Follow the bouncing ball… (h/t JHo)

“How Many Democrat Primary Candidates did Obama Successfully Persuade to Take a Dive?” Or, would they, could they in a boat? Would they, could they with a goat…? Here’s the thing: it’s perfectly in keeping with the spirit of politics to try to have it both ways — Obama was merely acting as party leader; Obama as President had no knowledge of the individual circumstances of any of these alleged

So says Bloomberg News. Women, children, minorities National defense likely hardest hit.* (thanks to Bob Reed)

She should look on the bright side: at least nobody decided to gas her, then stick her in a big-ass pizza oven. Arbeit macht frei, Helen, baby! (thanks to Darleen)

Once more into the breach, dear friends! WSJ: The U.K. government would have to pay £70 billion ($101.33 billion) in interest on its debt by 2015 if it doesn’t take urgent action to cut borrowing, Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday. Speaking at the Open University in Milton Keynes, Mr. Cameron said the new government’s examination of the public sector’s financial position had revealed that “the scale of the problem

Sure. But how many Americans continue to believe he is a good man? LATimes blog: One of the 2007-08 Obama presidential campaign’s changes that Americans believed in by the many millions was his oft-repeated promise to work with all sides no matter what and change the harsh political tone of Washington. Good luck with that tired professed aspiration. George W. Bush promised the same thing a decade ago. That worked

Strange game, professor Falken. The only winning move is not to play. Well, play hard, anyway. Progessive!