...

Now This Explains a Lot

You've heard we all have a planetary twin, right:

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