“You sure them’s ducks — and not, say, some other kind of water fowl?”      “No, those are definitely ducks.” Billy cocked his shotgun. “You can tell by the beak. And the little sailor suits.” finis

…from Bloomberg. Fuel for the fire. (h/t Bob Reed)

An important timeline of events that led to the current financial crisis, and the attendant spin that is causing pedestrian poets to “lament” the potentiality of a revolutionary government overthrow. By way of, say, Larry Gelbart and Mike Farrell conducting commando raids with poisoned “peace darts” on Hummer dealerships or some such. From the WSJ: Once upon a time, in the land that FDR built, there was the rule of

Jawa is on the story — a long and drawn out bit of research in which he names names and connects dots. Unsurprisingly, it looks like the Obama campaign, in addition to using Nixonian-type plumbers, has followed its lead in a “dirty tricks” strategy perfected by Don Segretti of C.R.E.E.P. (nb: as the Jawa story makes clear, this was not only known, but it was heartily supported by members of

From Gary at Nielson: Nielsen just finished a review of how “engaged” voters were by the national political conventions ( e.g., how much attention they were paying). We found that voters not yet committed to either candidate were 12% more engaged by TV coverage of the GOP convention than the Democratic convention. John McCain’s acceptance speech on September 4 drew the most attentive audience of uncommitted viewers. Telecasts of Barack