In addition to pushing Chrysler into bankruptcy, JPMorgan Chase was selling some awful gimmicks to local governments.

Several years ago, in response to the formation of “Pajamas Media,” I coined the phrase wingnut welfare. Though it became applied more broadly over time, I was trying to succinctly describe the transactional relationship between the conservative infrastructure and right wing bloggers, who were basically being paid regardless of merit to spread propaganda:

They are not there to make a profit.

It doesn’t take a whiz (*rim shot here*) to see the GOP strategy on legal nominations. With a threat to filibuster Dawn Johnsen’s nomination to OLC, the Harold Koh smearing, and now Indiana judge David Hamilton, Specter has become the point man for GOP piss and moan.

• Can’t say he’s not ambitious.
• Munich!
• Meet your new landlords.
• Are you listening, Boehner and McConnell?
• Worse still in Italy.
• Stay classy, theocrats.
• News from the cocoon.
• Oh my.

What a wonderful flock of Republicans Alaska has.

Call me quirky, but I like this new gal, Sunny War, and the following new video from The Tiger Lillies.

Fox’s reality television programming continues to hit new lows.

The evidence mounts that Citi and Bank of America are so stressed they couldn’t make it through earnings season honestly.

It’s like Santa and God got together and brought me a magical talking pony that poops bacon.

Bill O’Reilly included the Chicago Sun-Times in his Hall of Shame for, like, propping up an elite liberal media agenda, yak yak yak. Oh wait and they dropped his column. So Roger Ebert responded to the Bilious Bloviator with this. . .