It’s a balanced approach to deficit reductionthat we need, you see. Because the American people want compromise. And what better way to insure compromise on spending cuts than to stack this ridiculous “super committee” with some of the biggest spenders in Congress? CNS: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) announced today that she has assigned Assistant Democratic Leader James E. Clyburn (S.C.), Democratic Caucus Vice Chairman Xavier Becerra (Calif.) and

But, well, fuck them. Obama’s White House knows a photo-op when they see one. I got fifty bucks says this opportunistic, narcissistic, would-be dictator has a tattoo of himself somewhere on his body. Inner thigh, is my guess.

Okay. So I embellished a bit. Sue me.

     “Don’t look at me. I invested in a standalone chest freezer and a pump-action shotgun.” ~ finis ~

Ouch: So there we have it: a large, amoral, brutalised sub-culture of young British people who lack education because they have no will to learn, and skills which might make them employable. They are too idle to accept work waitressing or doing domestic labour, which is why almost all such jobs are filled by immigrants. They have no code of values to dissuade them from behaving anti-socially or, indeed, criminally,

Pragmatism! Here’s the thing, though, Ramesh. The President’s 2012 message, as he’s been framing it during fundraisers, is that the election will be “a slugfest between Republicans who ‘don’t believe in government as a partner with the private sector’ and Democrats who do.” Partnership. Like the EPA has been “partnering” with the coal, gas, and oil industries. Like how the Transportation administration plans to “partner” with farmers. Or the way

It’s like a Neal Stephenson novel run through an episode of a very special “Blossom.” Surreal.

CBS: Republican leaders in the House and the Senate today announced their appointees to the 12-member, bipartisan congressional “super committee” charged with finding at least $1.2 trillion in budget savings by Thanksgiving. House Speaker John Boehner said he’s tapped House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, to serve as co-chair of the committee. He’s also appointing House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, R-Mich., to the committee, as well

…today’s postings will be scattered, sleepy, and likely a bit incoherent. With a hint of lime. Which, speaking of those recall elections, the GOP response has been surprisingly triumphalist, despite the loss of two seats. If the GOP can wipe out one of those losses in the recall elections for two Democrats next Tuesday, I’ll be happy. Until then, however, I have to ask, is the loss of two seats

Helluva job, boys! Meanwhile, the Hobbits trudge on. **** update: McCain is himself an objective correlative, a dust-farting faux “realist” relic whom an awakened populace is now (thankfully) getting wise to. The truth, Mr McCain, is that it would have taken 3 or 4 Democrats to break with their party — of the 20 or so who ran on balancing the budget — to pass CC&B. Several of those Dems