The CRA should be abolished, along with the government-sponsored enterprises that fueled the secondary market for subprimes — under pressure from Clinton, who ordered HUD to set quotas for “affirmative action” lending at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But powerful Democrats in Washington want to protect the act — along with Fannie and Freddie — and spin the subprime scandal as the result of too little regulation, not too much.

Well, if you’re Jon Swift, it’s pretty much a pretext for jackassery, because obviously the trampling to death of the Wal-Mart worker on Long Island is the result of 8 years of failed Bush policies. What a funny, edgy guy.

Baader Meinhof: just as principled as the Weather Underground. NYT: White capitalists to blame for Wal-Mart trampling death Al Jazeera on Root Causes: While India awaits the outcome of the criminal investigation in the aftermath of the attacks, some analysts have speculated that a marked shift in Indian foreign policy over the last few years, namely a growing closeness to the US, could be a reason why the country was

Items on sale at the Valley Stream Wal-Mart included a Samsung 50-inch Plasma HDTV for $798, a Bissel Compact Upright Vacuum for $28, a Samsung 10.2 megapixel digital camera for $69 and DVDs such as “The Incredible Hulk” for $9.

Kim Zigfeld at PJM: Russia’s lies about what happened on the ground during the war give its game away, and its behavior after the war ended put the final nails in its coffin of deceit. When, for instance, a leading Russian professor of history published a newspaper article questioning whether the Kremlin provoked the Georgia war as part of an imperialistic design, not only the professor but the editor of

losing steam.  More. Sea turtles killed by cold snap.

by Shell Oil. (h/t Hot Air Headlines)

IS The Hunger Artist.

As for me, may God in his Infinite Judgment see that the motherfucking lot of you are properly slaughtered. Dear God, please retain Your Mercy for those who merit it, as my understanding accords with Yours.  May those who make a mockery of Your Righteousness pay, and soon, so that the world knows Your Power.  Please soften my heart to the deserving, and let me be an instrument of Your

For friend of happyfeet: Okay, so R. is going back to school to get a degree in teaching either math or science. He’s leaning toward science. We had all but settled on starting him at Austin Community College in the spring and working for a year or two before transferring into Texas State (formerly Southwest). This whole thing would cost about $60,000 and 4-6 years. He had asked me about