Look who landed herself a heaping helping of some hot wingnut welfare lovin’. It’s our gal, la diva Judy: (H/T to reader Steve W.)
Judith Miller, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times correspondent that pushed all the Bush administration spin about the (so-far non-existent) existence of WMD in Iraq, has finally come home. She’s taken a job with the friends of “greater economic choice and individual responsibility” at the Manhattan Institute….“The Manhattan Institute is doing pioneering work in policing and counter-terrorism,” Miller said in a release today. “As an adjunct fellow, I hope to continue writing about how best to enhance national security and public safety without sacrificing our freedom and civil liberties.”
Hmmmm…the Manhattan Institute? You mean the conservative think tank founded by Reagan’s former CIA chief, William J. Casey? Yesiree. The one that focuses on economic issues and dismantling social programs? Yeppers. And serves as a launch pad for conservative commentators and other assorted wingnut delicacies? Pretty much.
Judy has publicly boarded the neocon gravy train at last. And it comes with lots of opportunities to chat up interview more men in uniform. Boo yah!
As emptywheel pointed out in July, Judy was already listing herself as a “contributing editor” to the Institute’s publication — City Journal — but the press release takes that short engagement all the way to home. Alas for poor Scooter, no mention of him in the public release. (H/T volvo liberal) Those Aspen root tangles weren’t so permanent after all.
Guess that means she won’t be taking Jane up on that FDL job offer…
(Photo via Kevin LeMarque/Reuters.)
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Good morning Christy.
inconceivable!
Mommy, mommy, make the bad lady go away, waaaahh!
Hello Christy!
CHS-
Yikes! I clicked on the thread and just about fell out of my chair. The perspective of that photo of Judy, Judy, Judy is horrifying. I LOVE IT!!!
Love how you illustrated the post, Christy!
kdh22 at 5 — I searched for 45 minutes for just the right shot. *g*
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
Great work! And, well worth it, I’d say.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
I think you nailed it.
Judy Miller is joining her friend and old Times colleague, Tamara Jacoby, at the Manhattan Institute.
Oh, and behold your “liberal” media. Ha!
Biodun @ 10
Manhattan Project Part Deux?
Memo to Judy, our freedoms and civil liberties will soon be eroding fast enough to liveblog. Thanks for nothing.
really a Grinch-like visage, that
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
Enlarged that will make a perfect Halloween mask for the Greenwich Village parade
When I read about Judy Kneepad’s new gig, I immediately thought about this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project
It’s all just too creepy.
The list of “scholars” at the Manhattan Institute speaks volumes. And I also think you’ll get a kick out of the list of Judy’s areas of, hm, “expertise.”
Wooo woooh! All aboard the Wingnut Gravy Train Express, now leaving the station! Be sure you have your Golden Ticket, or you’ll be summarily thrown off.
Christy this is OT but when you’re at the brink it helps to be aware of these things:
And what are we to make of this?
Remember Vigilant Warrior was the name of the “exercise” that was being conducted when 9-11 occurred.
NORTHCOM plans 5 day martial law exercise
Hey, Judy! What comes around, goes…
Round and Round – Ratt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5gMeXz2YMw
I also get a kick out of (particularly) those Manhattan Institute’s “scholars” who claim race and ethnicity as their area of “expertise.”
Juday, Juday, Juday, I knew you would mount a comeback. And, of course, it is most appropriate that it be mounted as the aspens begin to blush.
Biodun @ 21
BAWAHAHWAHAHA! Yeah right!
“I’ll get you, my pretty. And your little dog, too.”
Well, at least no one has to pretend any more that she’s other than a cheap, partisan hack.
Yes, the respected Manhattan Institute, known for its quality commitment to rightwing freaktard mythology.
it’s not a think tank, it’s a think trough.
(credit to montag for that one)
One correction – it was founded by Casey before he was Reagan’s CIA chief. He wasn’t Reagan’s ‘former’ CIA chief until he was dead, so that would have been tough, even for a Republican. *g*
Jean2k @ 24
That’s exactly what I thought! What a hoot!!
I’m being boastful here and, what’s worse, repeating myself, but I saw Judy and spoke to her…
james at 19 — They run those kinds of exercises all the time. Until I see more than a press release/scanty bit of information on it, I’m not quaking at my keyboard. As for the Bush directive, they’ve also had that sort of thing in place off and on since the Cold War….it’s not optimal, but it’s implementation requires a lot of cooperation from a number of folks who are incredibly pissed at the Bush Administration at the moment.
In short, I’m not worried.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
And it was worth EVERY minute!!
Now, would you like us to come do your dishes or put in a load of laundry in exchange?
PS – this NYT wagon train to the wingnut welfare trough sort of refutes the “liberal media” meme, non?
You can really tell it’s Friday at the Lake!
I don’t know what I would do without you dogs!
BTW, wish me a happy birthday…29 again
brendan @ 29
Was that in the park?
Jean2k @ 24
Ha! it really looks like one of Cheney’s snarls, as well.
brendan @ 29
and . . .
kdh22 @ 32
Happy Birthday !
Did Trex mention that barfbags were fashionable this season. Where can I get one? What if I run into a movie theater (it sometimes happens I get confused with tickets and wander) and la Voila, across the big screen is kate beckansale as none other than *cough* judy milller.
Pat has Joojoo in a few lies that compromise an investigation ongoing. She has to get money to pay her upcoming legal expenses for her trials.
watch the fun
james @ 19…
damn, that’s a frightener.
October 15th to October 20th… what else is converging on or around that time?
sporkovat at 39 — My birthday?
mui @37:
Kate Beckinsale is a coup of casting, if you’ve ever seen her character in “The Last Days of Disco”.
mui @ 37
Which one has had more “work” done, I wonder?
Speaking of which, I saw Gloria Borger on TV for the first time in years and she looked like she had overdosed on Botox.
What’s with these people?
brendan @ 41
I’m feeling a little faint. Did she hypnotize you when you met?
And please note how truly “diverse” those Manhattan Institute “scholars” are.
Heard my first radio commercial against the splitting of electoral votes in CA this morning. Dread music and talked about how much more Californians pay into the feds than we get back.
Not very effective imo.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
Seek and ye shall find. ;-)
Wasn’t it Chanel who said something about “at 50 you get the face you deserve”?
She is also proported to have said:
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.”
Hmmmmmmm……..that one bears some thinkin’ on.
mui: Then you haven’t seen the movie. She plays a conniving bitch. As to looks, one’s visage is not the mirror of one’s virtues or vices; Miller is not ugly.
kdh22 @ 32
Happy birthday… again.
When Judy warned a Muslim charity that is now accused of being a front for al Quieda about a coming search warrant I’m wondering if Judy delivered aid and comfort to the terroists.
This is public knowledge so why would anyone but a terror organization hire Judy?
Could the Manhattan Institute be a terror organization? Are they getting investigated now, are they getting their phones tapped and assets siezed? I’m sure the FBI has investigated Peace Groups with less cause, heck I’d be surprised if FDL isn’t at least monitored.
Anyway is the standard for investigations of ties to terroists nulified by the its ok if your a Republican exception? Was Michael Moore right in Farenheit 9/11 about Bush family ties to Saudi Arabia?
sorry to post this from downstairs but it really is a huge concern;
now that is frightening
Same place where Irwin Stelzer is a senior fellow.
brendan:
Hi, Christy.
I understand that the Disney people are disappointed that she turned them down — they worked hard to recruit her for some new movies they’re working on, and were ready to pay tribute to her with a new Judith Miller Skyway to Fantasyland.
gaspin’ for aspens.
Biodun @ 52
It’s called aging and believe me, I know. :)
Biodun @ 52
20 years of sellin’ out will do that to ya!
Herr Goebbels would have loved Judy.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
Deep thinking politicians:
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
—Thomas Jefferson
“A popular government, without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy…a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.”
—James Madison
Biodun @ 52
Maybe the picture in the attic is starting to age?
Christy Hardin Smith @ 30
in defense of james… northcom is a new development, so i don’t think we’ve had a history of “this kind of thing all the time”. (although i’d like to be corrected if i have that wrong).
like christy, though, i’m not particulary worried about one exercise – i wish we’d just get rid of northcom… my home is not a pentagon battlefield thank you very much.
brendan @ 47
*grummelgrummelhrmph* Kate Beckinsale is on my Scholastic/Disney list. Not safe viewing for the kids. Comcast.
Biodun @ 17
As I noted yesterday, the name Manhattan Institute is reminiscent of the Manhattan Project which figured in the creation of the Nuclear Bomb. If you look closely at the people involved and positions taken, you will see that in addition to “thinking” they are doing alot to advocate the bombing (nuclear?) of Iran. This is a very dangerous group indeed. And, it shows Miller’s true colors, and along way back. The Isr*el links of Miller and others are particularly said in terms of what some people in this great culture have come represent and promote.Shame is all I can say. Ideology and stupidity above country (U.S.) and thoughtful (and intellectual) engagement of the issues. Shame again.
How do Right-Wingers operate ?
“If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.”
—Elbert Hubbard, American Journalist
Biodun @ 52
It’s not her face, it’s her soul. She lost it. Only a hard, empty look remains.
So, if you’re tired of the same old story?
Roll with the Changes – REO Speedwagon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-XRvteZhpI
This is on topic, sort of. The research I did for this comment came from clicking onto the job offer to Judith Miller and then linking to the comments.
I started reading this blog about a year ago, in the runup to the elections. I liked it enough to make it a daily read. Then came the Libby trial and the Gonzo hearings, and I was hooked. It became a nearly hourly read whenever my schedule allowed.
Back to the main point of my comment, though. This place has grown so much since Nov. 05, the date of the aforementioned post. 75 comments on such an excellent post. Today, 75 comments would cover about the first half hour, maybe. There weren’t too many familiar names, though. Mrs K8, whom I see at TPM or Kos mostly,IIRC. Norske Flamethrower, without the counting of the days, Pachacutec, and some person (I assume) named Thesaurus Rex.
Congratulations to all of you who make this blog-site, on your success, and thank you to the readers and commenters who make this place so entertaining. Not to mention the fact that a person can learn so much here.
things come undone @ 49
I think this is basically what the Bushies have done all along. Support sides (Shiite and Suni in Iraq for example). The aim seems not only have been linked to oil but also arms sales.
Don’t worry, there are others waiting in the wings, ready to take over her former rôle in print journalism. And the Mighty Wurlitzer plays on.
QuakerGirl @ 64
Yeah her face says, I think Chalabi and Scooter and privatization of war and the rise of military industrial complex are just great. Edit: excuse me. Does she have a pouty lower lip?
me @ 52 (responding to brendan @ 47):
Yes. The face is a true reflection of the soul. I actually believe that.
he’s taken a job with the friends of “greater economic choice and individual responsibility” at the Manhattan Institute….“The Manhattan Institute is doing pioneering work in policing and counter-terrorism,” Miller said in a release today. “As an adjunct fellow, I hope to continue writing about how best to enhance national security and public safety without sacrificing our freedom and civil liberties.”
She Scoots – She Scares!!
Mauimom:
I saw her — oh, irony — when I was playing with my son near a statue of Ghandi. It’s always a sensory shock for a peon like me to see a celebrity or a politician, especially one I’ve muttered over and brooded about, so I couldn’t help staring directly at her as she approached me. She noticed, and tried to distract me by glancing approvingly at my little boy, at which I said, “Thanks for the war, Ms. Miller”. Her face curdled over with a smirk of contempt, and as she walked away I said, “It’s amazing that you show your face in public.” If you’re wondering how I was prepared to react with relative restraint, without being flustered — to deliver this to her face on the spur of the moment: I said the exact same thing to Thomas Friedman on the street a few months before that!
Anyway, I can’t help repeating this, because it was very, very satisfying, though not as satisfying as it must have been to see her quivering in the witness chair, or behind bars. It’s quite bad enough that these people generally don’t face any professional sanction (Miller being a partial exception) for their lethal deceits, but that they face no social sanction is just as galling. So it’s nice to let them know they’re hated.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
Good god, it’s quite something. Haven’t had breakfast yet…hrm…
She Cheats, Loots and Seathes.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
Biodun @ 70
The eyes, perhaps. She does feel the need to wear sunglasses.
The first waves of the mortgage industry crisis come lapping at the economy’s edge…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..id=topnews
“The U.S. economy shed 4,000 jobs in August, as layoffs in the mortgage and construction industries combined with the slide in manufacturing employment to produce the first such monthly decline in four years.
The report upended expectations of continued job growth and added to evidence of a slowing American economy. Indeed, the pace of job creation in the previous two months was revised downward by 81,000 jobs.
(snip)
“We did not expect a report as awful as this,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist with the High Frequency Economics consulting firm.
Weak job growth, Shepherdson predicted, would prompt members of the Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates when they meet on Sept. 18 — a step anticipated as problems mounted this summer in world credit markets.”
Re: face reflecting the soul:
When she was Times Middle East Bureau chief in the 1980s, IIRC, Miller actually did some ground-breaking pieces about the area, especially her coverage of Quaddafi. She had complete access to him and others. The media was rife with rumors at the time about what she might be “doing” to have that access.
Foe me it is the eyes which are the window to the soul. Too many eyes look dead. However as a people, we could do worse than learning to read faces and facial gesticulation. Just watch your favorite(?) thugs with the sound turned off, to see what I mean. One does not even need to know what they are saying, in fact, to ascertain humanity, is in not necessary to hear what is being said.
Scooter says Judy is a…
Long Cool Woman – The Hollies (live!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP94PlEtsEQ
….“The Manhattan Institute is doing pioneering work in policing and counter-terrorism,” Miller said in a release today. “As an adjunct fellow, I hope to continue writing about how best to enhance national security and public safety without sacrificing our freedom and civil liberties.”
Tape recorders in every aspen!!!
Whoops… I messed up somehow. I mentioned @75 that she looks just like James Coburn in that shot. It’s in the eyes. Disappeared into the nether, I guess.
David W. Bartoo @ 79
She was fucking then Secretary of Defense Les Aspin (dead, of course) in the 90’s.
james @ 19
James, the second sentence of the article you cite says the following, word-for-word:
Please tell me the writer made a grammatical error. If not, he’s saying they plan to cause national crises(!) eh?
*rummaging for foil hat*
David W. Bartoo @ 79
if you hold your palm or a piece of blank paper directly beneath the eyes a certain……..malevolence…….seems to gleam
…in a dull manner….
brendan @ 72
Thanks for that lovely little story. As a DC metro area resident, I plan to use the same line(s) if I ever find myself in a similar situation.
Brendan @ 72…
good work!
they should be so scorned wherever they go…
You got Freidman as well? what a sanctimonious toad he is.
It could be a sport, like birdwatching.
whats a catchy name for publicly disrespecting neo-cons?
Yes. The face is a true reflection of the soul. I actually believe that.
Rut-ro.
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.
There, now I feel better.
Biodun @ 78
Here I thought I was on Firedoglake and it turns out I wandered into a Classmates High School discussion board!
punaise @ 26
Naw, it’s a Non-Profit Tax Evasion Money Laundering Private Profit Enterprise, better known as the GOP.
Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 85
speaking of the windows of our souls
does anyone notice that you can tell when crystol is telling a whoppper that strethces credulity?
he has this little smirk that says;
“I can’t believe I am actually saying this”
it’s like he doesn’t believe it but he says it cause he know’s some people will believe it
I get that whenever I see him on the TEE vee
james @ 59
707!
David W. Bartoo @ 79
I tried this recently with fredhead……..s.c.a.r.e.y!
Biodun @ 70
the ‘leni reifenstahl effect’ it might be called?
completely OT, but i bet of great interest… jack goldsmith will be interviewed by terry gross on fresh air today. check your local pbs radio station (i can listen on wbur at 3pm edt), or stream from the website after 3pm.
Emptywheel says Judith’s old position is covered.
http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/
oh, by the way, think progress tells us there will be NO written report from patreas, he will simply brief congress…no report
Fun illustration at http://www.rense.com
OT – what day, again, is the Pentagon expected to finish the creating and editing of the new Bin Laden scare-video?
brendan @ 72
Oh, well done. Truth to power. Emperors shown to be naked. Congrats on your restraint.
Now, if only they gave a damn.
Biodun @ 78
Sellin’ soul and body? That will definitely age one quickly!
This cracks me up too. I posted it last night, but while we’re on the subject of Gop Fellows & scholars….Remember Mr. Macaca? From wiki:
Allen presently serves on the Reagan Ranch Board of Governors of Young America’s Foundation where he is a Reagan Ranch Presidential Scholar.
ccmask @ 100
I’d love to see that job description!
ccmask @ 100
It’s amazing how loosely the word “scholar” is applied.
Dang, DOW down 200 points. @12:30pm ET, Feds will have to pump more payola into the market. No need to print the greenbacks, they’ll just add a couple more 000,000,000,000’s electronically. Greenbacks are just funny money and a waste of paper.
RockPaperScizzors @ 103
$100B in less than a month…and counting
brendan @ 83
interesting juxtaposition of comments there….
:)
In terms of faces of the vile and deplorable, I would say boosh himself is a prime example…..that combination of arrogance, unintelligence and the occasional “My Pet Goat” style cluelessness…..
The Manhattan Institute ha s-collared a scowler?
Mabel’s Wig Shack says
September 7th, 2007 at 8:57 am
if you hold your palm or a piece of blank paper directly beneath the eyes a certain……..malevolence…….seems to gleam
…in a dull manner….
Holy Shite!
The words “serial killer” come to mind…
mc @ 77
The Fed will reduce the rates, which will do absolutely nothing to stem the mortgage problems but will shore up the stock markets. Inflation, already much higher than the official numbers (esp. the contrived “core inflation”), will climb. The real question is whether the recession will come anyway.
This (recession) may be what the Dems are counting on as their ace in the hole for 2008.
Deep Thought:
A think tank is the only kind of tank that allows flakes to thrive; rather than use flakes sprinkled in their tank as their main source of food.
Goppers are flakes that can co-exist with fish.
Our Lady of the Lake inspires us all…
Sweet Jane – Lou Reed (live in Paris ‘74)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc26EFI1_nw
ccmask @ 110
Wow…you went really really deep for that one :)
Christy Hardin Smith @ 7
Morning Christy and all!
You found it alright, Christy. *shudder*
I’m thinking back to Pach’s descriptions of personality – ahem – [traits], posted during libbylibbylibby trial. oh my! better in their back yard than mine.
Came in to that photo after a fruitless morning trying to capture our bluebirds on digital. Poppa bluebird’s just too too patient and savvy for me. After an hour or more sitting motionless, hearing nothing from his babies, and just little mutterings from him sitting about a dozen feet away from me with breakfast in his beak, I finally took pity on their growling stomachs, and my stiff muscles, and left. The split sec. I turned around, poppa muttered “all clear” and babies started yelling for chow. I s’pose he had some powerful ’splainin’ to do to the kids, and to momma, who was all set to bring the next morsel right in. He only had one bug, and there are 5 hungry kids in the nestbox. Guess I can’t win. I’ll just enjoy knowing they’re doing well. *g*
Is it wrong of me to think our preznit oughtta be able to act at least as responsible and caring as a lowly bluebird?
kdh22 @ 104
Must save the Investment Bankers. No risk all profit for them. Communism for the top 1%, Capitalism for the rest of us. Down 204 pts. Here come the Feds to save the bank robber barons.
Just finished recording a radio podcast with Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis. He tells me the podcast will be up tomorrow for everyone. I’ll link it up when I get it. Love Bill!
perris @ 91
oh, it be! You spotted right, imho. Same’s true of David Brooks, except he locks his eyebrows up in his hairline and turns the “simper” routine up to “HIGH”. They’re both, well, … yuck!
Karl Rove retires and Osama Bin Laden reappears.
Osama Bin Turdblossom anyone?
-GSD
GSD @ 117
i see a bumper sticker comin’ on!
Christy Hardin Smith @ 115
Thankyou Christy. That’s one of the things that makes this place so special. The sharp eye and deft touch can’t be beat. ;->
RockPaperScizzors @ 113
So well stated. The upper 1% as well as many giant corporations are pure communistic soc*alism. They are protected from loses by the government which they control. The rest of us get jerked around by capitalism – at the mercy of their failures. What an economic system!
~~~ModNote: Edited for content to clear filters.~~~
It’s Friday. Has anyone resigned yet today? (Larry Craig announcements don’t count.)
GSD @ 117
Karl looks pretty good in that disguise huh? The beard is spectacular!
radiofreewill @ 110
Thanks! (did Lou *ever* do that song the same way twice?)
GSD @ 117
talk about a master of disguise. which one is real…..the gaunt hulking cave-dweller, or
the fat pile of pork flesh?
Christy, since no one else said it, may I be the first to compliment you on your seriously-snarkified subtle play on words for the title?
“She Scoots, She Scores”, indeed!
Made my day!
Dang they are getting snarky over on The Gavel site:
Notice too that Rove has passed on his magical math formulas to Great and Glorious General Petraeus, peace be unto him.
-GSD
Notice too that the Petreaus strategy relys heavily on the good will of a “handfull of bitter dead enders, Saddamists and rejectionists”.
Everything old is new again.
-GSD
Mad Dogs @ 124
I was so taken by the photo that I didn’t give the word-play title any props. My bad! :(
Excellect post Counselor!
Mad Dogs at 125 — Thanks. Jane and I had way too much fun snickering about that one when it hit me. *g*
Bustednuckles @ 95
I think that O’Hanlon’s point is that if you can’t make statistics say what you want them to, you really aren’t trying.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 129
way too much fun ? not possible- you all deserve it and more. Beside we LOVE your snark!!!!!!
ruffian at 132 — Well, I have missed the Judy snark, I have to say. She just makes it so darned easy…
I just want to give a big UP! to FDL for the posts yesterday on taking it to teh beltway. We need pushback, these “elected representatives” need to pull their heads outta their belt buckles or where ever they keep them and get REAL.
Hugh @ 131
Generally, if you can’t make stats say what you want, pick some different stats. The choices are ALMOST limitless. It is a testament to the absolute and total snafu in Iraq that no useful stats can be fabricated, fudged or faked.
New thread
Fresh threadiness, up for the reading…
perris @ 96
I wrote an item for my scandals list on this. After the months’ long mantra of “Wait for the Petraeus report,” it became that there was no report. Petraeus will testify on the 11th and the WH report will be released on the 15th. Congress will not even have a chance to question him on the official report. All this is stupid because we know what the WH report will say, what Petraeus will say, and we have know this for months. It’s all kabuki wrapped in kabuki.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 114
Oooh…are any transcripts made available of these?
Greenspan sees turmoil similar to 1987: report
“The behavior in what we are observing in the last seven weeks is identical in many respects to what we saw in 1998, what we saw in the stock-market crash of 1987,” Greenspan
http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/070907……html?.v=6
Yeah talk to me Greenspan, tell us how you’re smack dab in the center of this market turmoil with the runaway Hedge Funds, Derivative, subprime mortgages and credit crunch. He was instrumental in repealing the Glass-Steagall Act (GSA). This act separated investment and commercial banking activities. At the time, “improper banking activity”, or what was considered overzealous commercial bank involvement in stock market investment, was deemed the main culprit of the financial crash. According to that reasoning, commercial banks took on too much risk with depositors’ money.
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/071603.asp
Greenspan is another version of Old Man Potter.
“Miller said in a release today”
I’m reminded of the meme from vegans that the major cause of global warming, beyond industry and auto emissions, is meat eating.
Yikes! That pic!
I used to work for someone with the same eyes.
Not unlike working for the demon in “the Excorcist”.
Took a year for the nightmares to stop.
Same cold disregard for integrity, truth, and humanity.
So many more like this one shaping policy at so many levels.
Folks like us will turn it around, and it will take a long time.
Thanks to FDL for the dose of sanity!
It Must Be Friday Dump Day
AP
Payrolls Drop for First Time in 4 Years
Friday September 7, 11:21 am ET
By Jeannine Aversa, AP Economics Writer
Employers Cut Payrolls by 4,000 in August, the First Drop in US Jobs in 4 Years
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070907/economy.html?.v=15
Ooo…I used to copyedit their quarterly rag, City Journal. I think they stopped calling because I kept writing notes in the margins of the proofs about how wrong some of the crap they were printing was. Paid well, though. That’s wingnut welfare for ya.
Your letter offering an opportunity for Miss Judy at FDL was priceless….
Damn….
Just beautiful….
Perhaps off topic but the front page of the NYT showed Ms. Rice in a silver coat with high heels walking behind Bush in the the Iraq sand/war zone. Rice’s heels were digging in and she apparently had trouble walking in the sand/ war zone in her high heels. These are the people that Judy talks to.
Judy might not be such a hot ticket in NYC, as the place is chock full of younger and, I daresay, more attractive women for military guys and policy makers to dally with.
Being Hot Stuff while embedded in Iraq has no correlation to real competition.
“You girls are just ONE plane ticket away from being ugly again!” – Bob Hope in Diego Garcia USO show.
mc @ 77
As I’ve said before, based on both technical and fundamentals, the DOW will see 12000 again before it sees 14000.
Near support is at 13000 the next point after that, once it’s been broken, is 12000.
Cavuto can crow all he wants and Larry Kudlow can praise this regime to the heavens…..we are in serious economic shit and they have hidden all the numbers from the public.
Sure would be nice to know what M-3 is nowadays with all these bailouts looming in the subprime and banking sector.
Why is it whenever there’s a Republican in the WH lately the banks and financial scams start happening again and we have to use our money, after bags and bags of it have been given away, to rescue these bastards?
james@148:
I couldn’t agree more.
If I remember my macroeconomics correctly: C I G (X-M)…
And each of these is going down.
Not to mention the fact that half a trillion has been pissed away in a war of aggression against a sovereign nation.
A couple million is no big deal, but half a trillion?
Richmond @ 62
I’m not really an expert, but I think maybe the name comes from the fact that MI is based out of Manhattan, New York? Could make sense.
Well “Neo-Condescending” popped into my mind, but I’m sure we can do better.