Title

For a piece I’m writing today, I wanted to use the title ‘Treasury Touching Market In a Bad Place’

…. The idea was shot down.

Images/Twitter

That home sales image from earlier today is just the sort of reason I can’t use Twitter instead of this. Sometimes the picture tells the story better than words ever could.

Oy.

Good god. Another 14 hour day  at least today. And it ain’t over yet.  I wonder if I would actually pay more attention to this blog if I actually had any time.

New Home Sales July ‘09

new home sales july 09

Hey, It Still Works

Well, waddaya know. WordPress hasn’t deleted this blog after all. Useless things on the internet just do not die, it seems.

The More Things Change…

This is from Barry Ritholtz.  It’s amazing if it’s real. It’s apparently an editorial cartoon from 1934.  I would note, however, that it doesn’t appear to be on his blog anymore, so it’s possible it’s a hoax.

The more things change...

Define ‘Wise’ …

Another [Republican] party wise man, Fred Malek, told POLITICO the party now sits at its “nadir” – though he, like others, said its best hope is to wait for the economy to tarnish Obama.

“Our leaders’ arguments are falling on deaf ears today, but they are sound. It’s just a matter of time before this becomes Obama’s recession,” he said.

So, the Republican’s “wise man” is Nixon’s Jew counter, and his entire plan for the party is to pray for the economy to continue to collapse and hope everyone forgets that the damage was done prior to Obama taking office.

Good luck with that.

Sandbagged

via The Big Picture

Let’s Start With The Rescue

I see my Jindal = Kenneth insight was something less than an individual stroke of genius.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal speaks exactly like Kenneth Parcell from 30 Rock.

Discuss….

Ha! Ha! Ha!

The party of ‘family values’ is kind of freaking out:

Cantor’s effin’ response

Bloglines

My God, Bloglines sucks. When they’re not failing to update feeds at all, they’re filling my feeds with months old posts that have long since been read.

My complaints are based on the old Bloglines, rather than the Bloglines beta. I have no idea if these problems are also prevalent on the beta site. I much prefer the old Bloglines format to that of either Bloglines beta or Google Reader. The format doesn’t mean much these days though given how unbelievably poorly the site works. I’ve been holding off switching, but it’s starting to look like Bloglines is giving me no choice.

The Onion vs Bush: Round ?

The latest Onion story about Fearless Leader’s painful travails is ‘Spider Eggs Hatch In Bush’s Brain‘

For previous updates, click here and here.

Rt. 1 Shutdown Details

Well, given that I do blog under the name CentralNJ, I should probably consider offering more info about central New Jersey.   For now, I’ll just link to the latest story on what was going on on Rt. 1 in South Brunswick this morning. I was detoured around Rt. 1 at about 6:15 this morning and I understand northbound 1 didn’t open until after 8am.  You can find the latest details on the Home News’ site HERE.

FWIW, according to one of the comments on the article, the police account is that the driver didn’t stop, he rammed a police car and then got out and the police shot him when he didn’t follow their commands.  I haven’t seen any verification, however, so feel free to take those details with a large grain of salt.

The top 25 Bushisms of all time

Click HERE.

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same

Via Barry Ritholtz’s The Big Picture:

Also, this is well worth buying...

Today’s Most Idiotic Politco Article

Here’s the story from Politico today:

NYT reporter warns of one-term Obama

The guy isn’t even president yet, fer Chrissake!  And the press wrings its hands and wonders why nobody takes them seriously anymore.

Reality Has a Well Known Liberal Bias

The Bush years — then and now

– NBC’s First Read

Update on Recent Onion Headlines — Poor Bush

I noted here the recent violent turn for Onion headlines on President Bush. Today they added

Single-Engine Cessna Crashes Into Bush

CAMP DAVID, MD—The Federal Aviation Administration said engine failure was to blame for a pilot losing control of a four-seater Cessna aircraft that crashed head-on into President Bush Thursday. According to the FAA report, the nose of the Cessna 350 impacted with the president’s face at 110 mph, instantly killing pilot James Morris, 45. Bush reportedly suffered third-degree burns on 95 percent of his body, a broken spine, 20 shattered ribs, one collapsed lung, a basilar skull fracture, and minor leakage of cerebrospinal fluid. Bush, who had been hiking alone in an isolated region of the 125-acre presidential retreat before the accident, was trapped under the burning engine block for 45 minutes before rescue crews reached the crash site. While doctors said they worked swiftly to remove the smoldering wreckage from the president’s body, much of the plane’s burning debris had already fused to his skeleton before he could be airlifted from the scene. Bush is resting comfortably at Bethesda Naval Hospital.